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Director of theÌýCentre for Arthurian Studies in the College of Arts, Humanities and Business and newly elected President of theÌý(2024-2027), a scholarly society with more than 1000 members world-wide.

In 2021 I was Deputy Head (operational) of the School of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and subject lead for English literature, and from 2018-21 I was Deputy Head of the same School and Director of Research, and REF 2021 UoA27 coordinator.Ìý

Among other leadership roles I have held recently, I wasÌýCo-director ofÌý(Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ and University of Aberystwyth) for 5 years (2013-18) and founding director of the Centre for Medieval Studies (2005-13). I am also founding director of the cross-school MA in Medieval Studies and of the MA in Arthurian Literature.

I am a Fellow of the English Association, of the Royal Historical Society and of the Learned Society of Wales, and serve on the General Purposes, as well as the Early Career researcher development, committees of the latter.

I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2017 I was awarded a Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Teaching Excellence Fellowship.

FLSW, FEA, FRHistS, SFHEA

Email: r.radulescu@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: 01248382110

Location: 314 New Arts

I teach medieval literature (the first year module QXE1003 Heroes and Villains: Introduction to Pre-modern Literature; QXE2101 /QXE3118 Exploring Medieval Literature; and specialist modules QXE3034 Legends and Super Heroes; QXE2094/3094 Realms of Magic: Medieval Romance and its Afterlives - the latter on the development of modern fantasy from the medieval genre of romance), literary and critical theory, the history of the book, palaeography (which I reintroduced in the curriculum at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ from 2005), medieval romance, Arthurian legend (medieval to present), travel literature (classical to present), children's literature and modern fantasy. I am interested, also, in translation and adaptation, particularly in modern fantasy into film, including Lord of the RingsÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýGame of Thrones.

In July 2017 I was awarded a Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Teaching Excellence Fellowship. I am also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I have supervised 7 research students to completion:

Elina Harjula, MPhil, 'Horses in Sir Thomas Malory'sÌýLe Morte Darthur' (MPhil, 2010)

Ambra Finotello, PhD, 'Transformations of the Merlin Legend in Late-Medieval England: Contextualizing Translation inÌýOf Arthour and of Merlin, Henry Lovelich’sÌýMerlin, and theÌýProse Merlin' (PhD, 2014)

Anastasija Ropa, PhD, 'Representations of the Grail in Medieval and Modern Literature' (PhD, 2014)

Daisy Le Helloco, PhDÌýÌý‘Sense of Place and the Writing of Early Modern British History in Medieval and Early Modern England’ (PhD, 2018)

Isra'a Alqallab, 'The History of Emotions and Medieval Romance:ÌýKing Horn,ÌýGuy of Warwick, ²¹²Ô»åÌýSir Gawain and the Green Knight' (PhD, 2019)

Ashley Walchester-Bailes, 'Editing Malory in the Modern Period: from Winchester MS to Vinaver's edition' (2023)

Audrey Martin, 'Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Geoffrey of Monmouth and his continuators' (2023)

I am currently supervising 2 PhD students:

Aude Martin (co-supervision with Université of Lorraine), 'Medieval English and French Arthurian romance - the development of character' (writing up year)

Katja Marek, 'Medieval English romance in its miscellany context' (title subject to change) - recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's scholarship (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ) and the Barron Bequest award (International Arthurian Society, British Branch)

I have been external examiner of 14 PhD theses across UK, Ireland, Europe and Australia. I have also advised /supervised a number of post-doctoral projects and visiting research fellows to the Centre for Arthurian Studies.

I welcome postgraduate projects linked to any ofÌýmy areas of research interest.

My research focuses on late medieval literature and culture, more specifically Arthurian and non-Arthurian romances (Thomas Malory and popular romances), medieval chronicles (the Brut tradition and genealogical rolls), political culture and gentry studies. Overall my approach is informed by book history and cultural history - in particular the identification of trends, be they related to the emergence of a group's or individual's identity, political propaganda, or other. In recent years I started working on two other related projects, one engaging with the cultural importance of the medieval miscellany as a repository of literary and non-literary texts, the other focusing on medieval identity as expressed in visual representations (starting with heraldry but extending into art forms).

