Personal profile
Research interests
I am a Research Associate on the ERC Advanced/UKRI Horizon Guarantee project, ‘MOWLIT: The Medieval March of Wales, 1282-1550’. Prior to that I was a British Academy Newton International Fellow in the English Department at the University of Bristol. My project, 'Charlemagne in Wales: The Transmission, Reception, and Translation of Charlemagne Narratives in Medieval Wales', studied for the first time all the Charlemagne material produced in Wales with the aim of elucidating how Charlemagne texts were transmitted, translated, rewritten and interpreted for their new Welsh audiences. In addition, it investigated the place of Welsh texts within wider British and European networks of texts related to the legend of Charlemagne in north-western Europe, simultaneously providing insights on their connections, shared common elements and idiosyncrasies. The results of this project will appear in my next monograph, provisionally entitled The Reception of the Charlemagne Legend in Medieval Wales, which is under contract with University of Wales Press.
I'm particularly interested in the circulation of texts in medieval Britain, especially in Welsh translations of French and Latin sources and how they provide valuable insights on cultural identity, literary and religious interests, and translation practices.
Before coming to Bristol I was Lecturer in Celtic at Utrecht University, where I taught Middle Welsh, Celtic literatures and history, and medieval literature. Prior to that I was an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Marburg hosted by Professor Erich Poppe. I'm a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires and I was a doctoral and postdoctoral researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council in Argentina.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Branwen
Cordo Russo, L. M. & Monseff Junqueira, N. (Translator), 2025, Compêndio Histórico de Mulheres da Antiguidade: O poder das mulheres em sociedades androcêntricas. Silva, S. C., Brunhara, R. & Vieira Neto, I. (eds.). Goiânia: Tempestiva, Vol. 2. p. 885-890Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Kedymdeithyas Amlyn ac Amic: The Welsh Version of the Latin story of Amicus and Amelius
Cordo Russo, L. M., 2025, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper
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Latin poetry in the Welsh Pseudo-Turpin Chronicle
Cordo Russo, L. M., 19 Sept 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper
Projects
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Charlemagne in Wales: The Transmission, Reception, and Translation of Charlemagne Narratives in Medieval Wales
Cordo Russo, L. M. (Principal Investigator) & Fulton, H. (Manager)
1/09/23 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
Prizes
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Coimbra Group Scholarship
Cordo Russo, L. M. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
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Wales Literature Exchange / Cyfnewidfa Lên Cymru Translation Grant
Cordo Russo, L. M. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
Activities
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Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies Seminar Series
Cordo Russo, L. M. (Participant)
20 Jan 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Invited talk
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The French of the Celtic Worlds
Cordo Russo, L. M. (Organiser) & Lampitt, M. (Organiser)
9 Apr 2025 → 11 Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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University of Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies Research Seminar
Cordo Russo, L. M. (Participant)
6 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Invited talk