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CURRICULUM VITAE
Alfred J. Andrea
161 Austin Drive, #3
Burlington, VT 05401
Tel: 802-399-2810
mobile phone: 802-578-5896
[email protected]
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1969
A.B. magna cum laude Boston College, 1963
POST-DOCTORAL GRANTS:
Alexander von Humboldt Grant to travel to Germany on research, July, 2013
University of Vermont Faculty Summer Research and Travel Grants, 1986 and 1987
Alexander von Humboldt travel grant for research in Germany, l985
NEH Summer Institute on Public History, Arizona State University, l984
University of Vermont Faculty Summer Research Grant, l98l
NEH Research/Translation Grant, l June l980 to 3l May l98l
Six university instructional grants, l974-l986
University of Vermont Faculty Summer Research Grant, l974
University of Vermont Institutional Grant, l970-l97l
American Philosophical Society Grant to conduct research in the medieval archives of the
Staatsbibliothek, Munich Germany, Summer,l970
University of Vermont Faculty Summer Research Grant, l970
University of Vermont Institutional Grant, l969-l970
AWARDS AND HONORS:
“Pioneer of World History” Award by the World History Association, July 19, 2014
Phi Delta Kappa Honoree for Distinguished Teaching, 2009
Saint Michael’s College Centennial Medal for Distinguished Scholarship, 2004
Fourth Annual Donald B. Hoffman Faculty Advisor Award, Phi Alpha Theta International Honor
Society in History, 1991
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, 1965PH.D. THESIS TOPIC:
Pope Innocent III as Crusader and Canonist: His Relations with the Greeks of Constantinople,
1198-1216, 2 volumes
AREAS OF PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC INTEREST:
Medieval Europe, 300—1500
World Religions
Global History to 1700
Historiography
Medieval Ecclesiastical History
The Silk Roads
Papal-Byzantine Relations, 330-l453
The Crusades
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Long-Distance Cultural Exchange, 100-1500 The Mediterranean
LANGUAGE ABILITY:
Latin: fluent reading ability
Classical and Byzantine Greek: good to excellent reading ability
Middle High German, Old French, Medieval Venetian and Tuscan, and Old and Middle English:
good reading ability
Modern German: reading fluency; adequate speaking ability
Modern French: good reading ability
Modern Italian: good reading ability
Modern Spanish: fair reading ability
Dutch: marginal reading ability
ACADEMIC CAREER:
Graduate seminars: Istanbul Şehir University (Istanbul); Capital Normal University (Beijing),
2004- 2013
Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, The University of Louisville, 2002
Professor Emeritus, The University of Vermont, 2001Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of History 1996-2001
Interim Chair, Department of History, 1995-1996
Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of History, 1990-1994
Professor, University of Vermont, l982-2001
Eli Lilly Visiting Professor, The University of Puget Sound, l978-l979
Co-Director and Associate Professor, The University of Vermont in Assisi, Italy, summers l975
and l976
Director, Medieval-Renaissance Program, Living/Learning Center, l975-l977
Associate Professor, The University of Vermont, l975-l982
Assistant Professor, The University of Vermont, l969-l975
Instructor, The University of Vermont, l967-l969
COURSES TAUGHT:
World History
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
Old World Exchanges: 100-1498
Global Travel: 1000-1450
Teaching Pre-Modern Global History
Byzantium and the West: 330-1453
The Silk Road
The Crusades in a Global Context
Ancient History
Ancient Mediterranean Civilization
Classical Greek Civilization
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The Ancient World
Medieval European History (Lecture Courses)
The Birth of Europe: 180--1000
European Civilization: 1000--1500
The Crusades
The Roman Papacy to 1517
Medieval Town Life
Medieval Mentalities
The Teaching of Ancient and Medieval History
Medieval Political Thought
Medieval Monasticism
Medieval Latin Language
Medieval Seminars
Byzantium and the West: 330-1453
The Crusades
The Writing of History During the Middle Ages
The Fourth Crusade
Old World Exchanges: 100-1498
Global Travel: A.D. 1000--1500
Old World Exchanges: 200 BCE--1500 CE
The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century
Medieval-Renaissance Pilgrims
Medieval-Renaissance Individualism
The Renaissance and Reformation in Medieval Perspective
Franciscanism: The Early Years
Duecento Italy: The World of Francis and Dante
The Silk Road: 100 B.C.E.--1350 C.E.
