Community of Scholars Profile

Chance, Jane

Information in this profile has been submitted by the individual or is based on Institute records, including the publication A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study 1930-1980.

Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]HistSt9/1/19886/30/1989

Current Homepage: www.english.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=174
Field of Study while at IAS: Medieval Historical Studies
Home institution while at IAS: Rice University
Position: Professor (Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Chair in English)
Start year: 1980
Department: English
Institution: Rice University
Current Field of Study: Medieval literature, mythography, and medievalism

Past and Other Appointments

AppointmentOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
Associate ProfessorRice University19771980
Assistant ProfessorRice University19731977
Lecturer and Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Saskatchewan-Saskatoon19711973

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1971University of Illinois-Urbana
A.M.1968University of Illinois-Urbana
B.A.1967Purdue University-West Lafayette

Honors

DescriptionYear
Visiting Scholar, Inst. for Medical Humanities, University of Texas-Medical Branch2011-2012
Best Book Prize, South Central Modern Language Association2008
Best Essay Prize, Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship2005
Finalist, Mythopoeic Book Award2004 and 2005
NEH Fellowship, Center for Medieval Studies, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri2003