My research covers English, French and other continental romance languages and traditions, reflecting my trilingual background (Romanian, French, English) and other languages I have different levels of proficiency in (Italian, Spanish, Russian) or use in academic research and/or literary translation (Latin, Old French, Old English).Ìý

I have been involved in, and continue to undertake, literary translation projects. My latest is a translation of the ninth-century Irish poem Pangur Bán, into Romanian, for the Trinity College Dublin Centre for Literary Translation (a collaborative project published in 2017).

I continue to write and edit poetry in English, Romanian and French.

I am happy to supervise research projects on late medieval literature and culture, in particular medieval romance, gentry culture, historical chronicles and political propaganda, the manuscript miscellany. Other, complementary interests are medievalism and the history of the book (editions of medieval texts in later periods of time; ownership of medieval codices in other eras; editing texts out of their manuscript contexts; the history of editions of medieval texts).

2024

• Accepted/In press
  Radulescu, R. & Marvin, J., 13 Feb 2024, (Accepted/In press) Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture. Radulescu, R. & Lynch, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Vol. 1. (Cambridge History Series).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Accepted/In press
  Radulescu, R., 13 Feb 2024, (Accepted/In press) Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture . Radulescu, R. & Lynch, A. (eds.). 2024 1st ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge Histories).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Accepted/In press
  Radulescu, R., 13 Feb 2024, (Accepted/In press) Cambridge University Press. 1000 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
• Accepted/In press
  Radulescu, R., 18 Nov 2024, (Accepted/In press) Medieval and Arthurian Studies in memory of Fiona Tolhurst. Whetter, K. & Armstrong, D. (eds.). Cambridge: Boydell & Brewer
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2023

• Published
  Radulescu, R., 1 Nov 2023, The Arthurian Poems of the Percy Folio Manuscript. Withrington, J. & Rogers, G. (eds.). Liverpool University Press, p. 247-258
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R. (Editor) & Rikhardsdottir, S. (Editor), 3 Jan 2023, First ed. Routledge. 500 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R., 1 Nov 2023, The Arthurian Poems of the Percy Folio Manuscript: . Withrington, J. & Rogers, G. (eds.). Liverpool University Press, p. 71-77
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R., 10 May 2023, In: Arthuriana. 33, 1, p. 19-31 14 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• Published
  Radulescu, R., 30 Dec 2022, Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature. Radulescu, R. & Rikhardsdottir, S. (eds.). Routledge, (Routledge Companions to Literature).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2021

• Published
  Radulescu, R., Mar 2021, Literature, Emotions, and Pre-Modern War: Conflict in Medieval and Early Modern Culture. Lynch, C. & Scott, A. (eds.). ARC Humanities Press, p. 45-63 18 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2020

• Published
  Radulescu, R. & Rajsic, J., 1 Feb 2020, La tradition arthurienne tardive en Angleterre et en Écosse : du Moyen Âge au début de l’Époque Moderne, vol. III, part IV: Late Arthurian Traditions in England and Scotland: Medieval to Early Modern. Putter, A. & Radulescu, R. (eds.). Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, p. 1057-1082
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R. (Editor) & Putter, A. D. (Editor), 1 Feb 2020, Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes. 100 p. (La Matière Arthurienne Tardive en Europe 1270-1530)
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2019

• Published
  Radulescu, R., 28 Dec 2019, In: Arthuriana. 29, 4, p. 57-73 17 p., 4.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R., 28 Dec 2019, In: Arthuriana. 29, 4, p. 3-7
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R., 9 Oct 2019, Household Knowledges in late-Medieval England and France. Burger, G. D. & Critten, R. (eds.). Manchester University Press, p. 201-18 18 p. (Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R., Apr 2019, A New Companion to Malory. Leitch, M. & Rushton, C. J. (eds.). Cambridge: D.S. Brewer
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2018

• Published
  Connolly, M. (Editor) & Radulescu, R. (Editor), 28 Feb 2018, Turnhout: Brepols. 355 p. (Texts & Transitions ; no. 12)
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R., 28 Feb 2018, Editing and Interpretation of Middle English Texts: Essays in Honour of William Marx. Connolly, M. & Radulescu, R. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols, (Texts & Transitions; no. 12).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2017

