The Desire for Syria in Medieval England

Myerson, E. K.: - E. K. Myerson is an artist, writer, and curator, currently studying at the Royal College of Art. Their academic and creative writing has appeared in publications including GLQ, The TLS, Wasafiri Magazine, New Medieval Literatures, postmedieval, and Wellcome Collection Stories. They were a Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writer in 2021-2. They received their PhD in medieval literature from Birkbeck College in 2022, and have held postdoctoral fellowships at the Wellcome Trust / ISSF Fund, the Parker Library, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Their essay-film 'submerged reliquary of a Kentish saint', made with artist Sophie Mei Birkin at the Jarman Lab, was screened at the Birkbeck Institute of the Moving Image in 2022 and 2023.