CURRICULUM VITAE
JOHN MCDONALD HOWE
Department
of History, Texas Tech University
(TTU), Lubbock, Texas 79409-l0l3
Office in Holden Hall 143
Home Address: 3109 25th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79410-2134
Telephone:; 806 742-3744 (History Dept.); or 806 834-7544 (office);
or 806 438-1321 (Home)
E-Mail: john.howe@ttu.edu;
fax: 806-742-1060; web:
http://myweb.ttu.edu/jhowe
UNIVERSITY STUDY:
Academic Degrees (History):
Ph.D. (1979), C.Phil. (1973),
and M.A. (1971, M.A.) from the University of California at Los
Angeles (UCLA). Honored as Social Sciences M.A. of the Year by
the UCLA Alumni Association.
B.A. (1969) from the University of
San Francisco. Magna Cum Laude, member of Alpha Sigma Nu Honor
Society.
Doctoral Dissertation: "Greek Influence on the
Eleventh-Century Western Revival of Hermitism," directed by Gerhart
B. Ladner. Doctoral examination fields in Roman History, Early
Medieval History, Later Medieval History, History of Religions.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:
Fall 1981-. Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of History, TTU. Teaching medieval Europe and history of Christianity.
Fall 2011-18 Interim Director, Co-Director, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Center, TTU.
2013-14 Visiting Scholar, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA; Extended Reader, J. Paul Getty Research Institute.
2003-2004. Senior Research Associate, Erasmus Institute, University of Notre Dame. Researcher.
Spring 2001. Fellow, School of Historical Studies, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton. Researcher.
Spring 1981. Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of
Religious Studies, Arizona State University. Teaching history of
Christianity.
PUBLICATIONS (IN PRINT OR IN PROGRESS):
Monographs:
Before the Gregorian Reform: The Latin Church at the Turn of the
First Millennium. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press,
2016.
Recipient of the Catholic Historical Association's
Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian
History for 2017.
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. Translated by Paolo Golinelli as Riforma della Chiesa e trasformazioni sociali nell'Italia dell'XI secolo: Domenico di Sora e i suoi patroni. Sora: Centro Studi Sorani Vincenzo Patriarca, 2007.
Edited Volume:
Inventing Medieval Landscapes: Senses of Place in Western Europe.
Edited by John Howe and Michael Wolfe. Gainesville: University Press
of Florida, 2002.
Museum Exhibits Curated:
“Pre-Modern Bibles: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the
Complutensian Polyglot Bible" (with Janis Elliott). Exhibition presented at the Museum of Texas Tech
University, August 15, 2018, through March 4, 2019.
'The Medieval Southwest: Manifestations of the Old World in the New." Exhibition presented at the Southwest Collection / TTU Special Collections Library, August 9, 2008, through April 4, 2009.
[Lynn Whitfield and John Howe, eds.] "The Medieval Southwest: Manifestations of the Old World in the New." Lubbock, Texas: The Southwest Collection / TTU Special Collections Library, 2009. 59 pp. An abbreviated version is available through a Southwest Collection Web site.
Articles:
"Music of the Spheres? Astronomical Antecedents of
the Staff System of Musical Notation." In progress.
"The Pilgrim's Reward: Early Medieval Conceptions of the Benefits of the Jerusalem Pilgrimage." In progress.
"Gregory VII and the Eleventh-Century Reform Movement." For The Popes and the Papacy. Edited by Joëlle Rollo-Koster and Iben Fonnesberg-Schmidt. Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of the Papacy. Edited by Joëlle Rollo-Koster and Robert A. Ventresca. Under contract with Cambridge University Press for publication in 2023.
"Peter Damian Looks at Military Violence." Submitted and accepted for Violence and Violent Clerics in Medieval Europe. Edited by Andrew Villalon and Donald Kagay. Under contract with Brill, for publication in 2022.
"Western Monks and the East, 850-1050." In The Cambridge History of Medeival Monasticism in the Latin West. Volume I: Origins to the Eleventh Century. Edited by Allison Beach and Isabella Cochelin. 2 vols. Camdridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 1::631-45.
