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, 1965-
PH.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 1
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, 2001- Director 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): 38- 40. "Teaching the Silk Road: A Journey of Pedagogical Discovery," Teaching History 27 (2002): 3- 13. "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. P- 1 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)
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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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