Wendy Hennequin
Professor
Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy
310-C Elliot
963-5724
whennequin@tnstate.edu
Education
PhD, University of Connecticut
MA, Central Connecticut State University
BS-ED, Central Connecticut State University
BIO
Professor Wendy Hennequin teaches courses in medieval literature, British literature, world literature, and composition. Her research interests include Old English language and literature, women characters in Old English and medieval texts, women warriors, and teaching with technology.
Professor Hennequin is the academic advisor for Beowulf the Event (live performances of the poem Beowulf by storytellers).听 The web site is here: and the YouTube videos are here:
Selected Academic and/or Popular Press Publications听
鈥淲altheof: the Journey from Warrior to Saint,鈥澨� Scandia 听vol. 88, no. 2 (2022). With Elizabeth Dachowski. (link to abstract here:听 )
Blog:听鈥淐ountess Judith of Huntington, Earl Waltheof, and Lived Religion,鈥� ().
"Anglo-Saxon Banners and听Beowulf,"听published in听Medieval Clothing and Textiles听Volume 16.听(2020).
Dr. Hennequin听was a panelist on Summer Shakespeare Online by the Nashville Shakespeare Festival:听听(2020).
鈥淗unferth and Incitement鈥� (tentatitve title), accepted for an anthology on the Irish Sea Cultural Province, ed. Joseph Nagy.
鈥淗ow Not to Be a Lonely Medievalist,鈥� accepted,听The Ballad of the Lone Medievalist,听ed. John Sexton and Kisha Tracy.
鈥淎 Better Band of Hall Thanes:听Harry Potter听and the听Comitatus听Bond,鈥� accepted,听J.K. Rowling鈥檚 Medievalisms,听ed. Carol Dover (under consideration by Palgrave / MacMillan).
鈥淭he Confining Crown of Champions: Women鈥檚 Aggressive Speech and Containment in听Seinte Katerine听and听The Wife of Bath,鈥� accepted by听Female Aggression and Women Warriors in the Middle Ages, Ed. Tracey-Anne Cooper and Christina Senechal, to be published in Spring 2016.
"Her Own Hall: Grendel's Mother as King," accepted by听Heroic Age,听to be published Spring 2016.
"Teaching the Past Present: Re-Creation and Reproduction in the University Classroom," accepted by听Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching.听
鈥�Beowulf in World Lit 1,鈥�
鈥淩iddle 17,鈥� translation and commentary,
Select Poems.听 听New Crops from Old Fields: Eight Medievalists Poets, ed. Oz Hardwick, York, England: Stairwell Books, 2015. 56-69.
鈥�Harry Potter and the Legends of Saints.鈥� Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 25:1 (2013): 67-81.
鈥淲e鈥檝e Created a Monster: The Strange Case of Grendel鈥檚 Mother.鈥� English Studies 89:5 (2008): 503-23.
Selected Conference Presentations
鈥淲hy Are Women鈥檚 Voices Muted in Beowulf ?鈥� presented at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK, July 4, 2023.听听
Nashville Shakespeare Festival (speaker), 2022 and 2023 (both Summer and Winter productions both years).
"Reacting to the Past Consortium Workgroup on Primary Texts," Workgroup participant, Reacting to the Past Annual Institute, June 2023.
鈥淏ringing the Sutton Hoo Inquest to Life in the Classroom,鈥� with Elizabeth Dachowski. Southeast Medieval Association Conference, Birmingham, AL (November 12, 2022).
鈥淭he Origins of the Authenticity Police鈥� (roundtable presentation), PCAS/ACAS, Nashville, TN, October 13, 2016.
鈥淕raphic Novel Adaptations of Medieval Texts鈥� (roundtable presentation), Southeastern Medieval Association Conference, Knoxville, TN, October 8, 2016.
鈥淯nferth and the Celtic Taunting Tradition,鈥� 15th听International Congress of Celtic Studies, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland, July 13, 2015.
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鈥淭he Last Peace Weaver? Countess Judith, Earl Waltheof, and Anglo-Norman Rapprochement." co-presented with Elizabeth Dachowski from History Dept,
听Southeast Medieval Association Conference, Little Rock, AR, entitled
鈥淭eaching the Past Present: Re-Creation and Reproduction in the University Classroom,鈥� 1st Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2013.
鈥淚nnovation in the Face of Adversity: Using Technology at an HBCU for Collaboration and a Personal Touch,鈥� ROCC Summer Academy, Memphis, Tennessee, June, 2012.
鈥淎 Medievalist Teaches Writing,鈥� NCTE, Chicago, Illinois, November, 2011.
鈥溾�榃ho Received that Freight鈥�: Beowulf Rediscovered in the Modern World,鈥� South Atlantic MLA, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 2011.
鈥淛ustice and Gender in Yde and Olive,鈥�46th International Medieval Congress, Western Michigan University, May, 2011.
鈥淗arry Potter and the Legends of Saints,鈥� South Atlantic MLA, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 2010.
鈥淪impleness and Duty: 鈥楶yramus and Thisby,鈥� Devotion, and the Corpus Christi Plays,鈥� Shakespeare Association of America, Washington, D.C., April 2009.
鈥淗er Own Hall: Grendel鈥檚 Mother as King.鈥� 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 2008.
鈥淎rmed and Disarmed: Hippolyta as Amazon Queen and Perfect Wife in Chaucer and de Pizan.鈥� 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 2007.
Selected Fellowships
NEH Seminar: "The Irish Sea Cultural Province:听Crossroads of Medieval Languages and Literature," Belfast, Northern Ireland; Douglas, Isle of Man; and Glasgow, Scotland. Summer 2015.
Selected University Presentation/Talks
Creative Conference Paper, 鈥淣o Feldsong for Old Men: Does 鈥楧eor鈥檚 Flyting鈥� Flyt Tradition, or by Opposing, Sustain It?鈥� Pseudo Society (mock scholarship panel), 48th International Medieval Congress, May 11, 2012.
Invited Lecture, 鈥淕od for Harry, England, and St. George: How J.K. Rowling Uses Medieval Saints鈥� Lives in the Harry Potter Series.鈥� Medieval Studies Forum, Southern Indiana University, March 7, 2013.
Research Presentation, 鈥� Harry Potter and Medieval Saints鈥� Lives,鈥� Medieval and Classical Faculty Research Forum, Vanderbilt University, November 11, 2010.
Research Presentation, 鈥淎nglo-Saxon Kingship, Beowulf, and Grendel鈥檚 Mother,鈥� Medieval and Classical Faculty Research Forum, Vanderbilt University, April 21, 2008.
Selected University Committees, Campus Groups
General Education Assessment committee
Classes Taught at TSU
Literature of Medieval England, Chaucer, History of the English Language, Shakespeare鈥檚 Tragedies, Special Topics (Harry Potter), English Novel, English Literature 1, World Literature 1, World Literature 2, Poetry and Drama, Freshman English 1, Freshman English 2
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