• Published
  Radulescu, R., 26 Jun 2017, Handbook of Arthurian Romance: King Arthur's Court in Medieval European Literature. Tether, L. & McFadyen, J. (eds.). 1st ed. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, p. 389-402 13 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2015

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 1 Jul 2015, In: Modern Language Review. 10, 3
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 8 Jul 2015, p. Paper 1331-c.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published
  Connolly, M. (Editor) & Radulescu, R. L. (Editor), 11 Jun 2015, OUP.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., Connolly, M. (Editor) & Radulescu, R. L. (Editor), 11 Jun 2015, Insular Books: Vernacular Manuscript Miscellanies in Late Medieval Britain: Proceedings of the British Academy. OUP, p. 1-28
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L. & Radulescu, R., 1 Feb 2015, In: Medium Aevum. 84, 2, p. 341-342
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 12 Mar 2015, Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture. Bloomsbury
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L. & Perkins, N. (Editor), 19 Feb 2015, Medieval Romance and Material Culture. D.S. Brewer
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 15 Oct 2015, Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature: Body, Mind, Voice, Arthurian Studies. Brandsma, F., Larrington, C. & Saunders, C. (eds.). Boydell & Brewer
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., Connolly, M. (Editor) & Radulescu, R. L. (Editor), 11 Jun 2015, Insular Books: Vernacular Manuscript Miscellanies in Late Medieval Britain: Proceedings of the British Academy. OUP, p. 121-142
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2014

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 25 Jul 2014.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., Girbera, C. (Editor), Hablot, L. (Editor) & Radulescu, R. L. (Editor), 29 Apr 2014, Brepols Publishers.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2013

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 18 Sept 2013, Boydell & Brewer.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2011

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L. & Niebrzydowski, S. A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2011, Middle-aged women in the Middle Ages. 2011 ed. D.S. Brewer, p. 115-138
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2010

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., Field, R. (Editor), Hardman, P. (Editor) & Sweeney, M. (Editor), 15 Apr 2010, Christianity and Romance in Medieval England. 2010 ed. Boydell & Brewer, p. 69-83
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 1 Apr 2010, In: Viator. 41, 2, p. 333-359
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L. (Editor) & Rushton, C. J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, 2009 ed. D.S. Brewer.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L. (Editor) & Kennedy, E. D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, 2009 ed. Brepols Publishers.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., Radulescu, R. L. (Editor) & Rushton, C. J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance. 2009 ed. D.S. Brewer, p. 31-48
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L. & Fulton, H. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, Companion to Arthurian Literature. 2009 ed. Wiley-Blackwell, p. 326-339
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2008

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., Archibald, E. (Editor) & Johnson, D. F. (Editor), 1 Jan 2008, Arthurian Literature 25. 2008 ed. Boydell & Brewer, p. 93-118
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2006

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 1 Jan 2006, In: Arthurian Literature. 23, 2006, p. 68-80
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L. & Brown, P. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture C.1350-C.1500. 2006 ed. WileyBlackwell, p. 358-373
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2005

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L. (Editor) & Truelove, A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, 2005 ed. Manchester University Press.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., Radulescu, R. L. (Editor) & Truelove, A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Gentry Culture in Late Medieval England. 2005 ed. Manchester University Press, p. 100-118
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Whetter, K. S. (Editor) & Radulescu, R. L. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, 2005 ed. D.S. Brewer.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., Whetter, K. S. (Editor) & Radulescu, R. L. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Re-viewing Le Morte Darthur: Texts and Contexts: Characters and Themes. 2005 ed. D.S. Brewer, p. 119-131
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2004

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L. & Wheeler, B. (Editor), 1 Jan 2004, Arthurian studies in honour of P.J.C. Field. 2004 ed. D.S. Brewer, p. 285-296
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2003

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 1 Jan 2003, In: Arthuriana. 13, 3, p. 36-51
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 1 Jan 2003, D.S. Brewer.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 1 Sept 2003, In: Studies in Philology. 100, 4, p. 401-424
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2001

• Published
  Radulescu, R. L., 1 Jan 2001, In: Arthurian Literature. 18, 2001, p. 125-141
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2027

• I have been invited to organise the next international Brut chronicle conference in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ at the Centre for Arthurian Studies

