New Books by BC Faculty Series: Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method

Join medieval historian Lauren Mancia and anthropologist Professor Katie Rose Hejtmanek as they discuss Mancia’s new short book, Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method. Learn why scholars assume they cannot use reperformance in academic inquiry and why they, in fact, should. Discover how embodied epistemology is particularly suited to studying certain pre-1500 C.E. historical topics. Find out how using performance as a tool for historical investigation might work. And hear about some of the innovative, fun, and crazy things these two professors do in their research and in their classrooms.

Lauren Mancia is a professor of history at Brooklyn College and professor of medieval studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She also organizes the LAMEM colloquium.

Katie Rose Hejtmanek is professor of anthropology and children and youth studies as well as a national and world champion in masters weightlifting.

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