Western Civilization
Western Civilization to 1500
Western Civilization, 1500--1815
Western Civilization, 1815-1945
Historiography
The Study of History
Historiography Seminar
Western Historiographical Traditions
Advanced Historical Research Methods
Public History
Historical Editing
The Writing of History During the Middle Ages
UVM Experimental Program: First Year Seminars
Western Civilization to 1648
Themes in Western Christianity
The History and Spirit of Monasticism
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Thesis Research
Senior Honors
Master's Thesis Research
CURRENT AND RECENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Editorial Consultant, Hackett Publishing Company (2016-)
Series Editor, Critical Themes in World History (Hackett Publishing, 2015-)
Series Co-editor, The Myths of History: A Hackett Series (Hackett Publishing, 2014-)
Series Editor, Connections: Key Themes in World History (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005-2014)
Consultant to “Our Shared Past”, a world history grants program jointly launched by the British
Council and the Social Science Research Council (June 2012).
Evaluator, Minnesota Social Studies Standards (April 2011).
Editorial Board, Outremer: Studies in the Crusades and Latin East (2010-)
NEH Evaluation Panel (November 2007)
Educational Testing Services, AP World History Evaluation Team (2005-6)
Curriculum Development Consultant and Author, The World History Resource Center,
Northeastern University (1998-2003)
Consultant to the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ for its Advanced Placement
curriculum and examination in World History.
Chief Consultant to the CD-ROM project "Migrations in Modern History" of The World History
Center, Northeastern University (1998-99)
External Reviewer of the Department of History, Keene State College, May 1998
External Examiner, Marlboro College, 1988-1990
News Editor/Historiographical Essayist, The Historian, 1985-1997
Member, Editorial Board of Cistercian Publications, 1970-2000
Member, Editorial Board, Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques, 1992-2000
Manuscript reviewer: Church History, Catholic Historical Review, The Historian, Historical
Reflections, The Journal of World History, Speculum, Catholic University of America
Press, and many commercial houses.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES:
President, World History Association (2010-2012)
Vice-President, World History Association (2008-2010)
Chair: Nominations Committee (2012- ), Conferences Committee (2004-2012), Fund Raising
Committee (2003-2011), Membership Committee (2001-2004), and Student Paper Prize
Committee (2000-2008), World History Association.
Executive Council, World History Association, (1999-2002)
International Councillor, Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society in History, (1998-2000)
Chair of two standing committees, Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society in History (1990-2004)
Fellow and Member of the Board of Advisors, The World History Center, Northeastern
University (1998-2004)
New England Regional World History Association (President, 2006-2008; Vice-President,
2004-2006; Secretary-Treasurer, 2008-2010; Steering Committee 1996-2008; Executive
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Council 2011-2014; Secretary, 2014- )
New England Medieval Conference (President,1992; Vice-President, 1991; Steering Committee,
1986-1990)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
World History Association
Medieval Academy of America
New England Medieval Conference
New England Regional World History Association
New England Historical Association
American Historical Association
Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society in History
Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education
Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East
International Research Association for History and Social Science Education (IRAHSSE)
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS:
Academic Books:
Contemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade, 2nd ed. (Leiden: Brill Academic Publications,
2009), xii, 343 pp.
Contemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade (Leiden: Brill Academic Publications, 2000), xii,
330 pp.
The Capture of Constantinople: The Hystoria Constantinopolitana of Gunther of Pairis
(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997), xiv, 198 pp.
Reference Books:
General editor and author (see below), World History Encyclopedia, 21 volumes, (Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2011)
Encyclopedia of the Crusades (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003), xxiii, 356 pp. (sole
author).
Introductions and multiple entries in Volumes 1, 9, and 10 of the World History Encyclopedia
(ABC-Clio, 2011). About 40,000 words.
Monographs:
"Conrad von Krosigk, Bishop of Halberstadt, Crusader, and Monk of Sittichenbach: His
Ecclesiastical Career, 1184-1225," Analecta Cisterciensia 43 (1987): 11-91.
Edited Books:
With Andrew Holt, Seven Myths of the Crusades (Indianapolis, IN and Cambridge, MA:
Hackett Publishing Co, 2015), xxxvi, 200pp.
