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Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik delivered a paper titled "The Nachleben of an Ottonian monarch: the canonization of Henry II and crusading in the 12th century" at the 19th Biennial Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies at New College of Florida in Sarasota on March 7.

Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik gave a presentation titled "Vikings to Varangians: Medieval Scandinavians and the World They Made" to the Scandinavian Club of the Mohawk Valley on Feb. 19.

Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik recently attended the California Medieval History Seminar, held Oct. 26 at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif, where participants discussed his draft article, "Saints, Pagans, and the Wonders of the East: The Medieval Imaginary and its Manuscript Contexts."

A book review by Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik was recently published by The Medieval Review, a leading online archive of scholarly reviews in medieval studies. Eldevik reviewed David Bachrach's new translation of a chronicle by the early 11th century cleric Alpert of Metz, titled "On the Variety of our Times" (De diversitate temporum).

Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik attended the annual International Medieval Congress held at the University of Leeds, England, July 1-4, where he presented a paper titled "Communities of Violence: Saracens and Saints in Medieval Bavaria."

Six Hamilton faculty members were recognized for their research and creative successes with the Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards, presented by Dean of Faculty Patrick Reynolds during Class & Charter Day on May 13. The awards recognize individual accomplishment but reflect a richness and depth of scholarship and creative activity across the entire faculty.

A book review by Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik has appeared in the latest issue of Speculum, the leading North American journal of medieval studies.

A new book review by Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik has appeared in the most recent issue of the English Historical Review. Eldevik's review discusses "Patterns of Episcopal Power: Bishops in Tenth and Eleventh Century Western Europe," ed. Ludger Körntgen, and Dominik Wassenhoven (Berlin, 2011), a collection of scholarly essays by German and British historians on the role of bishops in early medieval politics and culture.

Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik presented a paper titled “Episcopal Authority and Scribal License: Charting the Lives of Ulrich of Augsburg in Late Ottonian Germany” at the 18th Biennial New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, held March 8-10 at New College of Florida in Sarasota.

Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik published an article titled “Bishops in the Medieval Empire: New Perspectives on the Church, State and Episcopal Office” in the peer-reviewed online journal History Compass.