Dr. Kathryn Jasper
Assistant Professor
History
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
400Independent Study
133Italian Language And Culture - Orvieto, Italy
308Selected Topics In European History
Research Interests & Areas
I study approaches to rural land tenure in religious houses during Late Antiquity and through the central Middle Ages, especially in northern Italy. I am also interested in how people communicated and disseminated ideas about land management. My background in archaeology affords me a unique perspective in terms of theory and praxis, and my current project incorporates both documentary and physical evidence. At present I am completing a book on the eleventh-century monastic congregation of Fonte Avellana, located in the Italian Marches, entitled Mapping a Monastic Network: Peter Damian and Fonte Avellana in the Eleventh Century.
Ph D History
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley
MA History
University of Arizona
Tucson
BA Anthropology
University of Arizona
Tucson
Internationalization Award
Office of International Studies and Programs
2016
University Teaching Initiative Award
Center for Teaching and Learning
2016
CAS Excellence Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Pre-tenured Faculty Member
College of Arts and Sciences
2015
Influential and Inspirational Faculty Award
Department of History
2015
Teaching Initiative Award Nominee
CAS
2014
Influential and Inspirational Faculty Award
Department of History
2014
Research Initiative Award Nominee
CAS
2013
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
“Reforming the Monastic Landscape: Peter Damian’s Design for Personal and Communal Devotion.” In Rural Space in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age: The Spatial Turn in Pre-modern Studies. Edited by Albrecht Classen. Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture 9. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2012.
Coauthor with John Howe. “Hermitism in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries.” Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West. Edited by Alison I. Beach and Isabelle Cochelin. Cambridge New History Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, in press.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
“The Economics of Reform.” History Compass 10/6 (2012): 440-454.
Coauthor with Maureen C. Miller. “The Foundation of the Convent of San Pier Maggiore in Florence.” Rivista di Storia della Chiesa in Italia 64 (2010, n. 2): 381-396.
Presentations
"Between Rome and Ravenna: Reform Choices in the Mid-Eleventh Century" 22nd International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, July 6-9, 2015.
"Inspiring Cultural Curiosity on Campus and Beyond." International Studies Seminar, Illinois State University, October 7, 2015.
"Monks on the Move: Mapping Medieval Travel Using GIS.” The Colloquium of the Geography-Geology Department at Illinois State University, March 4, 2015.
"Sacred Landscapes: Piety and Property at Italian Monasteries." Medieval and Renaissance Studies Speak Series, Lake Forest College, Evanston, Illinois, October 28, 2015.
“Bounded Wilderness: The Arbitration of Space at the Hermitage of Fonte Avellana.” 21th International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, July 7-10, 2014.
“Mapping a Monastic Network: Travel Distance and Time Using GIS.” Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, April 10-12, 2014.
“Peter Damian as Prior and Paterfamilias.” New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, New College of Florida, Sarasota FL, March 6-8, 2014.
“Saints and Social Networking.” Keynote Address, Phi Theta Kappa Seminar Day. Andrew College, Cuthbert, Georgia, February 11, 2014.
“Monastic Property, Household Morality, and the Congregation of Fonte Avellana during the Eleventh Century.” First Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, St Louis University, June 17-19, 2013.
“The Edge of the Desert: Boundary Demarcation at the Hermitage of Fonte Avellana in the Age of Reform.” 48th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 10-13, 2013.
Grants & Contracts
International Travel Grant. CAS. Illinois State University. (2014)
Pre-Tenure Faculty Initiative Grant. CAS. Illinois State University. (2014)
Teaching-Learning Development Grant. Center for Teaching and Learning. Illinois State University. (2013)
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