John Van Engen
Andrew V. Tackes Professor of History
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1975
John.H.VanEngen.1@nd.edu

Areas of Recent Teaching
· Cultural, religious and intellectual history of the High Middle Ages

Areas of Recent Research
· Cultural and religious history, especially twelfth-century reform
· The notion of "christianization"
· Late medieval mystical teachings and devotional practices

Recent Honors and Awards
· Visiting Professor of History, Harvard University, Fall, 2002.
· Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, 1993-94
· Director of the Medieval Institute, 1985-97

Recent Publications
· Editor, with Michael Signer, Jews and Christians in Twelfth-Century Europe (Notre Dame, 2001), including "Introduction: Jews and Christians Together in Twelfth-Century Europe," and "Ralph of Flaix: The Book of Leviticus Interpreted as Christian Community."
· "Letters and the Public Persona of Hildegard of Bingen," in Alfred Haverkamp, ed., Hildegard von Bingen in Ihrem historischen Umfeld (Mainz, 2000), pp. 375-418.
· "The Work of Gerlach Peters (d. 1411), Spiritual Diarist and Letter-Writer, a Mystic among the Devout," Ons Geestlike Erf 73 (1999): 150-77.
· "The Sayings of the Fathers: An Inside Look at the New Devout in Deventer," in Robert J. Bast and Andrew Colin Gow, eds., Continuity and Change: The Harvest of Late Medieval and Reformation History. Essays Presented to Heiko A. Oberman on his 70th Birthday, pp. 279-302, with "A Working Edition of the Dicta partum," pp. 303-20.

Departmental Page
http://history.nd.edu/people/all/vanengen-john/