Elizabeth Klaiber

Elizabeth Klaiber began her post-secondary academic journey in Religious Studies at the University of Alberta, studying early Christianity in general and speaking in tongues in 1 Corinthians in particular. At the Institute of English Studies, University of London, England, she completed a Master’s in the History of the Book focusing on book burning in sixteenth and seventeenth century London. Now marrying the two degrees together, Elizabeth is reading for a doctor of philosophy at the University of Toronto’s Centre for the Study of Religion in collaboration with the U of T’s Book History and Print Culture Program. Expanding the work of her Master’s thesis, Elizabeth researches book burning events as case studies through which to explore the broader themes of sacred space, theories of ritual and sacrifice, and the role of language and the book in religion.