"Hermits in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries (with Kathryn Jasper). In The Cambridge History of Latin Monasticism. Volume II: The High and Late MIddle Ages. Edited by Allison I. Beach and Isabelle Cochelin. 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 2:684-696..
"Fulbert," Gerbert," "Nilus," and "Romuald." In Routledge Medieval Encyclopedia Online. Accepted for publication 2018, the first two in proof in January 2019.
"Military Secrets of the Knights Templar: The
Rule." Medieval Warfare 6(5) (2016):20-24
"Preface.” In Reassessing Reform: A Historical Investigation into Church Renewal. Edited by Christopher M. Bellitto and.David Zachariah Flanagin. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2012. Pp. ix-xii.
“Amatus of Montecassino,” “
"Baronius and Dominic of Sora." In Baronio e le sue fonti: Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi, Sora, 10-13 ottobre 2007. Edited by Luigi Gulia. Sora: Centro di Studi Sorani "Vincenzo Patriarca," 2009. Pp. 327-40. Published in Italian as "Baronio e San Domenico di Sora." In La Tradizione storica di San Domenico di Sora: Atti del Convegni del Millenario. Edited by Luigi Gulia. Sora: Edizioni Casasmari, 2012. Pp. 213-27.
"St Berardus of Marsica (d. 1130): 'Model Gregorian
Bishop'." Journal of Ecclesiastical History 58 (2007):
400-416.
"Gaudium et Spes: Ecclesiastical Reformers at the Start of
a 'New Age'." In Reforming the Church before Modernity:
Patterns, Problems, and Approaches, Edited by Christopher M.
Bellitto and Louis I. Hamilton. Burlington, VT / Aldershot,
England: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. 21-35.
"St. Benedict the Hermit as a Model for Italian Sanctity: Some Hagiographical Witnesses." The American Benedictine Review 55 (2004): 42-54. Translated as “Der heilige Benedikt als Eremit und Modell für italienische Heiligkeit: Einige hagiographische Zeugnisse.” Monastische Informationen no. 130 (2007): 20-25.
"The Hagiography of Jumièges (Province of Haute-Normandie) (Sources Hagiographiques de la Gaule VII)." 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, 2001. Pp. 91-125.
"The Hagiography of Saint-Wandrille (Province of Haute-Normandie) (Sources Hagiographiques de la Gaule VIII)." 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, 2001. Pp. 127-92.
"Review Article: Revisiting the Holy Man." The Catholic Historical Review 86 (2000): 640-44.
"Oblates" and "Saints, Italian Benedictine." Encyclopedia of Monasticism. Edited by William M. Johnston. 2 vols. Chicago / London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000. 2:945-46; 2:1113-15.
"Peter Damian and Monte Cassino." Revue bénédictine 107 (1997): 330-51.
"`Fatal Discord' in an Eleventh-Century Central Italian Family." Medieval Prosopography 16 (1995): 1-15.
"Review Article: Hagiographical Handbooks." The Catholic Historical Review 80 (1994): 757-61.
"Monasteria Semper Libera: Cluniac-Type Monastic Liberties in Eleventh-Century Central Italian Monasteries." The 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.
John Howe / Julia Whitsitt. "Creating Freshman Learning Communities through Paired Classes." The Freshman Experience Newsletter 4(2) (Fall, 1991): 11.
"Review Article: Lectio Hagiographica." The 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." The 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." The Catholic Historical Review 70 (1984): 74-82.
"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.
Signed Reviews:
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2006), Catholic Historical
Review (2011, 2009, 2006, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1992, 1990, 1989,
1988, 1987 [2x]); De Re Militari (2013); English
Historical Review (2005); Francia (2001, 1996); H-Net
Review: H-Catholic (2004, 2002, 2000) [online]; History
Teacher (2011, 1995, 1984 [2x], 1983); The International
History Review (2004); Medieval Review [online] (2021, 2016,
2015,
2013, 2011, 2006, 2003, 1999 [2x]); Mediaevistik (2001, 2000
[2x]); Religious Studies Review (1995, 1993 [2x], 1988);
Speculum (2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 1995, 1994 [2x], 1986
[3x]); Theological Studies (2009, 2004).