Textbooks:
The Human Record: Sources of Global History, 2 vols., 8th ed (Boston: Cengage, 2015). My
contribution is Vol. I: To 1500 (425 pp.) and the Prologue to both vols., “Primary
Sources and How to Read Them” (P-1--P-17).
The Human Record: Sources of Global History, 2 vols., 7th. ed. (Boston: Cengage, 2011). My
contribution was Vol. I: To 1500 (414 pp.) and the Prologue to both vols., “Primary
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Sources and How to Read Them” (P-1--P-14).
The Human Record: Sources of Global History, 2 vols., 6th. ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
2009). Co-authored and co-edited with James H. Over field. My contribution was Vol. I:
To 1700 (469 pp.) and the Prologue of both vols.
The Human Record: Sources of Global History, 2 vols., 5th. ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
2004). Co-authored and co-edited with James H. Over field. My contribution was Vol. I:
To 1700 (508 pp.) and the Prologue of both vols.
The Human Record: Sources of Global History, 2 vols., 4th. ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
2000). Co-authored and co-edited with James H. Over field. My contribution was Vol. I:
To 1700 (500 pp.) and the Prologue of both vols.
The Human Record: Sources of Global History, 2 vols., 3rd. ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
1998). As above.
The Medieval Record: Sources of Medieval European History (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Co.,
1997), 484 pp.
The Human Record: Sources of Global History, 2 vols., 2nd. ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
1994). My contribution was Vol. I: To 1700 and the Prologue and portions of chapters 1
and 2 of Vol. II.
The Human Record: Sources of Global History, 2 vols. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1990).
As above.
The Living Past: Western Historiographical Traditions (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: John Wiley and
Sons, l975). Co-authored and co-edited with W.W. Schmooze. My contribution was
chapters 1-8, pp. 1-137.
Refereed Articles in Medieval History:
“Crusaders in the Eastern Mediterranean: Thieves and Tyrants?” Tufts Historical Review: A
Journal of Global History 6 (2013): 119-136.
“Innocent III and the Byzantine Rite: 1198-1216,” Urbs Capta: The Fourth Crusade and Its
Consequences, Réalités byzantines 10 (Paris, 2005), 111-122.
"Christendom and the Umma," Crusades: The Illustrated History (London: Duncan Baird, 2004),
10-31. Reprinted in the following:
Les Croisades, trans. Bernard Gautier (Paris: Sélection, 2004).
Ristiretket: Kristinusko, Islam, pyhiinvaellukset, sota, trans. Veikko Ahola (Helsinki: Gummerus, 2005).
De geïllustreerde geschiedenis van de kruistochten, trans. Corrie van den Berg (Warnsveld: Terra, 2005).
Historia de las Cruzadas: Cristiandad, Islam, Peregrinaje, Guerra, trans. Jorge Gonzalez Batlle (Barcelona:
Blume, 2006).
Krucjaty: chrzescijanstwo, islam, pielgrzymki, wojny, trans. Mariusz Zwolinski (Warsaw: Wydawnictwo
Naukowe, 2007).
Die Kreuzzüge (Cologne: Taschen, 2008).
Farsi trans. Paviz Delirpoor forthcoming (Tehran: Sabzan, 2014).
“Innocent III, the Fourth Crusade, and the Coming Apocalypse,” Medieval Crusade
(Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, 2004): 97-106.
"A Question of Character: Two Views on Innocent III and the Fourth Crusade," Innocenzo III:
Urbs et Orbis, Atti del Congresso Internazionale Roma, 9-15 settembre 1988, 2 vols., ed.
Andrea Sommerlechner, ed. (Rome, 2003), 1:525-585.
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"The Date of Reg. 6:102: Pope Innocent III's Letter of Advice to the Crusaders," Medieval and
Renaissance Venice (Urbana, Il.: Univ. of Illinois, 1999), pp. 109-123.
“The Anonymous Chronicler of Halberstadt's Account of the Fourth Crusade: Popular
Religiosity in the Early Thirteenth Century," Historical Reflections/Réflexions
Historiques 22 (1996): 447-477.
"The Sources for the Fourth Crusade," An Appendix to Donald E. Queller and Thomas Madden,
The Fourth Crusade, 2nd. ed. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996),
299-318.
