About
Nico Mara-McKay (they/them) is a SSHRC-funded PhD student at the University of Toronto in History with a collaborative specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies. Their research focuses on nonnormative gender expressions in late medieval western Europe. Education
2020-Present Doctor of Philosophy, History, collaborative specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto, supervised by Alison More and Isabelle Cochelin
2019-2020 Master of Arts, History, University of Guelph, “Questions of Categorization: Surgical Interventions on Intersex Bodies in Late Medieval Europe,” supervised by Jacqueline Murray
2015-2019 Honours Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction, majors in History and Art History, minor in History of Religions, University of Toronto Publications
“Witchcraft Pamphlets at the Dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment.” Canadian Journal of History 56:3 (2021): 381-401.
“Commemorating Community: The St. Kunibert Office of the Dead.” In Illuminating Life: Manuscript Pages of the Middle Ages, edited by Brittney Payer and Alex Wall, 62-74. Guelph: University of Guelph, 2020.
“Becoming Gendered: Two Medieval Approaches to Intersex Gender Assignment.” Prandium: The Journal of Historical Studies 7:1 (2018): 1-10. Memberships
American History Association
Canadian Society of the History of Medicine
Canadian Society of Medievalists
Medieval Academy of America
Sexuality Studies Association
Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
