Mónica A. Walker Vadillo obtained her Ph.D. cum laude in the History of Art from Complutense University in Madrid in 2013. She also holds two additional Masters in Medieval Studies from the Central European University in Budapest (Hungary), and the History of Art from the University of Florida in Gainesville (U.S.A.). Her research interests are connected not only with the study of gender, animals, and medieval manuscripts, but also with the study of medievalism in popular visual culture. She has presented the outcome of her research in numerous national and international congresses and she has been invited to give public conferences in Madrid (Spain), Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) and Louisville (Kentucky, U.S.A.). In addition, she has published extensively in peer reviewed journals and edited collections. Furthermore, she has already published a monograph title Bathsheba in Late Medieval Manuscript Illumination: Innocent Object of Desire or Agent of Sin? Since 2009, she has been an active member of the Medieval Animal Data-Network (MAD), organizing two of their international meetings and being involved as one of the editors in the publication of the proceedings of these meetings. She is also the co-editor of the academic blog of MAD (mad.hypotheses.org) and their social media strategist.
