This event, which explored the spiritual and political dynamics of the 14th century, particularly the life and works of Philippe de Mézières, brought together over thirty scholars from various disciplines.
Blumenfeld-Kosinski collaborated with Christopher Schabel, Nicholas Coureas, and Kiril Petkov to organize the conference, which featured a plenary lecture by the historian Philippe Contamine on Mézières' maritime and spiritual journeys between the West and the East.
[7] Blumenfeld-Kosinski was awarded several fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities,[8][9][10][11] as well as a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies in recognition of her contributions to medieval studies.
[14] In 1997, she returned to some of the themes of her dissertation with her book Reading Myth in order to show how classical mythology functioned as a major source for medieval French literature and how it was transformed to serve new purposes in a Christian context.
[18][19][20] Blumenfeld-Kosinski's research covers Medieval French literature, medical history, female mysticism, political poetry, and the historical context of the Great Western Schism.
[21][22] In a 2022 interview with Danièle Cybulskie’s The Medieval Podcast,[a] Blumenfeld-Kosinsk described Ermine de Reims as a largely unknown 14th-century peasant woman who lived through significant hardship.
However, Ermine became closely connected with an Augustinian cleric named Jean Le Graveur,[b] and during the last ten months of her life, she experienced terrifying demonic attacks.
[23] One of her major focal points has been the late medieval writer Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-c. 1431) to whom she has devoted numerous articles and many of whose works she translated.
Her translations are based on the 1911 edition by Ubald d’Alençon and provide insight into Colette's life, her spiritual influence, and her interactions with contemporary religious and political figures.
Both stressed her devotion and asceticism while downplaying her role as one of the great reformers of the Franciscan Order, but some differences between a male and a female perspective are discernible.