Joëlle Rollo-Koster Explained

Joëlle Rollo-Koster
Awards:	Adèle Mellen Prize (2008) Chevalier des Palmes académiques (2016) URI Foundation Scholarly Excellence Award (2018)
Module:	Child: yes Discipline: History Sub Discipline: Medieval History Workplaces: University of Rhode Island Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study

Joëlle Rollo-Koster is a French medievalist working as a professor of medieval history at the University of Rhode Island.^[1]

Life

Joëlle Rollo-Koster received her undergraduate degree and master's degree in history from the University of Nice, France. She earned a Ph.D. in History at SUNY Binghamton in 1992 where she was a student of Richard Trexler.

On December 6, 2016, she was knighted by the French government with the medal of Chevalier des Palmes académiques.^{[2] [3]} In 2017-2018 she was a EURIAS Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study.^{[4] [5]} In 2024, she was elected a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.^[6]

Selected publications

As author

• Raiding Saint Peter: Empty Sees, Violence, and the Initiation of the Great Western Schism (1378), 2008, Brill,
• The People of Curial Avignon: A Critical Edition of the Liber Divisionis and the Matriculae of Notre Dame la Majour, 2009, Edwin Mellen Press,
• Avignon and Its Papacy, 1309–1417: Popes, Institutions, and Society, 2015, Rowman and Littlefield,
• The Great Western Schism, 1378–1417: Performing Legitimacy, Performing Unity, 2022, CUP,

As editor

• Medieval and Early Modern Ritual: Formalized Behavior in Europe, China and Japan, 2002, Brill,
• (Co-edited, with Thomas M. Izbicki) A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417), 2009, Brill,
• (Co-edited, with Kathryn Reyerson) For the Salvation of my Soul: Women and Wills in Medieval and Early Modern France, 2012, Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, ^[7]
• Death in Medieval Europe: Death Scripted and Death Choreographed, Routledge, 2016,

Recognition

• 2008 Adèle Mellen Prize for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship^[8]
• 2016 The medal of Chevalier des Palmes académiques^[9]
• 2018 URI: Recipient URI Foundation, Scholarly Excellence Award^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joëlle Rollo-Koster. University of Rhode Island. 13 January 2017.
2. Web site: Palmes Académiques Ceremony . 13 January 2017 . France in the United States . Consulate General of France in Boston.
3. Web site: URI history professor receives academic award from French government . 2017-12-14 . today.uri.edu . en-US.
4. Web site: Joëlle Rollo-Koster European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme 2018-2019 . 2017-12-14 . www.2018-2019.eurias-fp.eu . en.
5. Web site: RI OPAC: Authors . 2017-12-14 . opac.regesta-imperii.de . de.
6. Web site: 2024-01-29 . URI history professor elected Fellow of Medieval Academy of America . 2024-02-19 . University of Rhode Island . en-US.
7. Book: For the Salvation of my Soul: Women and Wills in Medieval and Early Modern France. St. Andrews Research Repository. 2012 . Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews . 10023/3052 . 978-1-907548-08-6 . April 16, 2019.
8. Web site: MellenPress. Mellen Press. WebTYs. 18 January 2017.
9. Web site: Palmes Académiques Ceremony. France in the United States. Consulate General of France in Boston. 13 January 2017.
10. Web site: 2018 Excellence Award Recipients. The University of Rhode Island Foundation. April 16, 2019.