Robert K. Upchurch
- Language Building 409F
- robertu@unt.edu
- (940) 565-2161 (Office)
- (940) 565-2050 (Department)
- (940) 565-4355 (Fax)
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae LinkEducation
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PhD, City University of New York, 2001
Major: English
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MA, Wake Forest University, 1994
Major: English
Dissertation: Inscribing Vision: Poetic Potency and Performance in Selected Lais of Marie de France
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BA, College of William and Mary, 1989
Major: English
Current Scheduled Teaching
| ENGL 3430.002 | British Literature to 1780 | Spring 2025 | ||
| ENGL 5000.001 | Old English | Spring 2025 | ||
| ENGL 4431.001 | Studies in Medieval Lit | Spring 2025 | ||
| ENGL 4410.002 | Chaucer | Fall 2024 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 3370.001 | The Bible as Literature | Fall 2024 | Syllabus |
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Previous Scheduled Teaching
| ENGL 5760.001 | Scholarly and Critical Writing | Spring 2024 | SPOT | |
| ENGL 4431.001 | Studies in Medieval Lit | Spring 2024 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 1310.601 | First Year Writing I | Fall 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 3370.001 | The Bible as Literature | Fall 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 4410.001 | Chaucer | Spring 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 1320.601 | First Year Writing II | Spring 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 3430.001 | British Literature to 1780 | Fall 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 3910.001 | Special Studies in Literature | Fall 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 1320.601 | First Year Writing II | Spring 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 4431.001 | Studies in Medieval Lit | Spring 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 4431.301 | Studies in Medieval Lit | Spring 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 3430.002 | British Literature to 1780 | Fall 2021 | SPOT | |
| ENGL 4410.001 | Chaucer | Fall 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 1320.301 | College Writing II | Spring 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Spring 2021 | ||
| ENGL 1321.001 | Honors Composition II | Spring 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 1310.018 | College Writing I | Fall 2020 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 1310.601 | College Writing I | Fall 2020 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Fall 2020 | ||
| ENGL 1311.002 | Honors Composition I | Fall 2020 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 4410.001 | Chaucer | Fall 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 1310.601 | College Writing I | Fall 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 3430.001 | British Literature to 1780 | Spring 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 5760.001 | Scholarly and Critical Writing | Spring 2019 | SPOT | |
| ENGL 5760.601 | Scholarly and Critical Writing | Spring 2019 | SPOT | |
| ENGL 2400.002 | Literature, Media, and Popular Culture | Fall 2018 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 4410.001 | Chaucer | Fall 2017 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| ENGL 4910.742 | Special Problems | Spring 2017 | ||
| ENGL 3911.001 | Topics in British Literature | Fall 2015 | SPOT | |
| ENGL 3430.003 | British Literature to 1780 | Spring 2015 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 4431.001 | Studies in Medieval Lit | Spring 2015 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 3430.003 | British Literature to 1780 | Fall 2014 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 4900.742 | Special Problems | Fall 2014 | ||
| ENGL 3911.001 | Topics in British Literature | Fall 2014 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 3430.002 | British Literature to 1780 | Spring 2014 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 5900.742 | Special Problems | Spring 2014 | ||
| ENGL 4431.001 | Studies in Medieval Lit | Spring 2014 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 2500.004 | Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills | Fall 2013 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 2500.006 | Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills | Fall 2013 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 5000.001 | Old English | Spring 2013 | ||
