Rob's C.V.



Publications
Articles on Battle of Bourgthéroulde, Battle of Brémule, Louis VI of France, Battle of Pontlevoi, Suger of Saint-Denis, Battle of Tinchebrai, Battle of Val-ès-Dunes, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, editor Clifford J. Rogers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). "Norman Institutions or Norman Legal Practices? Geoffrey le Bel and the Development of the Jury of Recognition," Haskins Society Journal 10 (2003): 81-94. "'Ad tutandos patriae fines': The Defense of Normandy, 1135," in The Normans at War: Essays in Honor of C. Warren Hollister, editors Richard Abels and Bernard S. Bachrach (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2001), 129-148. "Princeps, Dux, Comes Normannorum: Early Rollonid Titles and Their Significance," Haskins Society Journal 9 (2001 for 1997): 57-77. Review of Dudo of Saint-Quentin, History of the Normans (translated by Eric Christiansen), Speculum 76 (2001): 153-154. "The Foundation and Early Development of the Rollonid Principality (911-996)," ORB (1999). "Norman Historical Writers in Context" (review of Leah Shopkow, History and Community: Norman Historical Writing in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries), Annales de Normandie 48 (1998): 299-301 "King Stephen's Norman Itinerary, 1137," Haskins Society Journal 5 (1993): 89-97.
Conference papers
"Richardus filius Willelmi Nordmannorum principis," May 2004, International Conference on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. "When Print Isn't Good Enough: The Planctus for William Longsword," May 2001, International Conference on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. "Rollo as Historical Figure," November 2000, Haskins Society Conference, Ithaca NY. "The Planctus for William Longsword as Historical Source and Web Site," November 1999, Haskins Society Conference, Ithaca NY. "The Siege of Montreuil-Bellay," November 1998, Haskins Society Conference, Ithaca NY. "Dudo and the Power of Literacy: Hijacking the Origin of Normandy," May 1998, International Conference on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. "Ethnic Identity: The Origins of Normandy," November 1997, Haskins Society Conference, Houston. "Some More Observations on the Origins of the 'Duchy' of Normandy," November 1996, Haskins Society Conference, Houston. "Henry I and the Game of Royal Succession, 1100," May 1996, International Conference on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. "The Language of Succession and Inheritance in Normandy," November 1994, Haskins Society Conference, Houston. "Norman Institutions or Norman Legal Traditions? Geoffrey le Bel and the Development of the Jury of Recognition," November 1993, Haskins Society Conference, Houston. "The 'Norman Conquest' of Geoffrey le Bel, Phase I (1135-1138)," May 1993, International Conference on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. "The Norman Itinerary of King Stephen, 1137," November 1992, Haskins Society Conference, Houston.
Education
Ph.D., 1997, University of California, Santa Barbara Dissertation: "Law, Language, and Politics in the Norman and Anglo-Norman World" Dissertation Committee: C. Warren Hollister, Normandy and the Anglo-Norman Regnum Jeffrey Burton Russell, Medieval Europe Harold A. Drake, Roman Empire Jo-Ann Shelton, Latin M.A., 1993, University of California, Santa Barbara (Medieval and Early Modern History) B.A., 1991, University of Minnesota (History and Latin): Honors Thesis (History): "The Bayeux Recognitiones of Geoffrey le Bel" Honors Thesis (Latin): "Serlonis monachi poemata" Advisor (History): Bernard S. Bachrach Advisor (Latin): Robert Sonkowski
Honors and fellowships
Humanities/Social Sciences Research Grant (Paris, Normandy), UCSB, 1997 Denis Bethell Prize Essay, Haskins Society Conference, 1996 Humanities Pre-Doctoral Special Fellow, UCSB, 1991-1997 Jacob J. Javitz Fellowship, 1991-1995 Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Junior Fellowship, UCSB, 1991-1992 Class of 1889 [sic] Outstanding Scholar Award, Honorable Mention, University of Minnesota, 1991 Selmer Birkelo Scholarship, University of Minnesota, 1990-1991 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program grant, University of Minnesota, 1990