Associate Professor of History
John Eldevik holds the Licence in Mediaeval Studies from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. His primary research and teaching interests are in medieval social and religious history, particularly the role of the bishop in the early Middle Ages, the Crusades and the history of political and religious dissent. His first book, Episcopal Lordship and Ecclesiastical Reform in the German Empire, 950-1150, examines how medieval bishops used the collection of tithes to foster social and political relationships. Eldevik is working on a study of the manuscript transmission of texts on the Crusades and Islam in medieval Bavaria. He received his doctorate from UCLA.
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About John Eldevik
John Eldevik holds the Licence in Mediaeval Studies from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. His primary research and teaching interests are in medieval social and religious history, particularly the role of the bishop in the early Middle Ages, the Crusades and the history of political and religious dissent. His first book, Episcopal Lordship and Ecclesiastical Reform in the German Empire, 950-1150, examines how medieval bishops used the collection of tithes to foster social and political relationships. Eldevik is working on a study of the manuscript transmission of texts on the Crusades and Islam in medieval Bavaria. He received his doctorate from UCLA.
| Present | Associate Professor, Hamilton College ‐ History Department | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Award, Hamilton College, 2013
- Research fellow, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2012
- Pomona College Faculty Research Grant, 2009-10
- NEH Summer Institute, Barcelona, Spain, 2008
- Center for the Study of Secularism and Society (Trinity College, CT), one-year course development and teaching grant, 2006-07
- Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies/University of Toronto, 2002-03
- UCLA History Department Dissertation-Year Fellowship, 1999-2000
- Fulbright Fellowship, University of Vienna, 1998-1999
- UCLA Summer Research Grant, 1998
- UCLA History Department Summer Grant, 1998
- UCLA History Department teaching assistantship, 1996-1998
- UCLA History Department fellowship (four-year), 1995
Courses
- Christianity to 1500
- Myth and History of the Middle Ages
- Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
- Europe and the Mediterranean 1000-1500
- Gender and Violence in the Middle Ages
| Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles | ||
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| M.A., University of California, Los Angeles | ||
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| B.A., Pomona College | ||
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Contact Information
John Eldevik
History Department
Hamilton College
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323
Phone: 315-859-4495
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