Senior Lecturer
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Erin has published widely on early medieval literature and culture, as well as a significant body of interdisciplinary archaeological research, with a particular focus on shipsettings, medieval maritime culture, and monumentality. Before coming to Flinders University, she was at Monash University (Melbourne), University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast. She is currently Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature and is a member of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the study of the History of Emotion: War and Emotions research cluster and has a recurring segment on medieval cultures in The Sunday Mail (Adelaide). Her first monograph, In Enigmate: the history of a riddle from 400-1500, was published in 2018. Her forthcoming monograph on Beowulf is due out with Manchester University Press 2021.
BA (Hons.), Monash University
MA, Monash University
PhD, Trinity College Dublin
Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2017
Project Grant, FiRTH, 2017
Research Grant, FiRTH, 2015
Muriel McCarthy Research Fellowship, Archbishop Marsh’s Library, 2013
Fellowship, ASSB Fund, 2010
Project Grant, Irish Reserach Council for Humanities and Social Sciences, 2010
Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature
Discipline Lead, English
International Undergraduate Award (Highly Commended) - OCT 2017
Ann Flaxman Prize (Dux of English Honours) - APR 2018
University Medal - APR 2018
Richard Conyers Prize (Best English Honours Thesis) - APR 2018
Dux of History Honours) - APR 2019
Richard Conyers Prize (Best English Honours Thesis) - APR 2019
The Society for Court Studies Annual Essay Prize - AUG 2019
St Andrews Institute for Medieval Studies Essay Prize, proxime accessit. - JUN 2019
Cerae Journal Essay Prize - SEP 2017