Boffa, Andrea
Adjunct Lecturer
History, Philosophy and Anthropology
Phone: 718-262-2635
Office Location: AC-3D08
ABoffa@york.cuny.edu
Education
Degree | Institution | Field | Dates |
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PhD | Stony Brook University | History | 2015 |
MA | University of Windsor | History | 2004 |
BA | University of Toronto | English and Medieval Studies | 2000 |
Articles in Field Of Expertise
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Boffa, Andrea. "Creating Identity through the Act of Will-Making: A Case Study of Fourteenth-Century Wills by the Women of Lucca." Medieval Prosopography. 33 2018: 209-221.
Chapters in Field Of Expertise
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Boffa, Andrea. "Friendship and Resistance in the Vitae of Italian Holy Women." Women's Friendship in Medieval Literature. 2022: .
Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances
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" Medievalism on the Menu: Exploring the Middle Ages One Recipe at a Time " May 2019: International Congress of Medieval Studies.
" Working Motherhood, Margaret of Cortona, and the Academic Dream " May 2018: International Congress of Medieval Studies.
" A Saint and Her City: Holy Women in Urban Italy " November 2017: Southeastern Medieval Association Annual Conference.
" Models of Female Friendship in the Lives of the Saints " May 2017: International Congress of Medieval Studies.
" The Challenges of Food and Friendship in the Vita of Margaret of Cortona " May 2016: International Congress on Medieval Studies.
" Female Fellowship in Fourteenth-Century Lucca: Finding Women’s Communities through Their Wills " May 2012: International Congress on Medieval Studies.
" Finding Female Friends in Late Medieval Italy " April 2010: Inter-University Doctoral Consortium Medieval Studies Colloquium.
" The Social Circle of Umiliana De’ Cerchi: Pious Opportunity and Franciscan Strategy " May 2008: International Congress on Medieval Studies.
" ’sua social specialissima et fideli amica:’ St. Benevenuta and her Friends " October 2006: Midwest Medieval History Conference.
" Pleasure, Power and Procreation: Female Agency in the Medieval Marriage Bed " April 2004: Fort Garry Lectures in History, University of Manitoba.