"The Devastatio Constantinopolitana, A Special Perspective on the Fourth Crusade: An
Analysis, New Edition, and Translation," Historical Reflections/ Réflexions Historiques:
19 (1993): 107-149.
"Boethian Influence on Gunther of Pairis's Historia Constantinopolitana," Carmina
Philosophiae 1 (1992): 19-33.
"Holy War, Holy Relics, Holy Theft: The Anonymous of Soissons's De terra Iherosolimitana:
An Analysis, Edition, and Translation" (with Paul I. Rachlin), Historical
Reflections/Réflexions Historiques 18 (1992): 147-175.
"Adam of Perseigne and the Fourth Crusade," Cîteaux 36 (1985): 21-37.
"Cistercian Accounts of the Fourth Crusade: Were They Anti-Venetian?" Analecta Cisterciensia
41 (1985): 3-41.
"The Relationship of Sea Travellers and Excommunicated Captains Under Thirteenth-Century
Canon Law," The Mariner's Mirror 68 (l982): 203-209.
"Walter, Archdeacon of London, and the Historia Occidentalis of Jacques de Vitry," Church
History 50 (l98l): l4l-l5l.
"The Historia Constantinopolitana: An Early Thirteenth-Century Cistercian Looks at
Byzantium," Analecta Cisterciensia 36 (l980): 269-302.
Introduction to Cistercians and Cluniacs: The Case for Cîteaux (Cistercian Publications, l977),
3-l8, co-authored with Jeremiah F. O'Sullivan.
"Latin Evidence for the Accession Date of John X Camaterus, Patriarch of Constantinople,"
Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Fasc. 2 (1973).
"Pope Innocent III and the Diversion of the Fourth Crusade Army to Zara," Byzantinoslavica 33
(l972): 6-25.
World History, Historiographical, and Pedagogical Essays:
“Once More into the Breach: The Continuing War against Crusade Myths,” Seven Myths of the
Crusades (Cambridge, MA: Hackett Publishing Co, 2015), vii-xxxvi (co-authored with
Andrew Holt).
“The Silk Road in World History: A Review Essay,” Asian Review of World Histories 2 (2014):
105-127.
“Tűrkiye’de tarihçiler ve tarih öğretmenleri niçin dűnya tarihinin farkinda olmalilar” in
Toplumsal Tarih 210 (Haziran, 2011): 12-15. (“What Is World History and Why Should
Turkish Historians Study It?”).
“1204 Seen from 2004: Teaching the Fourth Crusade,” World History Bulletin 20, no. 1 (Spring
2004): 10-27, passim.
"Primary Sources and How to Read Them" (a reworking of the essay from The Human Record,
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4th ed.), Prologue of Vols. I and II of The Human Record, 5th ed., pp. P-1-18. N.B. This
essay was totally revised for the 6th ed. (2009) and modified for the 7th edition (2011).
Modified and expanded for the 8th edition (2015).
"Why Should We Study Byzantine History?" World History Bulletin 19, No. 2 (Fall 2003): 3840.
"Teaching the Silk Road: A Journey of Pedagogical Discovery," Teaching History 27 (2002): 313.
"Primary Sources and How We Read Them" (a reworking of the essay from The Human Record,
3rd. ed.), Prologue of The Human Record, 4th ed., Vols. I and II, pp. P-1-20.
"Some Observations on the Proposed Advanced Placement Curriculum in World History," The
History Teacher 32 (1999): 297-303.
"Primary Sources and How We Read Them" (a reworking of the 1997 Medieval Record essay),
The Human Record, 3rd. ed. Prologue, Vols. I and II (1998 edition), pp. P-1-21.
"Primary Sources: What Are They, and How Do We Read Them?" The Medieval Record,
Prologue, pp. 1-14.
"Some Musings on Historical Anniversaries," The Historian 58 (1995): 205-206.
"How to Read the Evidence" (an expansion of the 1990 essay), The Human Record, 2nd. ed.
Prologue, Vols. I and II (1994 edition), pp. P-1--P-16.
"Is Ancient History Relevant Today?" The Historian 55 (1993): 411-413.
"The Myth of the Middle Ages," The Historian 55 (1992): 183-188.
"Mythic History," The Historian 54 (1992): 777-781.
"The Lessons of History," The Historian 54 (1992): 579-582.
"History as Story," The Historian 54 (1991): 183-185.
