Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Digital Literature and New Media Studies
- Late Medieval Literature
- Literary and Critical Theory
- The Novel
- Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Literature
Areas of Interest
- Fan Studies
- Children's Literature
Biography
Emily Dimou completed her Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in English with a minor in Greek and Roman Studies at Carleton University, and her Masters of Arts in English at the University of Toronto. Emily’s current project endeavours to explore how fan production, through fan fiction and emerging social media platforms, has changed in the twenty-first century. More specifically, Emily uses the work of Frederic Jamieson and other Marxist theorists to analyze the effects of economic and social instability that has prompted increasing trends in escapism within fan culture and production.
Emily continues to study late medieval literature, particularly through feminist and queer lenses, and examines how the legacy of medieval literature and medievalism as an aesthetic is articulated in popular culture.
List of Publications
Conference Papers:
- Dimou, Emily. “Facing the Aegis with Chaucer’s Stone Women.” Biennial Congress of the New Chaucer Society. Freiburg, Germany. July 2026. Forthcoming.
- Dimou, Emily. “Here Bygynneth Game: A Critique of Courtly Love in Troilus and Criseyde.” Annual Carleton University Humanities Colloquium. March 2023.
Cohort
- 2025-2026