Daniel John Davies
Assistant Professor of English, University of Houston
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Davies's research focuses on medieval and contemporary European literature, material texts, and classical reception. Overarching themes in Davies's writings include national identity, social history, and the impact of war. Davies serves as Secretary of the Board of Directors for PAIR (Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees), a nonprofit serving over three hundred middle and high school students resettled in Houston, TX.
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In the News
Opinion: "The Inscrutable Landscape of ‘A Line in the World’," Daniel John Davies, The Millions, February 15, 2023.
Publications
"Medieval Scottish Historians and the Contest for Britain" Modern Language Quarterly 82, no. 2 (2021): 149–175.
Traces imperialist geography in English historiography via the descriptio Britanniae (description of Britain), a trope found across the Middle Ages, and the fourteenth-century Gough Map, the first sheet-map of Britain. Reveals and counteracts the Anglocentrism of insular literary history.