Rebecca Shercliff

Dr Rebecca Shercliff is a Research Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge, affiliated with the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic. She completed her PhD in the same Department in 2018, with a thesis entitled 'A Critical Edition of "Tochmarc Ferbe" with Translation, Textual Notes and Literary Commentary'. Her main research interests are medieval Irish literature, early Arthurian literature and the role of medieval women. Her current research centres on medieval texts and their development in the context of their social, historical and literary background, with a particular focus on producing new editions and translations of previously neglected works. Alongside this, she has a passion for the pedagogy of medieval languages, and has been involved in a number of digital humanities projects aimed at providing educational resources online.