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Lisa Bitel

Dean's Professor of Religion and Professor of Religion and History Dean’s Professor of Religion

University of Southern California

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College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Humanities

Religion

Lisa Bitel is currently serving as a College Of Letters, Arts And Sciences Dean's Professor of Religion and Professor of Religion and History Dean’s Professor of Religion at University of Southern California.

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Lisa Bitel

University of Southern California

Dean's Professor of Religion and Professor of Religion and History Dean’s Professor of Religion

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history cultural history religious studies gender studies social history religion women's studies feminist studies feminist perspectives religious symbol historical review interdisciplinary history christian practice early ireland archaeology religious research european society historical analysis historiography sociology of religion folklore tradition art history heritage studies historical evidence literary history folklore studies comparative religion archaeological practice european integration prehistory european issue historical scholarship spirituality gender theory medieval europe american literature psychology of religion historical archaeology european community law transnational history gender equality hauntology early medieval europe early medieval ireland landscape architecture authenticity geology american studies textual practice modern literature sexology architectural history historical sociology archaeological record archaeological evidence human sciences freedom of speech feminist economics sociological imagination arts-based research art theory mood symptom social isolation psychological co-morbidities monastic settlement christian community female spirituality male monastic mentalities european hagiography brigidine tradition seventh-century hagiographer imaginative architecture religious vision early irish wisdom social structure monastic identity english intellectual history middle ages historical transition medieval history historical methodology

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Book Review: Monasticism in Ireland, Ad 900–1250 Monasticism in Ireland, Ad 900–1250. by Bhreathnachedel. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2024. Pp. XX + 450. Price €45 (Hbk). Isbn 9781801511179.. Irish Theological Quarterly (2025)

Lisa M. Bitel

history of philosophyreligious studieshistory

Otherworld. Oxford University Press eBooks (2024)

Lisa M. Bitel

The Ancient Irish Get Far Too Much Credit for Halloween. (2024)

cultural historyhistoryancient irish getcivilizationsarchaeologyfolklore traditionritual

The Ancient Irish Get Far Too Much Credit for Hallowe’En. The Conversation (2024)

cultural historyhistoryheritage studiesmaterial culturehallowe ’ enarchaeological practicearchaeologyhumanitiesfolklore traditioneuropean archaeologyritual

The Church Has Finally Recognized the Apparitions at Medjugorje. The Conversation (2024)

religious symbolspiritualityreligious studieschristian practicechurch hasreligionhealth care chaplaincy

Female Monasticism to 1100. (2023)

Lisa Bitel

social historygender studiesgender theoryreligious studiesfeminist theoryfemale monasticismfeminist perspectivessociologygender inequalityfeminist philosophyfeminist studies

OisíN Plumb. Picts and Britons in the Early Medieval Irish Church: Travels West Over the Storm-Swelled Sea. Turnhout: Brepols, 2020. Pp. 204. $72.00 (Cloth).. Journal of British Studies (2022)

Lisa Bitel

history

St. Brigid, the Compassionate, Sensible Female Patron Saint of Ireland, Gets a Lot Less Recognition Than St. Patrick. (2022)

st. brigidlot less recognitionst. patrick

Tracy Collins. 2021. Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland: An Archaeology. Cork: Cork University Press; 978-1-78205456-6 Hardback €39.. Antiquity (2022)

Lisa M. Bitel

anthropologymedieval irelandhistorical archaeologyfemale monasticismarchaeological practicearchaeology

Monastic Identity in Early Medieval Ireland. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2020)

Lisa M. Bitel

monastic identityearly medieval irelandreligious studieshistory

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Lisa Bitel

Dean's Professor of Religion and Professor of Religion and History Dean’s Professor of Religion

University of Southern California

Affiliations

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Humanities

Religion

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Lisa Bitel

University of Southern California

Dean's Professor of Religion and Professor of Religion and History Dean’s Professor of Religion

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Lisa M. Bitel

history of philosophyreligious studieshistory

Otherworld. Oxford University Press eBooks (2024)

Lisa M. Bitel

The Ancient Irish Get Far Too Much Credit for Halloween. (2024)

cultural historyhistoryancient irish getcivilizationsarchaeologyfolklore traditionritual

The Ancient Irish Get Far Too Much Credit for Hallowe’En. The Conversation (2024)

cultural historyhistoryheritage studiesmaterial culturehallowe ’ enarchaeological practicearchaeologyhumanitiesfolklore traditioneuropean archaeologyritual

The Church Has Finally Recognized the Apparitions at Medjugorje. The Conversation (2024)

religious symbolspiritualityreligious studieschristian practicechurch hasreligionhealth care chaplaincy

Female Monasticism to 1100. (2023)

Lisa Bitel

social historygender studiesgender theoryreligious studiesfeminist theoryfemale monasticismfeminist perspectivessociologygender inequalityfeminist philosophyfeminist studies

OisíN Plumb. Picts and Britons in the Early Medieval Irish Church: Travels West Over the Storm-Swelled Sea. Turnhout: Brepols, 2020. Pp. 204. $72.00 (Cloth).. Journal of British Studies (2022)

Lisa Bitel

history

St. Brigid, the Compassionate, Sensible Female Patron Saint of Ireland, Gets a Lot Less Recognition Than St. Patrick. (2022)

st. brigidlot less recognitionst. patrick

Tracy Collins. 2021. Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland: An Archaeology. Cork: Cork University Press; 978-1-78205456-6 Hardback €39.. Antiquity (2022)

Lisa M. Bitel

anthropologymedieval irelandhistorical archaeologyfemale monasticismarchaeological practicearchaeology

Monastic Identity in Early Medieval Ireland. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2020)

Lisa M. Bitel

monastic identityearly medieval irelandreligious studieshistory

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