Ruth Mazo Karras

Ruth Mazo Karras (born February 23, 1957) is an American historian and medievalist, whose academic research and publications are focused on the disciplines of sexuality, religion and marriage in the late Middle Ages. Her notable works include: ''From Boys to Men'', ''Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages'' and ''Sexuality in Medieval Europe: Doing Unto Others''.

She is an author of the Middle Ages, whose interests are masculinity and sexuality in Christian and Jewish societies. Her book, ''Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages'', was named co-winner of the American Historical Association's Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History in 2012.

Since 2018, Ruth Mazo Karras has held an appointment as the Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin. She was also the President of the Medieval Academy of America in 2019–20. In spring 2018, she was a visiting fellow at the St. Andrews Institute for Medieval Studies. Prior to taking up her post in Dublin, she served as Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. She earned a PhD and an MPhil in History from Yale University, an MPhil in European Archaeology from the University of Oxford, and a BA in History from Yale. Provided by Wikipedia