Presentations:
American Catholic Historical Association Annual Meeting (1996,
1995); American Historical Association Annual Meeting (1983);
American Historical Association Pacific Coast Branch (1983);
Association of Ancient Historians Annual Meeting (1986);
Baronio e le sue fonti: Convegno
internazionale di studi, Sora
(2007); Byzantine Studies Association Annual Conference (1986);
Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies of the State
University of New York at Binghamton Conference(1989); Charles Homer
Haskins Society for Viking, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and Angevin
History International Conference (1996, 1993, 1990, 1989, 1987,
1982); Conference of Texas Medievalists (1982);
Ecclesia Semper Reformanda: Vatican II. Aggiornamento, and
Church Reform before Modernity. A Conference on the Fortieth
Anniversary of Vatican II (2002); Erasmus Institute Seminar
of the University of Notre Dame (2004, 2003); French Historians in
Texas Conference (1999); German Institute in Paris Seminar (1995);
Illinois Medieval Association (2000); International Congress on
Medieval Studies (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002,
2001, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1986,
1985, 1984, 1982, 1981, 1979); International
Medieval Congress, Leeds UK (2015); International Seminar on
Pre-Reformation Theology and the American Cusanus Society
(2008); Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies
Luncheon Colloquium (2001); Institute for Advanced Study, School of
Historical Studies Medieval Seminar (2001); Medieval Academy of
America (2011, 2005); Medieval Academy of America / Medieval
Association of the Pacific Annual Convention (1998); Medieval
Institute of the University of Notre Dame (2004); Mid-America
Medieval Association (1992); MRSC Virtual Spring Symposium (2021); Pennsylvania State University Medieval
Conference (1999); Rice University Medieval
Colloquium (2002); Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance
Association (1992); Sewanee Medieval Colloquium (2018); Society for French Historical Studies (2007);
Southeastern Medieval Association (1996, 1982); Southwestern Social
Science Association (1987, 1982); Texas Medieval Association (2018. 2017,
2016, 2015, 2014,
2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2005, 1999, 1996, 1992); TTU
History Department Faculty Research Colloquium (1999, 1982); TTU
Honors Program "Pizza with the Profs" (1996, 1995); UCLA Medieval
Latin Colloquium (1995, 1988); Western Association of Faculty
Governance (1997); Western Society for French History Annual
Conference (1988); Women's Council of the West Texas Museum
Association Art Seminar (1997 [2x], 1996, 1986 [2x], 1985, 1984).
Grants:
American Academy in Rome (2015);
American Philosophical Society (1989); Big 12 Faculty Fellowship
(2002); City of Lubbock Grant Review Committee and the Civic
Lubbock, Inc. Board (2018); Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris hospitality grants
(1998, 1995); Dumbarton Oaks Institute (1982); Erasmus Institute
[Notre Dame] Carey Faculty Fellowship (2003-2004); Fulbright travel
grant (1989); Getty Center for the History of Art (1995); Gloria
Lyerla Memorial Fund Library Research Travel Grant (1998);
Helen Jones
Foundation, Lubbock TX (2017, 2007); Humanities Texas (2017, 2007);
National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) Summer Institute "Writing as Quest" (1991); NEH Summer
Stipends (1992); NEH Travel-to-Collections Grants (1988); Program
for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and
U.S. Universities (2007); School of Historical Studies of the
Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (2001); TTU Arts &
Sciences New Faculty Development Fund (1982); TTU Faculty
Development Leaves (2007, 2001, 1995, 1988); TTU Graduate School
Summer Research Award, 1992 (for Howe and Cynthia Rosser); TTU
Research Enhancement Funds (1991-92 and 1984-85); TTU University
Task Force on Student Retention (1990); UCLA Center for Medieval and
Renaissance Studies Post-Doctoral Fellow (1995 and 1979-82); UCLA
CMRS Visiting Scholar (2013-2014).
SERVICE:
Regular participant in the work of the
Texas Tech History Department, of
Texas Tech University,
of the Lubbock community,
and of the
national/international scholarly community.