Jochen Burgtorf, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of History

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Teaching interests: Medieval World History, Crusades, Byzantium, Theory and Methodology, Latin

Research interests: Crusades, Religious Military Orders, Papacy, Refugees and Fugitives

Brief biography: I received my Ph.D. in medieval history, with "minors" in early modern history, and English/American language and literature from Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf (Germany) in 2001, the same year I joined CSUF. The crusades and the military orders are my main areas of publication, but I am also conducting research in English medieval history and the history of fugitives and refugees. My recent publications include, The Central Convent of Hospitallers and Templars: History, Organization, and Personnel, 1099/1120-1310 (Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2008), a monograph on the headquarters of two major medieval religious military orders of the crusading period; International Mobility in the Military Orders, a collection of articles (co-edited with Helen Nicholson; Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2006); and "With his life, my joyes began and ended: Piers Gaveston and King Edward II of England Revisited," in Fourteenth Century England V, ed. Nigel Saul (2008). I am an official collaborator of the "Regesta Pontificum Romanorum," an international research project on papal documents. The award I treasure the most is CSUF's 2006 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, which was given to me for my work with Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honors Society.