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Research Expertise
I am a historian of the Middle Ages with expertise in the history of the crusades, medieval historiography, and the literature and languages of medieval western Europe.
Research Biography
My primary field of research is the history of the crusades, with a particular focus on crusading ideology, terminology, and historiography. I also have a long-standing interest in the Third Crusade and the relationships between the numerous written accounts that it inspired.
My PhD thesis, which I completed at the University of Cambridge in 2016, explored the impact of the crusading cross on western crusade terminology across a variety of languages and in different regions between c. 1095 and c. 1250. I am currently adapting this thesis for publication under the provisional title 'The Crusading Cross in Language, Thought and Practice, c. 1095–c. 1300'.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Cambridge
Oct 2012 → Apr 2016
Award Date: 28 Jan 2017
Master, Master of Philosophy (Medieval Studies), University of Sydney
Mar 2010 → Mar 2012
Award Date: 1 Nov 2012
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Sydney
Mar 2007 → Nov 2009
Award Date: 7 May 2010
External positions
Lecturer in English, University of Sydney
Jan 2018 → Jan 2020
Keywords
- D111 Medieval History
- Crusades
- Medieval Historiography
- Medieval Religion
- Medieval Languages
- DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
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Projects
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DECHASS: Digital Education in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Bouvet, E., Cornelius-Bell, A., Tikhonova, D., Parisot, E., Carter, H., Kane, J., Ngo, M., Diaz-Martinez, J. & Schech, S.
11/04/21 → 10/04/22
Project: Research
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Bennett, Stephen, Elite Participation in the Third Crusade (Warfare in History), Woodbridge, The Boydell Press, 2021; hardback, pp. xiii, 445; R.R.P. £60.00; ISBN 9781783275786
Kane, J. H., Jan 2022, In: Parergon. 39, 1, p. 219-220 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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An Early Vernacular Annal on the First Crusade from Christ Church, Canterbury
Kane, J. H., 1 Sept 2021, In: Notes and Queries. 68, 3, p. 248-251 4 p., gjab086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'Blood and water flowed to the ground': Sacred topography, biblical landscapes, and conceptions of space in the Libellus de expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum
Kane, J. H., May 2021, In: Journal of Medieval History. 47, 3, p. 366-380 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digital Education in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences: Discipline Discussions
Cornelius-Bell, A., Tikhonova, D., Bouvet, E., Schech, S., Ngo, M., Parisot, E., Diaz-Martinez, J., Kane, J. H. & Carter, H., 28 Sept 2021, Bedford Park: Flinders University. 23 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Digital Education in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences: summary report on the first round of focus group findings
Cornelius-Bell, A., Bouvet, E., Tikhonova, D., Schech, S., Ngo, M., Parisot, E., Carter, H., Diaz-Martinez, J. & Kane, J. H., 4 Aug 2021, Bedford Park, SA: Flinders University. 10 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report