Brief info
James Plumtree earned his PhD and MA in Medieval Studies from Central European University, an MA in the same subject from the University of Bristol, and a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford. His publications predominantly focus on the Medieval West and on Manas. As a founding member of the Analysing Kyrgyz Narratives Research Group, he was part of a group that recorded and studied performances by contemporary manaschis. In the MAT program at AUCA he teaches the literature and social studies course "Epic-Theory, Practice,History".