Paul Halsall
Email: drhalsall@gmail.com
Education
Ph.D. History :
Fordham University May 1999
MA Classical
Civilisation : Birkbeck College, University of London 1986
MA (Hons) History,
Upper Second : University of Edinburgh 1982
Scholarships and Fellowships
Fordham University Senior Teaching Fellow 1996/97
Presidential
Scholarship 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92
Teaching
Fellowship 1988/89, 1989/90
Graduate
Assistantship 1987/88
Honors and Awards
University of North Florida
Teaching and Technology Grant Summer 2000
Fordham University Levac Prize 1999
Donnelly Memorial Prize in Medieval Studies
1993
Fordham University Teaching Fellow of the Year 1988/89
Publications
"The Life of St. Thomais of
Lesbos," [annotated translation], in Holy Women of Byzantium, ed.
Alice-Mary Talbot, (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1996), 291-322
"Review of Donald. M. Nicol, The
Byzantine Lady, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994,)" in Medieval
Feminist Newsletter, 1996
"Review of Derek Krueger, Symeon the
holy fool: Leontius's Life and the late antique city, (Berkeley and Los
Angeles: University of California Press, 1996,)" Bryn Mawr Medieval
Review 1996
"A Guide to Modern Byzantine
Literature," [annotated bibliography] Australian Association of
Byzantine Studies Newsletter, Spring 1997
"Review of Que(e)ring Religion: A
Critical Anthology, ed. Gary David Comstock and Susan E. Henking, (New
York: Continuum, 1997)", in CLGH: Committee on Lesbian and Gay History
Newsletter, forthcoming
"Likely Queers: The Queer Middle Ages
Conference, New York, November 5-7 1998," SSHMA Newsletter, (Winter
1999), 1-7
"Early Western Civilization under the
Sign of Gender: Europe and the
Mediterranean (4000BCE-1400CE)," in Blackwell Companion to Gender
History, edited By Teresa A Meade and Merry E Wiesner-Hanks (Cambridge:
Blackwell, 2005) 285-306.
Papers and presentations
"Balsamon's
View of the Primacy of Constantinople," Byzantine Studies Conference,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, October 27th, 1989
"The
Black Death in Byzantium," Fordham
University History Lecture Series, April 1991, (was accepted for
presentation at the XVIIIth International Congress of Byzantine Studies,
University of Moscow, Moscow, August 8-14th, 1991, but not given due to interruption
of travel plans)
"Cruising the Internet: Internet
Resources for Medievalists and Other Humanists," Fordham University, 25th January 1993
"Same Sex Unions in Premodern Europe:
Evidence and Debates," Gay Greek
Association, New York, October 1994; Dignity/New York, January 1995
"The History of Women in the
Priesthood," Dignity/New York, May 1995
"Using the Internet Medieval Sourcebook
in Teaching" at Session: "What Do You Do After You Say `Ghee Whiz':
Teaching with the Internet," TEAMS
at International Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 1997 [Not
given due to interruption of travel plans.]
"Wedded to Christ: Nuptiality and Gender
Reversal in the Lives of Byzantine Male Saints," Byzantine Studies
Conference, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 26 September 1997
"Byzantine Studies on the
Internet", Byzantine Studies Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
27 September 1997
"Friendship and Homosexuality in the
Lives of Byzantine Saints," Queer Middle Ages Conference, City University
of New York, 6 November, 1998
"The Internet History Sourcebooks
Project and Teaching Methodologies," American Association for
History and Computing Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, April
24, 1999
"Saints and Statistics," New
York "Friends of the Saints" Hagiography Colloquy, New York, 15
January, 2000
World Wide WEB Sites
Editor and originator, The Internet
Ancient History Sourcebook, a collection of translated primary source
documents for teaching.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
Editor and originator, The Internet
Medieval Sourcebook, a widely used collection of over a thousand translated
primary source documents for teaching.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
Editor and originator, Byzantium:
Byzantine Studies on the Internet, the most comprehensive site for
Byzantine studies on the World Wide Web.
It also contains pages commissioned by the International Congress on
Byzantine Studies and the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies.
http://www.fordham.edu /halsall/byzantium/
Contributing editor, Byzantium section, ORB:
Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies, an online textbook of original
articles directed at undergraduates.
http://www.the-orb.rhodes.net
Editor and originator, The Internet Modern
History Sourcebook, a collection of over five hundred translated primary
source documents for teaching.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor,
University of North Florida, 1999-2005
Teaching
medieval and Byzantine history and core classes in western civilization.