"Creating a Student Journal of History," The Historian 53 (1991): 843-847.
"Mentalities in History," The Historian 53 (1991): 605-608.
"On Public History," The Historian 53 (1991): 381-386.
"On the Teaching of Global History," The Historian 53 (1990): 145-149.
"How to Read the Evidence," The Human Record, 1st. ed., Prologue, Vols. I and II (1990), pp. P1 to P-17.
Manuals and Pamphlets
Using The Human Record: Suggestions from the Editors, an e-manual to accompany The
Human Record, 8th ed. (2015).
Using The Human Record: Suggestions from the Editors, a manual to accompany The Human
Record, 7th ed. (2011). My contribution is pages 1-126.
Using The Human Record: Suggestions from the Editors, a manual to accompany The Human
Record, 6th ed. (2007). My contribution is pages 1-167.
Using The Human Record: Suggestions from the Editors, a manual to accompany The Human
Record, 5th ed. (2005). My contribution is pages 1-149.
Using The Human Record: Suggestions from the Editors, a manual to accompany The Human
Record, 4th. ed. (2000). My contribution is pages 1-160.
Using The Human Record: Suggestions from the Editors, a new manual to accompany The
Human Record, 3rd. ed. (1998). My contribution is pages 1-160.
Instructor's Manual to The Human Record, 2nd. ed. (1994), an expansion of the 1st ed. manual.
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My contribution was pp. 1-185 of 370 pages.
Instructor's Manual to The Human Record (Boston: Mifflin, 1990): a series of essays on how to
teach global history. My contribution was pp. 1-119 of 244 pages.
"A Brief Look Backwards: A History of the Lane Series," Thirtieth Anniversary Program
(1985-86), 57-61.
Instructor's Manual to River Through Time (Wiley, l975).
Instructor's Manuals (with bibliography and lectures) to The Rise and Development of Western
Civilization (Wiley, 1972-73), Vol. I, The Ancient World to l660 (May, 1972), 124 pp;
Vol. II, 1660 to the Present, 279 pp.
Electronic Communications:
"Christianity as an Ecumenical Religion," lead essay for the Third Annual Electronic Conference
of the New England Regional World History Association, March 2001.
"The Crusades from an Islamic Perspective," in History Compass (Blackwell, 2003) <historycompass.com.pilot/world/World_CrusadeArticle.htm>
“The Silk Road: Afro-Eurasian Connectivity across the Ages,” A 45-page, on-line article coauthored with Scott C. Levi for UNESCO
Public History Activities:
Historical Consultant to the Burlington Police Department, 1986-1988
Supervised the production of the video program "Public History in Vermont," 1986
Supervised a series of anniversary historical studies of the George Bishop Lane Series, 1985
Miscellany:
Series Editor’s Foreword to Stuart Gordon, Shackles of Iron: Slavery Beyond the Atlantic
(Indianapolis, IN and Cambridge, MA: Hackett, 2016), vi-x.
Series Editor’s Preface to Douglas Northrop, An Imperial World: Empires and Colonies since
1750 (Connections Series, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012), pp. vii-ix.
“Byzantine Empire” (pp. 436-444) and “Crusades, The” (pp. 672-679), Berkshire World History
Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. (2011).
Series Editor’s Preface to William Burns, Knowledge and Power: Science in World History
(Connections Series, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011), pp. x-xvii.
Series Editor’s Preface to Andrew L. Jenks, Perils of Progress: Environmental Disasters in the
Twentieth Century (Connections Series, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010), pp. viii-xiii.
Series Editor’s Preface to Cyrus Veeser, Great Leaps Forward: Modernizers in Africa, Asia, and
Latin America (Connections Series, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010), ix-xii.
Series Editor’s Preface to Lisa Lindsay, Captives as Commodities: The Transatlantic Slave
Trade (Connections Series, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008), pp. x-xiv.
Series Editor’s Preface to Glenn Ames, Encompassing the Globe: The Age of European
Discovery, 1500-1700 (Connections Series, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008), pp. xii-xiv.
Series Editor’s Preface to John Aberth, The First Horseman: Disease in World History, pp. viiixi. (Connections Series, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007), pp. vii-xi.
