What area of medieval lit are you interested in, incidentally? Depending on the area, I might suggest UMich-Ann Arbor, Urbana-Champaign, Oregon, Bloomington, and Brown. (Medieval Studies MA student here who was planning on applying to English PhD before changing my mind. :P)
Focusing mostly on Chaucer and (as a former Classics and French major) a lot of the linguistics. My undergrad was actually not too strong in Medieval, so I've had to supplement a lot without much direction. I am kind of shooting in the dark here!
You might want to consider Berkeley as well. One of their medievalists is teaching a graduate course on Chaucer this semester. Traditionally, I think Notre Dame and University of Toronto also have strong medievalists/medieval studies programs, which might be worth exploring.
I'm curious about one school in particular on your list: why Buffalo? (SUNY Buffalo, I assume? If so, it's technically the State University of New York AT Buffalo--I manged to screw that up on my applications, and would like to see you avoid making the same mistake). I don't know of a single graduate student there who's a medievalist (which is not to say that there aren't any).
I'm getting into my first round of applications for a PhD in English, with a focus on Victorian Lit and Postcolonial Theory.
Vanderbilt Brown UNC Chapel Hill Harvard Berkeley or Stanford (but probably not both) and Cornell, pending further research.
I'm also stipulating that the school have some sort of Slavic Studies department, which hasn't been as restrictive of a factor as I thought it might be.
Emphatically seconded. Nancy Armstrong would be a great person to look into--she does Victorian lit and empire, and Duke has really a top notch poco faculty.
oops. I combined two comments, posted them below, and deleted the original two.
I'm hoping that our Duke girls will come out of hiding to persuade you, but I seriously can't think of a more perfect program for your interests. It's a fantastic program overall (though in recent years, increasingly difficult to get into)...and the location is much nicer than a stereotypical image of North Carolina might suggest.
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You might want to consider Berkeley as well. One of their medievalists is teaching a graduate course on Chaucer this semester. Traditionally, I think Notre Dame and University of Toronto also have strong medievalists/medieval studies programs, which might be worth exploring.
I'm curious about one school in particular on your list: why Buffalo? (SUNY Buffalo, I assume? If so, it's technically the State University of New York AT Buffalo--I manged to screw that up on my applications, and would like to see you avoid making the same mistake). I don't know of a single graduate student there who's a medievalist (which is not to say that there aren't any).
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Vanderbilt
Brown
UNC Chapel Hill
Harvard
Berkeley or Stanford (but probably not both)
and Cornell, pending further research.
I'm also stipulating that the school have some sort of Slavic Studies department, which hasn't been as restrictive of a factor as I thought it might be.
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I'm hoping that our Duke girls will come out of hiding to persuade you, but I seriously can't think of a more perfect program for your interests. It's a fantastic program overall (though in recent years, increasingly difficult to get into)...and the location is much nicer than a stereotypical image of North Carolina might suggest.
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Good to see you, and I'll stay in touch w/ the Lounge!
James
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