  21 Jun 2027

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

2025

• I have been invited to organise the second international colloquium in the international network 'The Grail in Northern and Celtic traditions' in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ at the Centre for Arthurian Studies in November 2025

  4 Nov 2025

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

• invited lecture at the Bibliographical Society

  22 Feb 2025

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2024

• Invited plenary lecture at specialist conference for medievalists (part of the national association of medievalists teaching English literature in France in university settings, AMAES) and for secondary school teachers of English in France (for whom this is now a set text for the qualification)

  21 Nov 2024

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• Plenary lecture (invited) at the Tradition and Innovation in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and in the film The Green Knight

  https://modmed.hypotheses.org/5071

  21 Nov 2024 – 22 Nov 2024

  Links:

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• This is the first conference in a series of two, co-organised with the Universities of Rouen, Brest and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ, with the aim of exploring the appropriations and translations of the Grail into languages across the North and Celtic peoples

  20 Nov 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

• Reading Emotions, Mastering One’s Own from the Fourteenth to the Fifteenth Century in England

  13 Sep 2024

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• plenary lecture at international conference 'Counsellors and Counselled: The advice to princes tradition between the Hundred Years War and the British Interregnum' http://appuntamenti.disll.unipd.it/counsellors-and-counselled/

  12 Sep 2024 – 14 Sep 2024

  Links:

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• invited plenary lecture at the 27th triennial International Arthurian Congress of the International Arthurian Society

  18 Jul 2024

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• Invited plenary at the 27th Triennial International Arthurian Congress of the International Arthurian Society

  11 Jul 2024 – 18 Jul 2024

  Links:

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• I facilitated the organisation of this annual event in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ and was the host, invited member of the adjudicating panel for the poster presentations, and presented the prize

  18 Jun 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

• wellbeing for the elderly: Find your inner dragon

  17 Jun 2024

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

• invited plenary lecture

  9 Apr 2024

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• A double plenary (1 hour each) delivered with Prof. Sif Rikhardsdottir, University of Iceland

  9 Apr 2024

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• lecture in the Centre for Arthurian Studies 2023-24 series, sponsored by the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Fund and 140th anniversary events and part of the collaborative international project with Rossell Hope Robbins Library, Rochester, US

  19 Mar 2024

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

• research lecture in the Centre for Arthurian Studies lecture series 2023-24, funded by the 140th anniversary events and the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Fund (hybrid, broadcasted via zoom, in collaboration with Rossell Hope Robbins Library, Rochester, US and part of a collaborative project involving a joint online exhibition of rare Arthurian books)

  19 Mar 2024

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2023

• I gave a research conference paper

  10 Jun 2023

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

• Invited public lecture in the Public Lecture Series 'Romanian Academics in the United Kingdom'

  29 May 2023

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

• 1-hour specialist lecture to the research group Space -Medieval to Renaissance at the inaugural event

  14 Apr 2023

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• invited guest research lecture (inaugural lecture)

  14 Apr 2023

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• podcast interview for Week Junior: Science and Nature magazine, on their website Mysteries

  https://www.funkidslive.com/podcast/mysteries/

  24 Mar 2023

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

• A 50-minute guest lecture in the inaugural research lecture series organised by Lambeth Palace Library

  9 Mar 2023

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• An hour-long public research lecture on the vast manuscript tradition of the Brut Chronicle and its importance for our understanding of medieval prose writing. Included 6 manuscripts from the Lambeth Palace Library and examples from over 40 manuscripts

  2023

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2022

• 21 Jun 2022

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

2021

• Organiser and host of the prestigious biennial international conference of the Early Book Society

  12 Jul 2021

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

• Member of the editorial board for the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Early Books 'Texts and Transitions'

  Jun 2021 →

  Activity: Editorial activity (Editorial board member)

2019

• invited research talk at the MEMORI seminar series, Cardiff University

  21 Nov 2019

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• conference paper in the 'Malory and Religion' panel at 'Malory at 550' conference, Acadia University

  7 Aug 2019

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• invited conference paper at the international Harlaxton symposium on medieval studies 'The Book as Object, Idea and Symbol'

  20 Jul 2019

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• Plenary speaker (one of three) at the annual conference of the department, celebrating 90 years since the department was founded. Attended by 250.

