Victoria Craggs, B.A.
Research Assistant
Pronouns: she/her
Room: Werthmannstr. 6, Room 00 005
Office phone number: –
Email: victoria.viriditas@gmail.com
Victoria Craggs is a research assistant with the DERIVATE research project at the University of Freiburg. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with First Class Honours from the University of Durham, and is currently studying a Master’s in English Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Freiburg.
Research interests:
- Medieval Narratology
- Cognitive Literary Studies
- Hagiography
- The Global Middle Ages
- Classical Reception Studies
- Medical Humanities
Employment:
Since 01/2025 | Research Assistant |
2022 | President, Durham University English Literature Society (DUELS), Durham University |
Education:
2020-2023 | Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English Literature |
Awards & Grants:
2024 – 2026 | DAAD Stipendium – Masters Studies for All Academic Disciplines |
2024-2026 | Postgraduate Scholarship, St. Chad’s College |
2020-2023 | Dr Joe Cassidy Memorial Scholarship |
2020 | First Place in Prose Fiction, Lancaster Writing Awards, Lancaster University |
2012 | Full Academic Scholarship (English, Mathematics, Science), Polam Hall School |
Conference Papers
- “The time is come I will make end”: Eschatological and Local Memory in the York Cycle Plays (Bristol CMS PGR Conference ‘Memory and Legacy’, Bristol, 24.04.25)
- Making the Case for Heurodis: Female Silence and Narrative Action in Sir Orfeo (Bangor University, 20th ‘Medievalism Transformed’ Conference, 24.05.25)
- “We are Amidst Strange Beings, in a Strange Land”: Spatial (Dis)orientations and Oral Narration in Dark Souls (International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 09.07.2025).
Event Organisation:
14.11.2022 | ‘Celebrating Trans Literature’, Co-Organiser, South College, Durham University |
Roles:
May – October 2025: Editorial Intern, New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession
Teaching:
Summer term 2025
- Tutorial, “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Dr Roman Barton