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	John Howe <john.howe@ttu.edu> Texas Tech University Social and ecclesiastical history of central medieval Europe (Latin and Greek worlds): special projects in central Italy, Normandy, and the Lorraine are preliminary to a broader study of the millennial reform of the medieval church. Also involved in source-critical studies of individual hagiographical documents.

Address:	Department of History Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 70409-1013 United States

Primary Phone:	806 742-2573

Secondary Phone:	806 742-3744

Fax Number:	806 742-1060

Web Page:	http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/howe

List Affiliations:	Advisory Board Member for H-Catholic

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Interests:	European History / Studies Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies Military History Religious Studies and Theology

Bio: CURRICULUM VITAE JOHN MCDONALD HOWE Department of History, Texas Tech University (TTU), Lubbock, Texas 79409-l0l3 Home Address: 3109 25th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79410-2134 Telephone: 806-742-2573 or -742-3744 (work); 806-784-0030 (home) E-Mail: john.howe@ttu.edu; fax: 806-742-1060; web: http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/howe UNIVERSITY STUDY: Academic Degrees (History): Ph.D. (1979), C.Phil. (1973), and M.A. (1971) from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). B.A. (1969) from the University of San Francisco. Doctoral Dissertation: "Greek Influence on the Eleventh-Century Western Revival of Hermitism." Directed by Gerhart B. Ladner. Examination Fields for the Doctorate: Roman History, Early Medieval History, Later Medieval History, History of Religions. FULL-TIME UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT: Fall 1981- Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor (Medieval History), Department of History, TTU. Spring 1981 Visiting Assistant Professor (History of Christianity), Department of Religious Studies, Arizona State University TEACHING: Undergraduate Courses: IS 1100 (Freshman Seminar); History 1300 (Western Civilization I); History 1301 (Western Civilization II); English 2301 (Integrated Honors); History 2301 (United States II); History 2301 Paired (joint classes with English 1302); History 3344 (Christianity); History 3345 (Birth of Europe); History 3346 (Age of Chivalry); History 3348 (Crusades); History 3399 (Directed Reading); History 4347 (Medieval Church); History 4397 (Directed Research); History 4398 (Senior Seminar). Graduate Courses: History 5341 (Topics in Medieval History: specialized courses on hagiography, medieval Italy, medieval warfare, and "renaissances"); History 5366 (Religious Studies: specialized course on the medieval Church); History 6000 (Masters Thesis); History 6305 (Seminar in European History); History 7000 (Research); unofficial director for some CLHM 7000 (Research: special language and literature study for historians); and History 8000 (Dissertation). Non-credit medieval Latin reading group. Awards: Zeta Iota chapter (TTU) of Phi Alpha Theta, Outstanding Individual Faculty Member (1999); TTU Teaching Academy (1997-); TTU President's Excellence in Teaching Award (1995); TTU Moms' and Dads' Association Spencer A. Wells Outstanding Faculty Member Award (1988). PUBLICATIONS (IN PRINT OR IN PRESS): Monograph: Church Reform and Social Change in Eleventh-Century Central Italy: Dominic of Sora and His Patrons. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. Recipient of the Catholic Historical Association's John Gilmary Shea Prize for best book in Church history, 1998. Edited Volume: Scenes and Seasons: The Medieval Landscape (based upon papers delivered at the Pennsylvania State Medieval Conference, April 9-11 1999). Edited by John Howe and Michael Wolfe. Polished papers received. Prospectus under press consideration. Articles: "Creating Symbolic Landscapes: Medieval Development of Sacred Space." Submitted to Scenes and Seasons (see above). "The Hagiography of Jumiéges (Province of Haute-Normandie) (Sources Hagiographiques de la Gaule VII)." .To be published in L'hagiographie du haut moyen âge en Gaule du Nord: manuscrits, textes et centres de production. Edited by Martin Heinzelmann. Beihefte der Francia 52. Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2000. "The Hagiography of Saint-Wandrille (Province of Haute-Normandie) (Sources Hagiographiques de la Gaule VIII)." To be published in L'hagiographie du haut moyen âge en Gaule du Nord: manuscrits, textes et centres de production. Edited by Martin Heinzelmann. Beihefte der Francia 52. Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2000. "Oblates" and "Saints, Italian Benedictine." To appear in the Encyclopedia of Monasticism. Edited by William M. Johnston. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000. "La Vita Leopardini (BHL 4882), source pour la Paix de Dieu.'" Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 40 (1997): 175-80. "Peter Damian and Monte Cassino." Revue bénédictine, 107 (1997): 330-51. "The Conversion of the Physical World: The Creation of a Christian Landscape." In Varieties of Religious Conversion in the Middle Ages. Edited by James K. Muldoon. Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1997. Pp. 63-78. "`Fatal Discord' in an Eleventh-Century Central Italian Family." Medieval Prosopography, 16 (1995): 1-15. "Review Article: Hagiographical Handbooks." Catholic Historical Review, 80 (1994): 757-61. "Monasteria Semper Libera: Cluniac-Type Monastic Liberties in Eleventh-Century Central Italian Monasteries." Catholic Historical Review, 78 (1992): 19-34. "Elias Speleotes," "Elias the Younger," "Neilos of Rossano," and "Phantinos the Younger." Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. 3 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 1:687(2x), 2:1450, 3:1646. "Review Article: Lectio Hagiographica." Catholic Historical Review, 76 (1990): 564-69. "Bruno of Querfurt," "Letald of Micy," "Richard of Bury and the Philobiblon," and "Translations of the Saints" (with Daniel Callam). Dictionary of the Middle Ages. 13 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982-89. 2:391, 7:552, 10:386, and 12:144-45. "The Nobility's Reform of the Medieval Church." American Historical Review, 93 (1988): 317-39. "Review Article: Saints and Society through the Centuries." Catholic Historical Review, 72 (1986): 74-82. "The Date of the Life of Saint Ebbo of Sens." Analecta Bollandiana, 104 (1986): 131-43. "The Date of the Life of Saint Vigor of Bayeux." Analecta Bollandiana, 102 (1984): 303-12. "The True Date of the Life and Miracles of St. Symeon of Polirone." Studi medievali, 3rd ser., 25 (1984): 291-99. "Review Article: Saintly Statistics." Catholic Historical Review, 70 (1984): 74-82. "The Awesome Hermit: The Symbolic Significance of the Hermit as a Possible Research Perspective." Numen, 30 (1983): 106-19. "The Date of the Vita Judoci by Abbot Florentius." Analecta Bollandiana, 101 (1983): 25-31. "The Alleged Use of Cursus by Bishop Arbeo of Freising." Archivum Latinitatis Medii Aevi, 42 (1982): 129-31. Presentations: Pennsylvania State University Medieval Conference (1999); Texas Medieval Association (1999, 1996, 1992); History Department Faculty Research Colloquium (1999, 1982); Conference of French Historians in Texas (1999); International Congress on Medieval Studies (1998, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1982, 1981, 1979); Medieval Academy of America / Medieval Association of the Pacific Annual Convention (1998); Art Seminar, Women's Council of the West Texas Museum Association (1997 [2x], 1996, 1986 [2x], 1985, 1984); Western Association of Faculty Governance (1997); Annual Meeting of American Catholic Historical Association (1996, 1995); TTU Honors Program "Pizza with the Profs" (1996, 1995); Seminar of the German Institute in Paris (1995); UCLA Medieval Latin Colloquium (1995, 1988); International Conference of the Charles Homer Haskins Society for Viking, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and Angevin History (1996, 1993, 1990, 1989, 1987, 1982); Southeastern Medieval Association (1996, 1982); Mid-America Medieval Association (1992); Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association (1992); Conference of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies of the State University of New York at Binghamton (1989); Annual Conference of the Western Society for French History (1988); Southwestern Social Science Association (1987, 1982); Annual Byzantine Studies Conference (1986); Association of Ancient Historians (1986); American Historical Association (1983); Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (1983); Conference of Texas Medievalists (1982). Signed Reviews: The Medieval Review [online](1999 [2x]); Mediaevistik (1999 [2x]); Francia (1999, 1996); Catholic Historical Review (1999, 1997, 1996, 1992, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987 [2x]); Religious Studies Review (1994 [2x], 1993 [2x], 1988); The History Teacher (1995, 1984 [2x], 1983); Speculum (1995, 1994, 1992, 1986 [3x]). GRANTS: Hospitality from the Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris (1998, 1995); Gloria Lyerla Memorial Fund Library Research Travel Grant (1998); Faculty Development Leave (1995, 1988); Post-Doctoral Fellow, UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1995 and 1979-82; Getty Center for the History of Art (1995); National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends (1992); TTU Research Enhancement Fund (1991-92 and 1984-85); TTU Graduate School Summer Research Award, 1992 (for Howe and Cynthia Rosser); the NEH Summer Institute "Writing as Quest" (1991); TTU University Task Force on Student Retention (1990); the American Philosophical Society (1989); Fulbright travel grant (1989); NEH Travel-to-Collections Grants (1988); Dumbarton Oaks Institute (1982); TTU A & S New Faculty Development Fund (1982).