Dongwon Esther Kim
First Name:
Dongwon Esther
Last Name:
Kim
Email :
de.kim@mail.utoronto.ca
Title:
PhD Candidate
Biography :
After my BA and BFA studies combining art history, medieval studies, and scenography at Ryerson University and University of Toronto, I spent 3 years in the UK where I worked for the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds, and the Reluctant Internationalists research group at Birkbeck College, University of London. Along with my studies in medieval art and public engagement I practice fine art.
Current Research
- Devotional book production, use, and modifications in 15th-century England and Low Countries
Recent Awards
- 2017–20 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- 2019 Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- 2019 The SELECT Languages Program Award, University of Toronto
- 2019 Mitacs Globalink Award
- 2015 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship, “York’s Archbishops’ Registered Revealed: Digitising the Archbishops’ Registers of the Diocese of York 1225–1646,” Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York, UK
Education:
MA (summa cum laude), University of Leeds, Medieval Studies, 2015
BFA (Hons), Ryerson University, Performance Production, 2010
People Type:
Research Area:
Areas of Interest:
- Devotional art and objects
- Late medieval manuscripts and early printed books
- Lay devotional communities
- Material culture and consumption theory
- Women, gender, i/Indigeneity, disability studies
Program:
Cohort:
Dissertation Supervisors:
Adam S. Cohen
