The field of Medieval History is enormous and as varied as any coat of many colors. Thanks to the number of scholars investigating its different areas and the scope and momentum of their discoveries, the field itself is changing rapidly. The importance of these advances in factual knowledge, theories of history, and method have general importance because of the huge place the Middle Ages occupy in the entire history of Europe. Recognizing that the field is continually being re-made, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick has in recent years opened a way to supplement and diversify the already strong curriculum provided by members of the regular faculty in medieval studies. The Dean has generously made possible the appointment of a visitor or visitors to teach up to two courses in an academic year. Some visitors have been outstandingly accomplished and promising scholars early in their careers. Others have been distinguished senior scholars, among those very people who have changed the contours of the field. Thus far, visitors have taught in such areas as Hispanic History, Palaeography, Italian History, Jewish Studies, Byzantine Art History, and Historiography.
Visitors from Fall 1989 through Spring 2007
1989-1991: Maricell Presilla
1991-1994: Donald Bullough
1994 (Fall): Janos Bak
1995-1996: Emanuel Sivan
1996-1997: James Powell
1997-1999: Nancy Sevcenko
2000-2001: Kelvin Meek
2001-2003: Edward James
2003-2005: Louis Hamilton
2005-2007: Luigi Andrea Berto
Visiting Medievalist 2005-2007, Luigi Andrea Berto
Luigi Andrea Berto received his PhD from University of Venice in 2001. Dr. Berto’s research interests include political culture, war, violence, historiography, and relations between Christians and Muslims, focusing principally on medieval Venice and early medieval Italy. Currently, he is working on a thirteenth-century Venetian chronicle known as the Cronaca di Marco. |
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