Corinne Wieben

Faculty

Professor

Location Ross 3295C
Office Hours W 12:20–1:10 pm, F 2:30–3:20 pm and by appointment at bit.ly/WiebenOH
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Education

  • B.A., Medieval Studies, University of California, Davis
  • M.A., History, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Ph.D., History, University of California, Santa Barbara

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • Professor, History, UNC (2022-present)
  • Associate Professor, History, UNC (2017-2022)
  • Assistant Professor, History, UNC (2012–2017)
  • Visiting Lecturer, History, UNC (2010–2012)

Research Expertise & Interests

Medieval and Renaissance European and Mediterranean history; medieval social and legal history; history of gender and sexuality; history of magic and witchcraft.

Publications

Wieben, C. “Stricken by Terror: Seeing and Knowing in Late Medieval Criminal Case Records.” Quidditas 40 (2019): 251-266.

Wieben, C. “Virtù: Marriage, Gender, and Competing Masculinities in Fourteenth-Century Lucca.” In Ann Marie Rasmussen (Ed.), Rivalrous Masculinities: New Directions in Medieval Gender Studies, 168–192. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2019.

Wieben, C. “Foster-Mother of Vipers: Episcopal Conflict and the Cult of Verdiana da Castelfiorentino.” In Daniel Bornstein, Laura Gaffuri, and Brian J. Maxson (Ed.), Languages of Power in Italy (1300-1600), 143–160. Turnhout: Brepols, 2017.

Wieben, C. “The Charms of Women and Priests: Sex, Magic, Gender and Public Order in Late Medieval Italy.” Gender & History 29, no. 1 (2017): 141–157.

Wieben, C. “Unwilling Grooms in Fourteenth-century Lucca.” Journal of Family History 40, no. 3 (2015): 263-276.

Wieben, C. “’As Men Do with Their Wives’: Domestic Violence in Fourteenth-Century Lucca.” California Italian Studies 1, no. 2 (2010): 1-13.

Honors & Awards

  • 2020, Short-Term Research Fellowship, Renaissance Society of America
  • 2020, Provost Award for Travel, University of Northern Colorado
  • 2014, First Year Scholars Faculty Recognition Award (for outstanding instruction and mentorship), University of Northern Colorado
  • 2013, Research, Dissemination, and Faculty Development Grant, UNC Provost’s Fund
  • 2012, New Faculty Fellows Program (preliminary awardee, withdrawn due to tenure-track offer), American Council of Learned Societies
  • 2008, Graduate Student Paper Prize for “‘As Men Do with Their Wives’: Domestic Violence in Fourteenth-Century Lucca,” California Interdisciplinary Consortium on Italian Studies (CICIS)
  • 2007, History Regent’s Dissertation Fellowship, stipend, tuition and fee support, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 2007, Helen Maud Cam Dissertation Grant, Medieval Academy of America
  • 2005-2006, Fulbright Predoctoral Research Fellowship (Italy), Institute of International Education
  • 2005, Esme Frost Award (for outstanding achievement in the study of pre-modern history), University of California, Santa Barbara History Regents
  • 2002, William H. Ellison Prize (for outstanding research paper in history) for “Dare beccare alle serpi: The Political Life of Verdiana da Castelfiorentino,” University of California, Santa Barbara History Regents