ANDREW J. WELTON Department of History - PO Box 117320 - University of Florida - Gainesville, FL 32611 [email protected] EDUCATION PhD in Late Antique / Early Medieval History The University of Florida Dissertation: ‘Forging Entanglements: The Spear in Early-Medieval English Society’ Fields: ‘Transformations of the Roman World in Late Antiquity’, ‘Medieval Landscapes: Burial, Settlement, Ritual, Power’, ‘Race, Nationalism, and Medievalism in the Nineteenth Century’ ABD August 2013 M.A. in European History The University of Florida Masters paper: ‘Guarding the dead: burial and community in early medieval West Heslerton’ B.A. in History Grove City College, magna cum laude (in progress) Dec 2012 May 2010 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK Fieldwork: Lyminge Archaeology Project, Reading University Carthage, Tunisia (finds registration, 2n century Roman House). Supervisor: Dr. Alicia Walker (Assistant Professor of Medieval Art and Architecture, Bryn Mawr) 2014 June 2008 FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS EXTERNAL Medieval Academy of America ($2000) ‘Helen Maud Cam Dissertation Grant’ Historical Metallurgy Society (£150) ‘R.F. Tylecote Memorial Fund’ Lilly Graduate Fellowship ($9000) Lilly Graduate Fellows Program Summer 2014 Summer 2014 2010-2013 INTERNAL (Selected) Rothman Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities ($2000) University of Florida, Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere Historical Graduate Society ($200) University of Florida College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Conference Travel Award ($500) University of Florida Pre-Doctoral Fellowship University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Alumni Fellowship University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences ODK Paper of the Year Grove City College, best undergraduate research in the humanities Dean’s List with Distinction Grove City College Presidential Scholarship Grove City College National Merit Scholarship Finalist Spring 2014 Summer 2014 Fall 2014, Fall 2013 2013-2014 2010-2011 2008, 2009 2006-2010 2006-2010 CONFERENCES (Selected) Spears, smiths, and iron in 'Anglo- Saxon' England’ Conference on Medieval Archaeology, SUNY Cortland (Cortland, NY) October 18, 2014 (accepted) ‘Unchaining the dead: Reconsidering the 'Anglo-Saxon' weapon burial rite’ Vagantes Medieval Graduate Student Conference, University of Texas (Austin, TX) March 22, 2014 'Seldom will the death-spear rest': Object Agency in Anglo-Saxon Weapon Graves’ Conference on Medieval Archaeology, SUNY Cortland (Cortland, NY) October 5, 2013 'Putting the Dead in their Place: ‘Pagan’ Landscapes, Execution Burials, and the Writing of History in Anglo-Saxon England ‘ American Society of Church History Winter Meeting (New Orleans, LA) ‘Guarding the Dead: West Heslerton Grave 164’ International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI) ‘Casualties of a Theory: Court Literature, Nobility, and the ‘Civilizing Process,’’ Medieval & Renaissance Forum, Plymouth State University ‘As Far as the East is from the West: A Comparative Study of Ghassanid Ethnogenesis’ Shifting Frontiers VIII: Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity, Indiana University Jan 3-6, 2013 May 10-13, 2012 April 24-25, 2009 April 2-5, 2009 2 TEACHING Instructor of Record ‘Western Civilization: The Ancient Empires’ Designed and taught entire course Fall 2014 Teaching Assistant ‘19th Century Europe’ University of Florida, Dr. Sheryl Kroen Weekly discussion sections and all grading ART 101: ‘Beginning Ceramics’ Grove City College, Prof. Kathy Rhodes Lectured, assisted students during class, day-to-day management of studio Spring 2013 2009-2010 Grader ‘Introduction to Islamic Civilization’ University of Florida, Dr. Michelle Campos Graded all student work Lecture: ‘Materiality, Conversion, and the Dome of the Rock’ ‘Literature Survey’ (Core curriculum humanities course) Grove City College, Dr. Andrew Harvey Graded student essays Student Assistant to Dr. Mark Graham (Grove City College) Wrote test and quiz questions and graded examinations for ‘Western Civilization’, ‘The Ancient World’, ‘World History I’ Fall 2012 May Intersession 2009 2008-2009 OTHER ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Website update and maintenance University of Florida Department of History Research Assistant Bonnie Effros, University of Florida 2013-present 2011-2012 Research Assistant Summer 2003-May 2009 Grove City College, History Department Projects included: Bibliographic research and line drawings: Eric Cline and Mark Graham, Ancient Empires: From Mesopotamia to the Rise of Islam (Cambridge University Press, 2011). Index: Gillis Harp, Brahmin Prophet (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003) Index Locorum: Dr. Mark Graham, News and Frontier Consciousness in the Late Roman Empire (University of Michigan Press, 2006). 3 Created online conference registration management system for Psychology Department, Grove City College Summer 2007 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Vagantes National Board of Directors, member Vagantes Medieval Graduate Student Conference 2013-present Vagantes 2015 Conference planning committee, co-chair 2015 Vagantes Medieval Graduate Student Conference at the University of Florida 2013-present HGS Conference planning committee, member University of Florida History Graduate Society Symposium 2013-2014 Graduate Student Council University of Florida History Department Representative 2013-2014 Alpata, Co-Editor University of Florida Phi Alpha Theta journal 2010-2011 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Medieval Academy of America American Historical Association American Society of Church History Phi Alpha Theta (Grove City College chapter) RESEARCH LANGUAGES Latin Old English German French REFERENCES Available upon request 4
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