| ENGL 5000.791 | Old English | Spring 2013 | ||
| ENGL 4900.742 | Special Problems | Spring 2013 | ||
| ENGL 5900.742 | Special Problems | Spring 2013 | ||
| ENGL 4431.001 | Studies in Medieval Lit | Spring 2013 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 5750.001 | Bibliography and Historical Method | Fall 2012 | ||
| ENGL 6941.742 | Directed Research | Fall 2012 | ||
| ENGL 4431.001 | Studies in Medieval Lit | Fall 2012 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Summer 5W2 2012 | ||
| ENGL 3430.001 | British Literature to 1780 | Spring 2012 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Spring 2012 | ||
| ENGL 5030.001 | Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture | Spring 2012 | ||
| ENGL 5750.001 | Bibliography and Historical Method | Fall 2011 | ||
| ENGL 3430.003 | British Literature to 1780 | Fall 2011 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Fall 2011 | ||
| ENGL 5900.742 | Special Problems | Fall 2011 | ||
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Spring 2011 | ||
| ENGL 5900.742 | Special Problems | Spring 2011 | ||
| ENGL 5750.001 | Bibliography and Methods of Research in Literature | Fall 2010 | ||
| ENGL 4410.001 | Chaucer | Fall 2010 | Syllabus | |
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Fall 2010 | ||
| ENGL 4900.742 | Special Problems | Fall 2010 | ||
| ENGL 5900.742 | Special Problems | Fall 2010 | ||
| ENGL 5000.001 | Old English | Spring 2010 | ||
| ENGL 3430.001 | Studies in British Literature to 1780 | Spring 2010 | ||
| ENGL 4410.001 | Chaucer | Fall 2009 | ||
| ENGL 4900.742 | Special Problems | Summer 5W1 2009 | ||
| ENGL 4900.742 | Special Problems | Summer 5W2 2009 | ||
| ENGL 4910.742 | Special Problems | Summer 5W1 2009 | ||
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Fall 2008 | ||
| ENGL 5900.742 | Special Problems | Fall 2008 | ||
| ENGL 5030.001 | Studies in Medieval Literature | Fall 2008 | ||
| ENGL 5950.742 | Master's Thesis | Summer 5W2 2008 | ||
| ENGL 5900.742 | Special Problems | Summer 5W2 2008 | ||
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Spring 2008 | ||
| ENGL 5950.742 | Master's Thesis | Spring 2008 | ||
| ENGL 5000.001 | Old English | Spring 2008 | ||
| ENGL 4900.742 | Special Problems | Spring 2008 | ||
| ENGL 3430.002 | Studies in British Literature to 1780 | Spring 2008 | ||
| ENGL 6944.742 | Directed Research | Fall 2007 | ||
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Fall 2007 | ||
| ENGL 6020.001 | Seminar in Old and Middle English Language or Literature | Fall 2007 | ||
| ENGL 6941.742 | Directed Research | Spring 2007 | ||
| ENGL 5950.742 | Master's Thesis | Spring 2007 | ||
| ENGL 3450.002 | Short Story | Spring 2007 | ||
| ENGL 3430.002 | Studies in British Literature to 1780 | Spring 2007 | ||
| ENGL 5030.001 | Studies in Medieval Literature | Spring 2007 | ||
| ENGL 6941.742 | Directed Research | Fall 2006 | ||
| ENGL 5950.742 | Master's Thesis | Fall 2006 | ||
| ENGL 5000.001 | Old English | Fall 2006 | ||
| ENGL 3430.001 | Studies in British Literature to 1780 | Fall 2006 | ||
| ENGL 4410.001 | Chaucer | Spring 2006 | ||
| ENGL 6941.742 | Directed Research | Spring 2006 | ||
| ENGL 3000.002 | Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills | Spring 2006 | ||
| ENGL 3000.003 | Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills | Spring 2006 | ||
| ENGL 6020.001 | Seminar in Old and Middle English Language or Literature | Spring 2006 | ||
| ENGL 6950.742 | Doctoral Dissertation | Fall 2005 | ||
| ENGL 4410.001 | Chaucer | Spring 2005 | ||
| ENGL 3000.002 | Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills | Spring 2005 | ||
| ENGL 5950.742 | Master's Thesis | Spring 2005 | ||
| ENGL 4900.742 | Special Problems | Spring 2005 | ||
| ENGL 5030.002 | Studies in Medieval Literature | Spring 2005 | ||
| ENGL 4410.002 | Chaucer | Fall 2004 | ||
| ENGL 5950.742 | Master's Thesis | Fall 2004 | ||
| ENGL 5000.001 | Old English | Fall 2004 | ||
| ENGL 4900.742 | Special Problems | Fall 2004 | ||
| ENGL 5800.002 | Studies in Literary Genres | Fall 2004 |
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Published Intellectual Contributions
- Upchurch, R.K., Kleist, A.J. (2022). Ælfrician Homilies and Varia: Editions, Translations and Commentary, 2 vols.. D. S. Brewer.
- Kleist, A.J., Upchurch, R.K. (2016). The Digital Aelfric. Martlesham, Eng. and Rochester, NY, Boydell and Brewer. http://www.sd-editions.com/
- ed. and trans.. (2007). Ælfric's Lives of the Virgin Spouses with Modern English Parallel-text Translations. University of Exeter Press.
