Jane Chance is Professor of English at Rice
University, where she has taught since 1973. Her research
interests center on mythology and myth-making, the reception of classical mythology and medieval Latin literature in the Middle Ages, particularly in England (especially in relation to Chaucer and Gower); medieval women writers (Christine de Pizan in particular) and the
study of gender; and modern medievalism (Tolkien in particular): see Jane Chance's books, articles , and the two series she edits, The Library of Medieval Women and Greenwood Guides to Historic Events in the Medieval World. See also a listing of her Invited, Plenary, and Keynote Lectures,
her Honors and Awards and her Editorial Positions, Offices, and Appointments.
In summer of 1997 she directed an NEH Institute for College and University Teachers on "The Literary Traditions of Medieval Women" at Rice University; from 1996-1998 she chaired the Rice University English Department Speakers Committee. In summer of 2000 she participated in the CEU/CARA/Medieval Academy Institute on "Issues and Resources in Central Europe for research on the Middle Ages" held in Budapest. For Tolkien at Kalamazoo in 2003, see the five sessions on "J. R. R. Tolkien and The Discourses of Myth".
Courses (Most Recent Syllabus Only):
- English 309/MDST/WTSG 368: Mythologies Fall, 2006 10:50-12:05 TTH
- English/MDST 316/WTSG 305: Geoffrey Chaucer Fall, 2006, 2:30-3:45 TTH
- English/MDST 318: J. R. R. Tolkien Spring, 2006, 10:50-12:05 TTH
- English/MDST 310: Dante Spring, 2006, 2:30-3:45 TTH
- English 316: Geoffrey
Chaucer Spring, 2005, 10:50-12:05 TTH
- English 517/SWG 417: Medieval
Women Writers Spring, 2005, 2:30-5:30 TU
- English 317/MDST 317/WSTG 301:
Arthurian Literature: The "Reel Arthur" Fall, 2004, 10:50-12:05 TTH
- English 319/WTSG 349:British
Women Writers from 1400-1900 Fall, 2004, 2:30-3:50 TTH
- English 318/ MDST 318:
J. R. R. Tolkien Spring, 2004, 10:50-12:05 TTH
- English 315/ MDST 315: Introduction to Medieval
Culture(s), Spring, 2004, 2:30-3:45 TTH
- English 309/ MDST 368/ WGST 368 Mythologies Fall, 2003, 10:50-12:05 TTH
- English 310/ MDST 311:Dante
Fall, 2003 2:30-3:45 TTH
- English 317/MDST 317/WSTG 301:
Arthurian Literature: The "Reel Arthur" Fall, 2002, 10:50-12:05 TTH
- English 516/MDST 316/WSTG 305:
Chaucer and the Subversive Other: Women, Gender, Nation, Class Fall, 2002,
2:30-5:30 TU
- English 311:Dante
Spring, 2002, 2:30-3:45 TTH
- English 318:
J. R. R. Tolkien Spring, 2002, 10:50-12:05 TTH
- English 368: Mythologies
Fall 2001, 10:50-12:05 TTH
- English 311: Medieval
Women Writers Fall, 2001, 2:30-3:45 TTH
- English 300/WTSG 349:British
Women Writers from 1400-1900 Fall, 2000, 9:25-10:40 TTH
- English 516/WTSG 305: Chaucer and the Subversive Other. Women, Gender,
Nation, Class Fall, 2000, 2:30-5:30 TU
- English 318:
J. R. R. Tolkien Spring, 2000, 1-2:20 TTH Student
Web Pages
- English 514: Middle
English Literature: The Invention of Subjectivity Spring, 2000, 9:25-10:40
TTH
- English 317: Arthurian Literature Spring, 1999, 1-2:20 TTH Student
Web Page
- English 517/SWG 417: Medieval
Women Writers Spring, 1999, 2:30-5:30 TH
- English 511: Pedagogy
Spring, 1999, 4-5 TU 5-6 TU
- English 415: Christine
de Pizan in Fifteenth Century England Spring, 1998, W 2-5
- English 283: Women
Writers from 1400 to 1900 Fall, 1997, 10-11 MWF
- English 316: Geoffrey
Chaucer Fall, 1997, 2-3 MWF
- English 516: Chaucer
and the Learned Tradition Spring, 1997, 2-5 M
Her son Antony Passaro's pages Here
Jane Chance can be contacted at: jchance@ruf.rice.edu and 713-348-2625.
Address: Department of English-MS30, Rice Univ., P.O. Box 1892, Houston,
Tx 77251-1892
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