Alfred J. Andrea | |
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| Born | Alfred John Andrea (1941-11-18)18 November 1941 (age 84) |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Awards | Fellow of theAlexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Boston College Cornell University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Vermont University of the Peloponnese University of Puget Sound Keimyung University |
| Notable works | The Capture of Constantinople (1997); Encyclopedia of the Crusades (2003) |
Alfred John Andrea (born November 18, 1941) is an American historian ofmedieval andworld history.
He is professor emeritus of History at theUniversity of Vermont, former president of theWorld History Association, and Distinguished Professor at theUniversity of the Peloponnese in Greece.[1]
His scholarship has focused on thecrusades,papal–Byzantine relations, theSilk Road, and the historiography of world history.[2] He has been a fellow of theAlexander von Humboldt Foundation since 1965.
Andrea was born on November 18, 1941. He received his A.B. magna cum laude fromBoston College in 1963[3] and earned his Ph.D. in history fromCornell University in 1969, with a dissertation titledPope Innocent III as Crusader and Canonist: His Relations with the Greeks of Constantinople, 1198–1216.[4]
Andrea joined the faculty of theUniversity of Vermont in 1967, where he taught until 2001, rising from assistant to full professor and holding administrative roles including Director of Graduate Studies, Interim Chair, and Director of Undergraduate Studies.[1]
He later held visiting and honorary appointments at institutions in the United States, Europe, and Asia, among them the Eli Lilly Visiting Professorship at theUniversity of Puget Sound (1978–1979) and a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence position at the University of Louisville (2002).[5]
He also served as a President ofWorld History Association from 2010 to 2012.[6]
His awards include theWorld History Association’s Pioneer of World HistoryAward (2014),[7] the Phi Delta Kappa Award for Distinguished Teaching (2009), and the Centennial Medal for Distinguished Scholarship fromSaint Michael’s College (2004). He has been a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation since 1965.[8]
On 19 October 2022, theUniversity of the Peloponnese in Kalamata, Greece, conferred upon him the title ofprofessor honoris causa in recognition of his contributions to the study of the Crusades and world history. On 3 November 2022, the Academia Via Serica atKeimyung University in Daegu, South Korea, named him Distinguished Professor for his scholarship on theSilk Road.[8]
Andrea’s research spans medievalecclesiastical history, thecrusades, papal–Byzantine relations, and long-distance cultural exchange in the premodern world.
His work integrates regional and global perspectives, particularly cross-cultural encounters along the Silk Roads and in the Mediterranean.
His annotated source collectionContemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade (Brill, 1997; 2nd ed., 2009) remains a standard reference in crusader studies,[2] andThe Capture of Constantinople (1997) provides a critical analysis and translation ofGunther of Pairis’sHystoria Constantinopolitana.[9] He authored theEncyclopedia of the Crusades (2003) and served as editor-in-chief of the 21-volumeWorld History Encyclopedia (2011).[5]
In world history pedagogy, Andrea co-authored with James H. Overfield anthologyThe Human Record: Sources of Global History (first published in 1990; 8th ed., 2015)[10] and authoredThe Medieval Record: Sources of Medieval History (2nd rev. ed., 2019), which he regards as a personal favorite. He also co-editedSeven Myths of the Crusades (2015) with Andrew Holt[11] and coauthoredSanctified Violence: Holy War in World History (2021),[12] and authoredExpanding Horizons: The Globalization of Medieval Europe, 450–1500 (2024).[13]
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