Shannon Lewis-Simpson
Position
Adjunct Professor (Memorial University)
Assistant Professor, Dallaire Centre of Excellence for Peace and Security, Canadian Forces College
Academics
Ph.D. (Early Medieval Studies), Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York, UK, 2005
Contact
Email: smlewis[at] mun.ca
Research Interests
PERIODS OF STUDY: medieval, post-medieval, Indigenous-Settler interactions
SUBJECTS AND THEMES: formation of social identities, naval material culture, reception and medievalism, racism, Viking-Age archaeology, gender, identity, intersectionality, heritage interpretation, cultural property protection, human security
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS: Newfoundland and Labrador, North Atlantic, Northern Europe, Iraq
Dr Shannon Lewis-Simpson currently researches aspects of Cultural Heritage Protection, Women, Peace, and Security, Human Security, and the intersection of CPP, WPS, and future learning within the Canadian Armed Forces. A medievalist, archaeologist, and serving Naval Warfare Officer in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, she deployed as a Gender Advisor to NATO Mission Iraq in 2020 and was appointed to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada from 2017-2022. She has published on aspects of naval history, experiential learning, militarization of Viking-Age society, Newfoundland and naval history, and how identity is formed and perceived in past and present.
Student Supervision
Co-Supervisor, Ian Pretty, PhD (Interdisciplinary); âThe Historic Logging Industry in Newfoundland: 1880-1950â, co-supervisor with Drs Sean Cadigan and Carissa Brown (2021-Present).
Co-Supervisor, Robyn Lacy, PhD (Archaeology); âSic Finis: 17th-century Burial Places and Spaces in northeast North America and Newfoundlandâ, co-supervisor with Dr Barry Gaulton (2020-present)
Research Tutor, Frida Arlon, MPhil (Humanities); âLady with a Mead Cup" (2021-2022)
Co-Supervisor, Elsa Simms, MA (History); âByzantine and Islamic Artefacts in Scandinavian Burial Contextsâ, co-supervisor with Marica Cassis (2019-2021).
Courses Taught
ARCH 1001: Critical Reading and Writing in Archaeology
ARCH/HIST 1005: Critical Reading Writing in Aboriginal and Indigenous Studies
ARCH/GDRS 2494: Game of Genders: Sex and Society in the Medieval North
ARCH/HIST 3520: Indigenous History to 1763
ARCH/MST 3592: Norse Archaeology
Publications
Lewis-Simpson, S. âInclusive Interpretationsâ. In Sara Ellis Nilsson and Stefan Nyzell (eds), Vikings! A Public History. Museums, Recreations and Reenactments. London: Routledge, 2024.
Lewis-Simpson, S. âHarbour Main-Bell Islandâ. In Sonja Boon and Vicki Hallett (eds), Dear Mr Smallwood: Confederation through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It. St. Johnâs, NL: Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador Press, in progress.
Lewis-Simpson, S. and S. Meharg (eds). Evolving Human Security: Frameworks and Considerations for Canadaâs Military. Ăvolutions de la sĂŠcuritĂŠ humaine : cadres et considĂŠrations pour les forces armĂŠes du Canada. Kingston, ON: Canadian Defence Academy Press, 2023.
Okros, Alan, Emmanuelle Caucci, Shanel Feller, Melissa Hollobon, David Hughes, Shannon Lewis-Simpson, Heather Low, Melinda Mansour, Shannon Smith and Stefan Wolejszo, âApplying Human Security to Understand the Russian Invasion of Ukraineâ, Canadian Military Journal 22, 4 (Fall 2022). http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/cmj-article-en-page62.html
Lewis-Simpson, S., Maria Mayr and Isabell Woelfel. âMemorialâs German Program on the East Coast Trail: An Opportunity in Community-Engaged and Experiential Learningâ. In Andrea Speltz, Nikola von Merveldt and Gaby Pailer (eds), From Far and Wide: German Studies in Canada. Jahrbuch fĂźr Internationale Germanistik. New York: Peter Lang, 2021, 123-25.
Lewis-Simpson, S., M. Lear, Rita Uju Onah & Elsa Anastasia Simms. âAn Early European Burial Ground at Bloody Point, New Perlican ClAi-12 Bloody Point 2, New Perlican, NL.â Provincial Archaeology Office 2020 Archaeology Review. St. Johnâs, NL, 2021, 139-45.
Lewis-Simpson, S., âVĂnland Revisited, Again: On âtheories, scuttlebutt, and next stepsââ. In A. Pedersen and S. SindbĂŚk (eds), Proceedings of the 18th Viking Congress, Ă rhus, Denmark Ă rhus University Press, 2021, 565-83.
Lewis-Simpson, S. âResponse to Ben Raffield, âPlaying Vikings: Militarism, hegemonic masculinities, and childhood enculturation in Viking-Age Scandinaviaââ, Current Anthropology, 60/ 6 (2019). https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/706608
Klein, S., Lewis-Simpson, S., and Schipper, W. (eds). The Maritime World of the Anglo-Saxons. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2015.
Pope, P. and Lewis-Simpson, S. (eds). Exploring Atlantic Transitions: Archaeologies of Transience and Permanence in New Found Lands. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2013.
Lewis-Simpson, S. âAssimilation or Hybridization: A Study of Personal Names from the Danelawââ. In W.M. Hoofnagle and W.R. Keller (eds), Other Nations: The Hybridization of Insular Mythology and Identity, Britannica et Americana 3: 27. Heidelberg: Winter, 2011, 13-43.
Ă CorrĂĄin, D., Lewis-Simpson, S., and Sheehan, J. (eds). The Viking Age: Vikings in Ireland: Proceedings of the XVth Viking Congress. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2010.
Lewis-Simpson, S. âViking-Age Queens and the Formation of Identityâ. In D. Ă CorrĂĄin, J. Sheehan, S.M. Lewis-Simpson (eds), The Viking Age: Vikings in Ireland: Proceedings of the XVth Viking Congress. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2010, 217-26.
Lewis-Simpson, S. (ed.). Youth and Age in the Medieval North. Leiden: Brill, 2008.
Lewis-Simpson, S. (ed.). VĂnland Revisited: Selected Papers of the Viking Millennium International Symposium. St. Johnâs: Historic Sites Association, 2003.
Lewis-Simpson, S. âOld Age in Viking-Age Britainâ. In S.M. Lewis-Simpson (ed.), Youth and Age in the Medieval North. Leiden: Brill, 2008, 243-64.
Lewis-Simpson, S. âThe Challenges in Quantifying Youth and Age in the Medieval Northâ. In S.M. Lewis-Simpson (ed.), Youth and Age in the Medieval North. Leiden: Brill, 2008, 1-15.
Lewis-Simpson, S. âThe Role of Material Culture in the Literary Presentation of Greenlandâ. In J. McKinnell, D. Ashurst and D. Kick (eds), The Fantastic in Old Norse/Icelandic Literature. XIII International Saga Conference, vol. 2. Durham, England, 2006, 575-82.