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Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski was named an officer of the Medieval Academy of America

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The Medieval Academy of America has named Pitt faculty member Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski an officer of the organization. Blumenfeld-Kosinski is a distinguished professor of French in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences whose research interests include French medieval literature and culture. She was affiliated with the Medieval Academy of America as a councilor (1998-2000), member of its nominating committee (2001-03) and French book review editor for the journal Speculum (2007-12). In 2020, she will assume the presidency of the organization, which has fostered medieval studies since 1925.