Rate My Professor Sarah Alyn Stacey

Sarah Alyn Stacey is a distinguished Professor in French and Professor in the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Trinity College Dublin. She has been Head of French since 2022 and serves as Director of the Trinity Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, which she founded in 1999. In 2001, she established its flagship inter- and multi-disciplinary MPhil programme in Medieval Language, Literature and Culture. Joining Trinity in 1996 with a lectureship in French Renaissance Literature, she previously held positions at the Sorbonne (Paris IV), the University of St Andrews, and the University of Wales, Swansea. Stacey earned her first-class joint honours BA in French and Italian, MA, and PhD from the University of Hull. Her teaching spans the early modern period from the 14th to 18th centuries, including film and contemporary French literature.

Stacey's research focuses on French Renaissance literature, particularly the works of Marc-Claude de Buttet (1529/31–586), the Court of Savoy under Marguerite de France and Duke Emmanuel-Philibert, critical editions of early-modern French texts, religious and political dissent in early-modern Savoy, French Renaissance political poetry, Savoyard archives across Europe, and Franco-Irish cultural links. Her current project examines religious dissent in early-modern Normandy. She is the author of five books, including the biography Marc-Claude de Buttet: l'honneur de la Savoie (Honoré Champion, 2006) and the three-volume critical edition of his Œuvres poétiques (Honoré Champion, 2022). She has edited six volumes, notably Political, Religious and Social Conflict in the States of Savoy, 1400-1700 (Peter Lang, 2014) and Court and Humour in the French Renaissance (Peter Lang, 2009). With 19 book chapters, 9 journal articles, and 9 reviews, her work draws on rare primary sources in French, Latin, and Italian from European archives. Since 2014, she has been Chief Editor of the 'Court Cultures of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance' series (Peter Lang). Stacey's accolades include Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin (2004), membership in the Académie de Savoie (2005), Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (2017), and Postgraduate Supervisor of the Year (2018). She has contributed significantly to university governance, serving on the Board of Trinity College (2016-2024), University Council (2018-2021), and numerous committees including the Standing Committee of Fellows (2010-2024) and Finance Committee (2018-2021).