  29 Jun 2019

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2018

• 12 Nov 2018

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 1 Jun 2018

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• A guest lecture at the invitation of the Flintshire Historical Society

  The lecture covered the development of the Arthurian legends from their earliest evidence to the present day through a journey covering manuscript and printed books from among the treasures of the Centre for Arthurian Studies collections, bringing together Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ collections and the Flintshire Harries collection. Among other, the impact of the talk is that the society is planning its annual trip in 2019 to be to visit the Centre for Arthurian Studies.

  Underpinning research: My research into the medieval to modern material contexts in which Arthurian legends survive informed this talk, in particular my work on the Grail quest and chronicle accounts of Arthur's feats of arms.

  Beneficiaries: Flintshire Historical Society (70+ in attendance) and guests (friends and local community) attended the lecture - educated audiences, the general public.

  24 Mar 2018

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2017

• Medieval Fun Day

  An educational event was initiated and organised by myself with John Sherlock, custodian of Caernarfon castle (CADW), administrative support from the College of Arts and Humanities and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Library and Archive Services, which brought more than 500 primary school children and their teachers from the local schools into the castle to learn from academic research on manuscript books, storytelling, history, design, and performance /art.

  Underpinning research: My research into late medieval culture, and in particular the reading of manuscript books including Arthurian legends, and the making of such books informed the workshops I gave to the pupils and their teachers (in groups of 50); my publications on these topics informed my impact work and they were the very reason why John Sherlock contacted me to organise the event.

  Beneficiaries: The beneficiaries were primary school pupils aged 6-10 from the local schools and their teachers, but also staff at the castle and staff and postgraduate/undergraduate students from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ who helped. The reach of this impact activity has gone beyond the numbers (500 pupils), as the letter attached shows: John talks about CADW Continuing Learning picking up the model and spreading it across Wales, and about a visible increase in visits to the castle by members of the local community who learned either first hand, from the participants, or from the local press.

  28 Jun 2017

  Links:

  • /news/latest/bangor-university-hosts-medieval-fun-day-at-caernarfon-castle-27868
  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

• 23 Apr 2017

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2016

• Invited Opening lecture in the short guest lecture series of the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds

  4 Oct 2016

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• Invited Plenary lecture

  12 Aug 2016

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

• Conference paper 'Cambridge University Library MS ff.2.38 and the Household' in the session 'Household Knowledges'

  Jul 2016

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

2015

• King Arthur family day

  A family educational event was organised by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Library and Archive Services, and the School of English Literature, through support from the Widening Participation fund and the College of Arts and Humanities.

  Learning about medieval manuscript production through demonstrations; learning about medieval life (cooking, writing, sword-fighting, medieval drama performance, and craft).

  Underpinning research: Research and publication in Arthurian studies and medieval manuscripts is key to Prof. Radulescu's profile, and she shared her expertise at an age appropriate level throughout this event, through talks and demonstrations.

  Beneficiaries: the community - families with children of all ages, students and staff

  27 Jun 2015

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

• 25 Jun 2015

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• A public lecture and a public exhibition were organised on the occasion of the donation of the internationally-known Flintshire Harries Arthurian Collection to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Library, facilitated by myself (was contacted directly by Simon Gotts, at the time responsible for the collection).

  Summary: Through the public lecture and exhibition, which was accompanied by guided tours for a few months, as well as high visibility in the national press (article in the Conversation, Times Higher, as well as locally in the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ press and Golwg), Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ's excellence in research in Arthurian studies was disseminated.

  Underpinning research: Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ's international research and teaching reputation in Arthurian studies, in particular in the areas of English, comparative literature and Welsh studies was the focus of this impact. In particular this impact continues the activities submitted in REF2014, with long-standing international excellence in the editions, monographs and other critical work produced by Prof. P.J.C.Field, and Prof.Raluca Radulescu.