- Whatley, E.G., Thompson, A., Upchurch, R.K. (2005). Saints' Legends from Middle English Collections (I was responsible for the texts and main drafts of the introductions for Chapters II (St. George), pp. 71-101, and V(a) (St. Benedict), pp. 169-96.). The Medieval Institute.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2021). "The Resonances and Roles of Vercelli Homily X in Multiple Manuscripts". In Old English Anonymous Homilies. Medieval and Renaissance Texts Series. Leiden, Brill.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2012). Shepherding the Shepherds in the Way of Pastoral Care: Ælfric and Cambridge University Library, MS Gg.3.28. Saints and Scholars: New Perspectives on Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture in Honor of Hugh Magennis, ed. S. McWilliams. 54-74. Cambridge, Brewer.
- Upchurch, R.K., Magennis, H., Swan, M. (2009). "Catechetic Homiletics: Ælfric's Teaching and Preaching During Lent,". A Companion to Ælfric. 217-46.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2007). "Homiletic Contexts for Ælfric's Hagiography: The Legend of Saints Cecilia and Valerian,". The Old English Homily: Precedent, Practice, and Appropriation, ed. Aaron J. Kleist. 265-84. Brepols.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2020). Review of Gerald P. Dyson’s Priests and their Books in Late Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon Studies 34 (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2019). Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 119 539-541.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2019). Review of Rhonda L. McDaniel’s The Third Gender and Ælfric’s Lives of Saints (Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2019). Speculum. 94 1195-96.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2015). Review of The Old English Martyrology, ed. and trans. Christine Rauer. Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 114 (3) https://muse.jhu.edu/article/587484
- Upchurch, R.K. (2012). Review of Sunday Observance and the Sunday Letter in Anglo-Saxon England, ed. and trans. Dorothy Haines (Woodbridge, Eng.: Boydell and Brewer, 2010) in Medieval Sermon Studies. Other. 56 64-65.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2008). Review of Ælfric and the Cult of the Saints in Anglo-Saxon England" by Mechthild Gretsch. Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England 34 (Cambridge: Cambridge UP). Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 107 121-23. Journal of English and Germanic Philology.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2005). Review of Three Alliterative Saints' Hymns: Late Middle English Stanzaic Poems, ed. Ruth Kennedy. Early English Text Society OS 321 (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003). Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 104 564-66. Journal of English and Germanic Philology.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2000). "Solomon and Saturn" and "The Wonders of the East". Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia, eds. J. B. Friedman and K. M. Figg. New York, Garland.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2022). “An Anglo-Saxon bishop, his book and two battles: Leofric of Exeter and liturgical performance as pastoral care”. Anglo-Saxon England. 48 209-270. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2016). “A Call to Alms: Ælfric’s Condemnation of Hoarding in Catholic Homily II.7”. Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 115 (4) 413-441. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/633667
- Upchurch, R.K. (2010). "A Big Dog Barks: Ælfric of Eynsham's Indictment of the English Pastorate and Witan,". Speculum. 85 505-33.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2005). "Married Virgins as Model Christians: Ælfric's Legend of Julian and Basilissa.". Anglo-Saxon England. 34 197-217.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2004). "For Pastoral Care and Political Gain: Ælfric of Eynsham's Preaching on Marital Celibacy.". Traditio. 59 39-78.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2004). "The Legend of Chrysanthus and Daria in Ælfric's Lives of Saints .". Studies in Philology. 101 250-69.
- Upchurch, R.K. (2003). "The 'Good Fyn' of Saint Alexius in a Middle English Version of his Legend.". Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 102 1-20.
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Kleist, A.J. (Principal), Upchurch, R.K. (Supporting), "The Digital AElfric," sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, Funded. (2006 - 2010).
- Kleist, A.J. (Principal), Upchurch, R.K. (Supporting), "The Digital AElfric," sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, Funded. (2006 - 2010).
- Upchurch, R.K. (Principal), "Lost in Translation: The Recovery of Three Old English Sermons," University of North Texas, Funded. (2011 - 2012).
- Upchurch, R.K. (Principal), "Imitation and Innovation: Continental Contexts for Ælfric's Pastoral Care," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, Funded. (2009 - 2010).
- Abel, M.S. (Co-Principal), Upchurch, R.K. (Co-Principal), Fuhrmann, C. (Co-Principal), Brand, B. (Co-Principal), "Library Primary Source Material," sponsored by University of North Texas Infrastructure Grant, University of North Texas, $25000 Funded. (2008 - 2008).
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