Will Beattie

Graduate Fellow, 2022-23

Will Beattie is a Medieval Studies PhD candidate in Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute. His research on Old English apocalyptic literature explores early medieval cultures of preaching, textual adaptation, and the interplay between religion, politics, and identity. He is a co-editor of Nanovic’s Europe in the World platform, and co-editor of the Medieval Institute’s Meeting in the Middle Ages podcast. Will’s dissertation examines the development of vernacular apocalyptic preaching in early medieval England, focussing on anonymous texts. He is interested in how the generic conventions of homily, and notions of authorship in the period, intersect with Christian apocalyptic traditions.