Aleksandra Nicole Pfau

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Hendrix College

Also affiliated: Portland State University (2020–2021); University of Wisconsin–Madison (2020–2021); University of New Mexico (2020–2021); University of Bremen (2020–2021); University of Exeter (2020–2021); Augusta University (2020–2021); Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (2020–2021); Queens University of Charlotte (2020–2021); Bibliothèque Nationale de France (2020–2021); Conway School of Landscape Design (2016); Universidad de Londres (2020–2021)

Formerly Arkansas Affiliated with Hendrix College through 2021.

3 h-index 18 pubs 22 cited

Research Areas

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Aleksandra Nicole Pfau researches the historical narratives and social contexts of mental illness and violence in late medieval France. Her work investigates how communities perceived and responded to individuals deemed mad, particularly in relation to criminal acts. Pfau has published on the portrayal of sorcery, crimes of passion, and the reintegration of individuals experiencing mental distress within medieval society. Her scholarship includes a focus on remission letters as a source for understanding emotion and madness during this period. Pfau's research contributes to the study of medieval history, the history of medicine, and the social history of mental illness.

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h-index: 3
Publications: 18
Citations: 22

Selected Publications

Medieval Communities and the Mad (2021)

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Medieval Communities and the Mad (2020)

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Medieval Communities and the Mad (2020)

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Jenni Kuuliala, Childhood Disability and Social Integration in the Middle Ages: Constructions of Impairments in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Canonization Processes. (Studies in the History of Daily Life, 800–1600, 4.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2016. Pp. xiv, 380; 5 tables. €100. ISBN: 978-2-503-55185-2. (2018)

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Irina Metzler. Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages (2016)

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