Prof. Martha Bayless, Director of Folklore and Public Culture, is working on a new research project about the history of accusations against powerful women, including Queen Eadburh, an eighth-century queen of England and the subject of much historical slander. Her project will analyze how those historical narratives have shaped cultural conversations about powerful women today.

Read all about her research in AroundtheO at https://around.uoregon.edu/content/historians-new-project-takes-deeper-look-queenly-slander?utm_source=ato11-17-21