  Beneficiaries: students, staff, general public - local and national; some international (via the Conversation article)

  25 Apr 2015

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Contributor)

• invited lecture

  10 Feb 2015

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2011

• General (elected editor

  25 Jul 2011 – 25 Jul 2017

  Activity: Editorial activity (Editorial board member)

• 01/05/2012 – 31/10/2012 (Finished)

• 01/07/2010 – 31/08/2012 (Finished)

I have recently been elected Vice President of the International Arthurian Society (2021-24). Prior to that service to the profession has included being elected President of theÌýÌýof the International Arthurian Society (2015-18) and elected founding Editor of theÌýÌýfor two terms (2011-17) and editor of the Annual Bibliography of the International Arthurian Society (2011-15).

I have been a member of the committee of the Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections (AMARC) for 15 years (2006-21), and an AHRC peer review college member for ten years (2007-2017). I sat on the AHRC panels for individual fellowships, Main grants and Leadership Fellows for several years, and I have been an assessor of HERA applications.Ìý

I am external examiner of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and have examined more than 12 PhD theses as external examiner at several HEI institutions in the UK and abroad.

Impact

I am a regular consultant and contributor to radio and TV programmes in the UK and internationally on the Arthurian legend and medieval studies. I have written articles for The Conversation (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020), and given interviews for the local and national press.

Most recently, my consultancy with Royal Mail has resulted in a limited series of stamps on the topic of Arthurian legends, and an associated article in their Yearbook (2021).

Other invited lectures and media appearances include:

• 2019 guest lectures at the University of Belgrade and several invited papers
• 2018 guest lectures at University of Düsseldorf, University of Lisbon (as plenary speaker at conference), Flintshire Historical Association
• 2017 guest speaker at Bradford International Literature festivalÌý
• 2017 public lecture at the Skinners' Guild, London
• 2016 invited public lecture at the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
• 2016 initiator and co-organiser of 'Medieval Fun Day' primary schools event in Caernarfon castle (CADW)Ìý
• 2015 initiator and co-organiser of 'King Arthur Family day' at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Library
• 2015: interview with BBC radio Wales, on the '' (13 April 2015)
• 2015: interview with ABC Radio, Australian national broadcast, on the 'Overnight programme', on King Arthur and Arthurian legends
• 2015: Curator of the public exhibition 'The Arthurian Legend: Past and Present in Conversation in the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Rare Books Collection and the Flintshire Harries Arthurian Collection' (13 April- 7 May); guided tours
• 2015: Co-organiser, with Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Library, of the event 'Celebrating 50 years of Arthurian Studies at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ', including a public lecture, given by guest Dr Roger Simpson
• 2014: Initiator and member of the working party who facilitated the donation of theÌýFlintshire Harries Arthurian CollectionÌýto Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Library, in collaboration with Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Library
• 2013: Literary tour of North Wales (Arthurian romance) organised by Literature Wales and the Welsh Tourism Board
• 2011: 'Sword in the Stone' documentary for the National Geographic TV Channel, in the seriesÌý
• 2010 Invited on the ‘Authoring Arthur’ special event organised by the Royal Shakespeare Company in connection with the staging of Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur
• 2009 BBC Radio consultant on the Tennyson programme and Arthurian myth
• BBC radio consultancy on medieval pilgrimage, medieval romance

Peer Recognition

• 2015 reviewer for HERA and AHRC panels
• 2012- external examiner for UG and PG programmes in medieval and early modern literature at two universities (UK and abroad)
• 2009 - external examiner for research theses in a number of UK HEI and abroad
• 2011, 2012 invitedÌýto sit on the AHRC panels for Fellowships and Main Grants (Languages and Literatures)
• 2002-10Ìý elected member of the committee of the British Branch of theÌýÌý
• 2006-8 UK and Ireland Liaison Officer,ÌýÌý(Confederation for the Advancement of Research through a Medieval European Network)
• 2006: member of the research committee on theÌýÌý(with De Montfort and the British Library)Ìý
• 2002-7: Research Associate, Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris (), Conseil National de Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne, Paris

I hold degrees from the University of Manchester (PhD, MPhil in English medieval literature) and the University of Bucharest (BA joint honours in English language, literature, linguistics and culture and Romanian language, literature and culture) and have taught at the University of Manchester, Trinity College Dublin and University François Rabelais, Tours.

I was a research fellow at New Europe College, Institute for Advanced Studies, Bucharest, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (Paris) and the Huntington Library (as Andrew Mellon fellow) and a visiting researcher at Harvard University.