Series Editor’s Preface to Erik Gilbert and Jonathan Reynolds, Trading Tastes: Commodity and
Cultural Exchange to 1750, pp. x-xii (Connections Series, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006),
pp. x-xii.
"Conrad of Krosigk"; "Devastatio Constantinopolitana"; "Fourth Crusade"; "Gunther of Pairis";
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"Martin of Pairis"; Nivelon of Chérisy"; Relics: Constantinople"; "Schism of East and
West" in The Crusades: An Encyclopedia, 4 vols. edited by Alan V. Murray
(ABC-CLIO, 2006), 1:272; 2:449-57, 549; 3:804, 889; 4:1023-4, 1078-81.
“Byzantine Empire” and “Crusades, The” in Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History, 5 vols.
(Great Barrington, Mass., 2004), 1:278-85 and 2:453-60.
"Early Empires as Multi-Cultural Entities," "Travel and Interchange across the Afro-Eurasian
World: 1000-1450," and "The Severing of Eastern and Western Christian Civilizations"
three one-week lesson units for teachers of AP world history sponsored by Educational
Testing Service. Printing on demand by ETS (170 pages; published August 2003).
"The Silk Road, Part II," Historically Speaking, 5/1 (September, 2003), 9-13.
"The Silk Road, Part I," Historically Speaking, 4/5 (June 2003), 16-19.
"Military Orders," Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia (2000),
399-401.
Selected syllabi in Steven Adams, et al., eds., World History: Selected Course Outlines...from
American... Universities, 4th ed. (1998), 84-90 and 152-160.
"Boethius," A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing (New York and London, 1998), 96-97;
"Crusades, Historians of the," ibid., 211-213; "Villehardouin, Geoffrey of," ibid., 925.
"Afrocentrism," a communication, The Historian 55 (1992): 612-615.
Selected syllabi in Kevin Reilly, ed., World History: Selected Course Outlines...from American...
Universities, 3rd. ed. (1991), 120-125, 172-185.
"Pope Innocent III as Crusader and Canonist: His Relations with the Greeks of Constantinople,
1198-1216," an abstract appearing in Church History 39 (1970): 133-134.
"Ecclesiastical Law and the Religious Schism between Rome and Constantinople," a research
report appearing in the l970 Year Book of the American Philosophical Society, 538-539.
Recent (Last 7 years) Invited Addresses, Papers, and Workshops:
“Myths of the Crusades,” a series of three addresses, Sixth Annual World History Lectureship,
North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN, 11-13 October 2015.
Keynote Address, “Wood Craft in Vermont. The Art of Furniture-Making: Moderrnity Balanced
by Tradition” International Wood Culture Society, Eskişehir, Turkey, 21 March 2015
“ Crusade Anniverseries” My part of a plenary roundtable on “Memorializing Medieval Events,”
Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting, Notre Dame University, 13 March 2015
“Holy War and Crusading in Sixteenth-Century Mexico,” World History Association
Symposium, “Faith, Empire, and Conflict,” University of Notre Dame, Australia,
Fremantle, Australia, 23 October 2013
“Crusading in the Americas: The Cult of Santiago Matamoros in Sixteenth-Century Mexico,”
Universität zu Kȍln (University of Cologne, Germany), 10 July 2013
“Was ist Weltgeschichte? What Is World History? A Seminar for Graduate Students and
Faculty,” Universität zu Kȍln (University of Cologne, Germany), 9 July 2013.
Series of three public lectures on “The Crusades in World History,” North Hennepin Community
College, Brooklyn Park, MN, 2-4 October 2012, First Annual World History Lectureship.
All best, Keynote Address: “The Dao of Forest Stewardship in Vermont, 1609-2012.” 2012
International Wood Culture Society Symposium, Lin’an, China, 1 September 2012.
Third Annual Tufts History Review Lecture: “Crusaders in the Eastern Mediterranean: Thieves
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and Tyrants?” Tufts University, Medford, MA, 25 April 2012.
Address: “What Do We Mean by the `Ancient Mediterranean’?” National Palace Museum,
Taipei, Taiwan, 16 April 2012.
Address: “Islam and the Crusades,” National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, 14 April,
2012.
Address: “Holy War as a Theme in World History,” Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 13 April
2012.
Series of three lectures: “Islam and Christendom, 632-1500,” Northeast Normal University,
Changchun, China, 9-11 April 2012.
