Abby Monk BA (Hons), MA (Aberystwyth) AFHEA
Lectureship in Medieval History
Department of History & Welsh History
IER Reader
IER Invigilator
Specialist Mentor
Amanuensis
University Invigilator
Contact Details
- Email: abm11@aber.ac.uk
- Office: 3.23, International Politics Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622699
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
Abby Monk completed her BA in Medieval and Early Modern History, and her MA in Medieval Britain and Europe at the Department of History and Welsh History, Aberyswtwyth University. Abby submitted her PhD thesis in 2023 which focused on the perception of exiles in the Anglo-Norman realm through the writing of the twelfth century monastic Orderic Vitalis. Abby's research interests include collective exiled memory, the relationships between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Byzantine Empire, and the reception of exiles in the Islamic World of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Additionally, Abby has an interest in gender history and political culture.
In 2023 Abby won Postgraduate Teacher of the Year at the Teaching, Learning & Student Experience Awards.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- HY11420 - Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Europe, 1000-1800
- HY26720 - War, Politics and People: England in Context in the Fourteenth Century
- HY36720 - War, Politics and People: England in Context in the Fourteenth Century
- HY25620 - Medieval England and Germany, c. 1050-1250
- HY35620 - Medieval England and Germany, c. 1050-1250
Coordinator
- HY25620 - Medieval England and Germany, c. 1050-1250
- HY11420 - Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Europe, 1000-1800
- HY26720 - War, Politics and People: England in Context in the Fourteenth Century
- HY35620 - Medieval England and Germany, c. 1050-1250
- HY36720 - War, Politics and People: England in Context in the Fourteenth Century
Tutor
- HY20120 - Making History
- HYM0120 - Research Methods and Professional Skills in History
- HY10420 - 'Hands on' History: Sources and their Historians
- HY12420 - Europe and the World, 1000-2000
Moderator
Responsibilities
Admissions Tutor (Publications)
Peer Guide Coordinator