Thomas Hahn Explained

Thomas Hahn (born 1946) is an American professor of medieval literature and English who has taught since 1973 at the University of Rochester. After undergraduate studies at Fordham, he completed a Ph.D. at UCLA in 1974. He is especially known for his work on medieval European travel narratives,^[1] race in pre-modern Europe,^[2] and the modern reception of Robin Hood.^[3] He has advised over three dozen Ph.D. students during his fifty years at Rochester. Hahn's interest in medieval English literature, as well as its intersection with popular culture, is reflected both in his publications and in the conferences he has organized.^{[4] [5]}

Career

Becoming an assistant professor of English at the University of Rochester in 1973, Hahn was promoted to associate professor in 1979 and full professor in 1993.^[6]

Hahn edited a collection of the medieval poems about Sir Gawain for the TEAMS Middle English Texts Series, Sir Gawain: Eleven Romances and Tales, in 1995.^[7] His work with the Middle English Texts Series and the Chaucer Bibliographies has been supported with grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.^[8]

Hahn was the editor of Robin Hood in Popular Culture: Violence, Transgression, and Justice.^[9] The book published conference proceedings from a 1997 conference at Rochester that was billed as the first devoted entirely to Robin Hood and related characters. He also co-edited a festschrift for Russell Peck, Retelling Tales: Essays in Honor of Russell Peck;^[10] and has been a leading contributor to advances in digital projects at the University's Rossell Hope Robbins Library.^{[11] [12]} Most recently, he edited a volume of essays titled A Cultural History of Race in the Middle Ages,^[13] the second volume of a six-volume series.

In 2022, Hahn was honored with a festschrift co-edited by former Ph.D. students Valerie Johnson and Kara McShane entitled Negotiating Boundaries in Medieval Literature and Culture: Essays on Marginality, Difference, and Reading Practices in Honor of Thomas Hahn.^[14]

External links

• Thomas Hahn's faculty page
• Hahn's CV
• BBC article on Robin Hood
• Conversation: Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves…and Screen
• Robin Hood - In Our Time: History (apple podcasts)

Notes and References

1. News: Staff . C. T. . Hahn gives medieval lecture . 15 December 2023 . Campus Times . 11 March 2006.
2. Hahn . Thomas . The Difference the Middle Ages Makes: Color and Race before the Modern World . Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies . 1 January 2001 . 31 . 1 . 1–38 . 10.1215/10829636-31-1-1 . 15 December 2023. free .
3. Book: Hahn . Thomas . Robin Hood in Popular Culture: Violence, Transgression, and Justice . 14 May 2020 . Boydell & Brewer . 15 December 2023.
4. News: Applebome . Peter . A Hero (or Villain) for the Left (or the Right) . 24 March 2023 . The New York Times . 26 October 2009.
5. News: Staff . C. T. . Merry men, meet the media . 15 December 2023 . Campus Times . 29 December 2009.
6. Book: Coletti . Theresa . Negotiating Boundaries in Medieval Literature and Culture . 21 March 2022 . Medieval Institute Publications . 978-1-5015-1421-0 . 9–18 . 15 December 2023 . en . Chapter 1 Reimagining Medieval Studies: The Career of Thomas Hahn. 10.1515/9781501514210-002 .
7. Wasserman . Julian . Julian N. Wasserman . Review of Sir Gawain: Eleven Romances and Tales; The Weddynge of Sir Gawen and Dame Ragnell . Arthuriana . 2001 . 11 . 1 . 116–118 . 27869618 . 24 March 2023 . 1078-6279.
8. Web site: News from the MLA MLA Members Receive 2023 NEH Grants . news.mla.hcommons.org . 15 December 2023.
9. Book: Hahn . Thomas . Robin Hood in popular culture : violence, transgression, and justice . 2000 . D.S. Brewer . Cambridge . 9780859915649.
10. Book: Lupack . Alan . Hahn . Thomas G. . Retelling Tales: Essays in Honor of Russell Peck . 1997 . D.S. Brewer . 978-0-85991-477-2 . 15 December 2023 . en.
11. Web site: Rochester Review • University of Rochester . www.rochester.edu . 15 December 2023.
12. News: Rossell H. Robbins, 77, Ex-Professor at SUNY . 15 December 2023 . The New York Times . 7 March 1990.
13. Book: Hahn . Thomas . A Cultural History of Race in the Middle Ages . June 2023 . Bloomsbury Academic . 978-1-350-06743-1 . 15 December 2023 . en.
14. Book: Johnson . Valerie B. . McShane . Kara L. . Negotiating boundaries in medieval literature and culture : essays on marginality, difference, and reading practices in honor of Thomas Hahn . 2022 . Medieval Institute Publications . Berlin . 10.1515/9781501514210 . 9781501520563 . 247959191 . 24 March 2023.