Zita Rohr
Department of Modern History, Politics and International Rel
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Zita defines herself as a gender-conscious political historian, one who seeks to recalibrate our understanding of the formation of the modern state by highlighting the 'un-exceptionality' of the political and diplomatic agency of pre-modern elite and royal women. In 2009, she was awarded her PhD in 2009 for her thesis, "L'Envers de la tapisserie: The Œuvre of Yolande d'Aragon (1381-1442). A Study of Queenship in Late Mediæval France". She has recently published a monograph with Palgrave Macmillan based upon her thesis and additional new research, Yolande of Aragon, Family and Power 1381-1442: The Reverse of the Tapestry. In 2004, Zita was admitted to the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (chevalier) for her contribution to French education and culture. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Societys.
Research Interest
Family Matters: A New Gendered History of the Genesis of the Modern State (1349-1522)" "Lifting the Veil": Investigating Pre-Modern Female Power and Influence in the Islamic World" "The Game of the Rose: Negotiating the Medieval and Early Modern Gendered Labyrinth of Christianity, Judaism and Islam."
Publications
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Rohr Z. Lessons for my daughter: Self-fashioning stateswomanship in the late medieval Crown of Aragon. Self-fashioning and assumptions of identity in medieval and early modern Iberia. 2014:47-78.
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Batra R, Harder N, Gogolin S, Diessl N, Soons Z, Jäger-Schmidt C, Lawerenz C, Eils R, Rohr K, Westermann F, König R. Time-lapse imaging of neuroblastoma cells to determine cell fate upon gene knockdown. PloS one. 2012 Dec 12;7(12):e50988.
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Rohr ZE. Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry. Springer; 2016 Apr 29.
