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Ellen E Kittell Professor

Positions

Affiliate Faculty, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies , Interdisciplinary Programs
Director, Religious Studies , Interdisciplinary Programs
Affiliate Faculty, Africana Studies , Interdisciplinary Programs
Professor, History , College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences 1993 -

Ellen E. Kittell is a professor of history at the University of Idaho. She studied at the University of Illinois where she met and debated history with a particularly talented group of graduate students and in 1983 she received her Ph.D. Initially interested in the dynamics undergirding the evolution of bureaucracy, particularly in medieval Flanders, she was startled to find a number of women listed in administrative positions of the count of Flanders. Curious, she has been investigating women in medieval Flanders ever since.

Among her publications on this subject are "Guardianship over Women in Medieval Flanders" and "Whether man or woman: Gender Inclusivity in the Town Ordinances of Medieval Douai." She is currently mining financial and judicial accounts for information on how medieval Flemish women identified themselves.

Research Areas

Publications

selected publications

academic article
- Wives and widows in medieval Flanders. Social History. 41:436-454. 2016
- Death and taxes: mortmain payments and the authority of the Count in fourteenth - century Flanders. Continuity and Change. 28:187-211. 2013
- "Half as much as a man"? Gender ideology and practice in medieval Flanders. Journal of Women's History. 23:132-154. 2011
- Travelling for atonement: Civilly imposed pilgrimages in medieval Flanders. Canadian Journal for Netherlandic Studies. 31. 2010
- 'Whether Man or Woman': Gender-inclusivity in the town ordinances of medieval Douai. Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies . 30:63-100. 2000
- The construction of women's social identity in medieval Douai. Journal of Medieval History. 25:215-227. 1999
- Guardianship over Women in medieval Flanders: A reappraisal. Journal of Social History. 13:897-930. 1998
- Testaments of two cities: A comparative analysis of the wills of medieval Genoa and Douai. European Review of History. 5:47-82. 1998
- Women, audience and public acts in medieval Flanders. Journal of Women's History. 10:74-96. 1998
- Jakemon of Deinze, General Receiver of Flanders, 1292-1300: A Study in Administrative History. Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire. 61:286-321. 1982
- Was Thibaut of Champagne the Leader of the Fourth Crusade?. Byzantion. 51:557-565. 1981
book
- The Texture of Society. Medieval Women in the Southern Low Countries. Ed. Kittell, Ellen E. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2004
- Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Ed. Kittell, Ellen E. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press. 1999
chapter
- Patriarchal imperialism and the narrative of women's history. Narrative Power: Encounters, Celebrations, Struggles. Ed. Duchamp, L Timmel. Seattle: Aqueduct Press. 40-58. 2010
- Reconciliation or punishment: Women, community, and malfaction in the medieval county of Flanders. The Texture of Society: Medieval Women in the Southern Low Countries. Ed. Suydam, Mary. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 3-30. 2004
- From the office of ambassador to the dishonorable patrician: Venetian historiography and the life of Donald Queller. Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Champaign, IL. 1-25. 1999
- Toward a perspective on women, sex and witches in the later middle ages. Von Menschen und Ihren Zeichen. Ed. Matschinegg, Ingrid. Bielefeld. 13-40. 1990
- Flemish female misdeeds: A speculation. Female Power in the Middle Ages. Ed. Glente, Karen. Copenhagen. 105-128. 1989
- Women in the Administration of the Count of Flanders. Frau und spatmittealterlicher Alltag. Vienna: Institute for Medieval Research. 487-508. 1986

editor of

book
- The Texture of Society. Medieval Women in the Southern Low Countries. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2004
- Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press. 1999

Teaching

is major professor for

Background

education and training

Ph.D. in History, University of Illinois 1983
M.A. in History, University of Illinois 1978
B.A. in History and Literature, Lewis and Clark College 1973

awards and honors

Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, conferred by University of Idaho, 2014
Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013
Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2012
Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2007
Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006
Vandal Helping Hand Award, conferred by University of Idaho, 2002
Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2001
Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2001
Vandal Helping Hand Award, 2001
Who's Who Among American Teachers, 1996
Research, Scholarship and Creation Activity Award, conferred by San Diego State University, 1990
Swain Prize for Graduate Student Publication, 1983
Laurence M. Larson Prize for the Best English or Medieval Preliminary Doctoral Examinations, 1981
Swain Prize for Best Graduate Student Essay in History, 1979

Contact

full name

Ellen E Kittell