Years at Knox: 1977 to present

Education
Ph.D., 1977, The University of Chicago
M.A., French, 1969, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.A., French, 1964, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Professional Interests
"In recent years, my research has included expanding the scope of certain courses to include works by women, feminists, and African authors."

Teaching Interests
Elementary French, intermediate French, Twentieth Century French literature, Arthurian romance, Medieval literature, introduction to French society

Recent Scholarly Achievements
Publications
"Les prologues du Lancelot-Graal dans le manuscript B.N. fr. 112," Le Moyen Age, 2005.

"Christ, the Hermit and the Book: Text and Figuration in the Prologue to the Estoire del Saint Graal." 'De sens rassis': Essays in Honor of Rupert T. Pickens. Amsterdam & NY: Rodopi, 2005.

"Whatever Happened to Hector's Amie? Love, Marriage, and Land in the Prose Lancelot." Por le soie amiste. Essays in Honor of Norris J. Lacy. Edited by Keith Busby and Catherine M. Jones, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2000.

"Sarrasins, Chretiens et la Colonisation des Villes Dans l'Estoire del Saint Graal." Temps et Histoire dans le roman arthurien. Etudes recueillies par Jean-Claude Faucon. Toulouse, Editions Universitaires du Sud, 2000.

"The History of the Holy Grail" translation excerpts in The Lancelot-Grail Reader. Edited  by Norris J. Lacy. New York and London: Garland, 2000.

"Des Sarrasins à Camaalot." Cahiers de Recherches Médiévales (XIIIe-Xves). Forthcoming.

"The Gateway to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle: the Estoire del Saint Graal." A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle. Forthcoming.

Presentations
"The First Folio of the Prose Joseph d'Arimathie." Paper, International Arthurian Congress, Utrecht, Netherlands.

"The Opening Miniature of the prose Joseph of Arimathea." Congress of the International Arthurian Society, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2005.

"Sarrasins, Chretiens et la Colonisation des Villes Dans l'Estoire del Saint Graal." International Arthurian Congress in Toulouse, France, 1999.

Involvement
Director, Knox College Program in Besançon, France.

Colloquium of the Société de Langue d'oc et d'oïl (French Medieval Society), Arras, France, 1998.

Contact
cchase@knox.edu

What Students Say
"I came to know Professor Chase when I was in France on the Knox-Besancon program, and I soon realized she was always willing to make the extra effort for her students. She consistently offered extra courses to students who needed credit but didn't have enough time to profit from the French university system. She also helped me meet a writer and translator living in northeastern France. And she was always available to talk over a cup of coffee. She's a committed and passionate academic with a very real, visible love for teaching and, more importantly, for seeing her students learn and blossom intellectually and linguistically."
—Robert St. Clair, French major