Philip A. Shaw

Philip A. Shaw is a British philologist who is Associate Professor of English Language and Old English at the University of Leicester.

Philip A. Shaw
Nationality	British
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of Leeds
Academic work
Discipline	Anglo-Saxon studies Germanic studies Old Norse studies
Institutions	University of Leicester
Main interests	Old English language and literature Germanic religion
Notable works	Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World (2011)

Biography

Philip A. Shaw received his B.A. in English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford, and his Ph.D. in Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds. Subsequently, doing postdoctoral work at the University of Sheffield, Shaw joined the School of English at the University of Leicester in 2009, where he is now Associate Professor in English Language and Old English. Shaw is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He specializes in the languages and literatures of the Middle Ages, particularly Old Norse language and literature, and Old English language and literature. He is also an authority on Germanic religion. Shaw has written numerous works on these subjects.[1]

Select bibliography

• (Edited with Penny Eley, Penny Simons, Catherine Hanley and Mario Longtin) Partonopeus de Blois: An Electronic Edition, 2006
• (Edited with Richard Corradini, Christina Pössel and Rob Meens) Texts and identities in the early Middle Ages, 2006
• (With Charles Barber and Joan C. Beal) The English Language: A Historical Introduction, 2009
• Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World: Eostre, Hreda and the Cult of Matrons, 2011

See also

• Alaric Hall
• Leonard Neidorf

References

1. "Dr Philip A. Shaw". University of Leicester. Retrieved 4 January 2021.