Lecturer (one year
appointment), Brooklyn College, 1998/99
Taught
core classes in western civilization and Chinese culture. Responsible for
preparation of an online version of the "Shaping of the Modern World"
for the Brooklyn College Virtual Core initiative.
Senior Teaching Fellow, Fordham University, 1996/97
"History 1300:
Introduction to Medieval History"
Adjunct Lecturer, Fordham University, Fall 1995, Fall
1997-Spring 1998
"History 1202:
The Shaping of the Medieval World"
"The West: Enlightenment to
Present". Online syllabus
Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College, Fall 1995-Spring 1998
"Core 9: African,
Latin American and Asian Studies". Responsible
for section of course
devoted to Chinese history and culture.
Adjunct Lecturer, City College of New York, Summer 1995
"History 102:
World Civilization since 1500"
Adjunct Lecturer, Rutgers University, Spring 1995
"History 320:
Classical World" (Roman and Late Antique
history - an upper
level course)
"History 358:
Modern Europe: War and Revolution" (European history
since 1918 - an upper
level course)
Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College, 1993/94, 1994/95
"Core 4: The
Shaping of the Modern World"
Adjunct Lecturer,
Queensborough Comm. College, 1992/93,
Spring 1994, Fall 1994
"History 110:
Ancient Civilizations"
Lecturer, Brooklyn
College, Spring 1993
"Core 4: The
Shaping of the Modern World"
"History 12: Europe from the
Renaissance to the French Revolution"
Adjunct Lecturer,
Brooklyn College, Fall 1992
"Core 4: The
Shaping of the Modern World"
Adjunct Lecturer,
Rutgers University, Fall 1992
"Europe Since
1945" (upper level course)
Adjunct Lecturer,
Manhattan College, 1990/91, 1991/1992
"The Medieval
World"
"The Ancient
World"
Adjunct Lecturer,
College of Mount St. Vincent, Spring 1991, Spring 1992
"Development of
Civilization"
Teaching Fellow,
Fordham University, 1988/89, 1989/90
"History 1000:
The Development of the Modern World"
Education-Related Job Experience
Academic Computing Consultant, Brooklyn College, Fall 1997
Advised on establishment of History department World Wide Web site and virtual
teaching methodologies.
Freshmen Registration Counselor, Brooklyn College, May 1993 to February 1998
Interviewed
and advised incoming and transfer students on appropriate programs. Made
preliminary assessment of transfer credits.
President, Graduate Student Association, Fordham University, June 1990 to June 1992
Elected
twice as a stipended officer to run the graduate student government: scheduling
academic, professional, and social events; administering a $40,000 budget; and
providing advice of all sorts to graduate students.
Interviewer,
Columbia University School of Public Health, June 1988 to Sept. 1991 (summers)
Interviewed
over 120 homosexual men as part of a research project into the psychosocial
effects of the AIDS epidemic.
Graduate Assistant to Dean, August 1987 to July 1988
Fordham University,
Bronx, NY.
Press Office Worker,
Greater London Council, January to April 1986
Wrote
brief press releases, provided information to journalists regarding the
break-up of local government in London, supplied a press-cutting service and
administrative support to senior council officers.
Assistant Director,
Catholic International Students' Hostel, London, Mar. 1984 to Sept. 1985
Supervised
clerical and support staff in 140 bed hostel, coordinated payments and
registration, organized social programs and provided counseling and supervision
to students.
Other Work Experience
Account Manager,
City's Best Advertising, Feb 2006-present
Door to door b2b sales
of Bellsouth services.
Clerical Officer,
British Telecom, London, May 1986 to July 1987
Proofread
and copy edited written material, maintained customer database using dBase
III+, monitored budgets, prepared correspondence, trained employees on
computing equipment, participated in telephone sales.
Figure-Worker, Manpower
Ltd, London, September 1985 to January 1986
Assessed and
calculated pay claims.
Fieldworker for Volunteers, YWCA, Edinburgh, April 1983 to March 1984
Recruited,
interviewed, and placed volunteers in a variety of positions, maintained the
records of volunteers, and publicized the work of the YWCA.
Student Jobs 1977-1982:
Bingo
hall runner, supermarket storeman, security guard at the Royal Highland Show,
beachworker/deckchair hirer, teacher of English to a seven year old French boy,
catering assistant in school kitchens, barman.
Office Skills/Experience
General Keyboard
Skills, 45 wpm
MS-Word, WordStar,
Decmate/WPS-PC, PFS, and PC-Write word-processing
Use of Apple
Macintosh
Proofreading
Budget Monitoring
Claims processing
Telemarketing - with
and without a script
Dealing with
Customer complaints
Setting up new
filing systems
Good reading
knowledge of French
References
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