Maybelle Leung
Degrees earned:
Ph.D. (ABD), 91亚色
M.A., 91亚色
(Hons.) B.A., University of Toronto
Maybelle Leung (she/her) is interested in the connections between medieval and modern thought. Her research is on late medieval English and French literature, the history and theory of subjectivity, and literary medievalisms.
Maybelle鈥檚 SSHRC-funded dissertation argues for a return to the psychoanalytic criticism that interested medieval scholars in the 1990s to early 2000s. Turning to the French allegorical poem Le Roman de la Rose and works of Geoffrey Chaucer, she argues that a concept of 鈥渘on-separation鈥 constructed out of separation, which psychoanalysis broadly defines as the gap between self and 濒鈥橝耻迟谤别 [Other], shaped the contours of subjective knowledge in these texts鈥攕ubjective knowledge of bodies, of language, and of enjoyment. Her work is published in Magistra: A Journal of Women鈥檚 Spirituality in History (2019) and Palimpsestes: Revue de traduction (2022); she has also contributed to Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies (2025). Currently, Maybelle is working with Deanne Williams on a project titled Shakespeare and the Global Middle Ages.
Maybelle鈥檚 teaching efforts secured the English Department鈥檚 Teaching Assistant鈥檚 Award for Excellence from 2021-2022. Her pedagogy is rooted in the conviction that the humanities are essential鈥攆or personal and communal flourishing, and for finding the 鈥渟imply marvelous鈥 (to use L.O. Aranye Fradenburg鈥檚 term) in everyday life. Maybelle first taught at University of Toronto Mississauga before joining 91亚色. Drawing from experience in various fields, from music instruction to technical copywriting, she brings an artistic touch and community focus to literary study.
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