Address: “Funding the Mission of a Private Museum: The Case of the Shelburne Museum,
Shelburne, Vermont,” First Cross-Strait Forum on Private Museums, Tang Western
Market Museum, Xi’an, China, 7 April 2012.
Series of 2 lectures on the crusades: North Georgia State College and University, 20-21 March
2012.
Third Annual Global History Lecture: “The Crusades Go Global,” St. John’s University,
Jamaica, NY, 16 Feb 2012.
A series of 3 lectures: “The Silk Road: A Conduit for Cultural Exchange, 100 BCE-1500 CE,”
delivered at North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN, 8-10 November
2011.
Address: Midwest Medieval History Conference, Kansas City, MO, “Reframing the Crusades:
Sixteenth-Century Crusading in the Indies and Mesoamerica,” 29 Oct. 2011.
Keynote Address: California World History Association Meeting, La Jolla, CA, “A
Revolutionary Idea: Separation of Church and State in World History,” 22 Oct. 2011
Address: Euro-Asia Economic Forum on Cultural Tourism, Xi’an, China, 24 Sept 2011,
“Cultural Tourism in Boston, Massachusetts: A Story of Success.”
Institute: “Teaching Pre-Modern World History with Sources: An Approach to Applying Critical
Thinking in the Classroom” at Salem State University, 1-5 August 2011.
Address: Forum on Art in World History, Xi’an, China, 12 July 2011, “China in World History.”
Keynote Address: Forum on Democracy, Doǧa K-12 Schools, 10 May 2011, Istanbul, Turkey,
“The Historical Antecedents of Modern Democracies.”
Seminar: Tarihçe Conferences Series, Istanbul Sehir University, 11 May 2011, Istanbul,
“The Silk Road: A Conduit for Cultural Interchange.”
Keynote Address: Symposium on Byzantine and Ottoman Civilizations in World History,
Istanbul Şehir University, 21 OCT 2010, Istanbul, Turkey, “Byzantium and the
Ottomans: Two Overlooked World Cultures.”
Keynote Address: First Annual Conference, Midwest WHA Affiliate, Chicago, IL 16 OCT 2010,
“The Silk Road as Middle Ground.”
Keynote Address: Seventh Annual Conference, Northwest WHA Affiliate, Eugene, OR, 8 OCT,
2010 “Art History and the World Historian.”
Seminars at the World History Institute (Beijing), Capital Normal University (Beijing), Nankai
University (Tianjin), and Peking University, 7-16 September 2010 on the topics: “World
History: Essence and Methods,” “The Crusades in World History,” “Holy War in World
History,” and “The Silk Road.”
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Keynote Address: “Crusader Ideology and Globalization in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Centuries,” at “Global Encounters: Legacies of Exchange and Conflict, 1000-1700.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 15 November 2008.
"Sixteenth-Century Globalization and the Adoption of Crusade Ideology in Mesoamerica,"
Conference on Globalization and Knowledge Change, Center for the Study of
Globalization and Culture, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, 20 October 2007.
"World History in the USA," seminar offered to graduate students at Nankai University, Tianjin,
China, 23 October 2007
"Holy War in World History," lecture presented to graduate students in the Global History
Program, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 23 October 2007.
CURRENT and RECENT RESEARCH and PUBLISHING PROJECTS:
Preparing a book on Holy War in World History for Rowman and Littlefield
The Medieval Record: Sources of Medieval History, 2nd ed.. Hackett Publishing.
"The Crusade Relics of Halberstadt Cathedral: A Census and Study" Research conducted in
Halberstadt Germany, February 2004.
Studying early Chinese Buddhist art along the Silk Road under the sponsorship of the Silkroad
Foundation in Xi’an, Luoyang, Lanzhou, and Dunhuang, China, 17 June-17 July 2004
and summer 2008; studying Buddhist Art in Inner Mongolia and Manchuria, summer
2009.
Studying early Indian Buddhist art at the Ajanta Caves and elsewhere in South India, 7-23
October 2006.
Studying Sogdian and Timurid art and artifactual remains in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and
Turkmenistan, 6-26 September 2007.
LONGER-TERM PROJECTS:
The Idea of Crusade in Caesarius of Heisterbach's Dialogus Miraculorum.
Preparing a revision of my biography of Conrad von Krosigk.
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