Dr. Erika Lauren Lindgren
Assistant Professor of History
314 Luther Hall, History Department, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA 50677
(319) 352-8201 Fax (319) 352-8213
Winter 2012 Office Hours: MWF 10:45-11:45 am and by appointment
At Wartburg College, I teach courses on western, ancient, and medieval civilizations, non-US women's history, art history, various aspect of pre-modern world history, as well as the first year and second year Inquiry Studies courses and an interdisciplinary course on Food.
My Courses:
Fall 2011 Winter 2012
HI 101- Western Civilization I HI 102- Western Civilization II
ART 250- Early Through Gothic Art History HI/WS 282- Women in Early World History
ID 345- Food HI 311- Ancient Civilization
HI 461- Historiography
May 2011 HI 212- Castles and Cathedrals May Term in England and Wales Click here for more photos
Class at Fountains
Abbey in Yorkshire
Fall 2010 Winter 2011
HI 101- Western Civilization I HI 211- Rise and Fall of Early Empires
ART 250- Early Through Gothic Art History HI 312- Medieval History
IS 101-04- Vampires, Slayers IS 201- Women's Voices/Women's Lives
and the Study of Popular Culture GM 212- Medieval England
May 2010 HI 231 Hollywood History
Fall 2009 Winter 2010
HI 101 - Western Civilization I HI 311- Ancient Civilization
ART 250- Early Through Gothic Art History HI 282- Venus, Virgin, and Venerable Mother
IS 101-04- Lessons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Women in Early World History)
May 2009 HI 212- Castles and Cathedrals May Term in England and Wales
Class at Avebury Henge, the largest prehistoric stone circle in England.
Fall 2008 Winter 2009
HI 101 - Western Civilization I HI 211- Rise and Fall of Early Empires
ART 250- Early Through Gothic Art History HI 312- Medieval Civilization
IS 101-04- Lessons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer IS 201-03- Women's Voices/Women's Lives
GM 212- Medieval England
May 2008 HI 231- Hollywood History
Fall 2007 Winter 2008
HI 101 - Western Civilization I HI 211- Rise and Fall of Early Empires
ART 250- Early Through Gothic Art History HI 311-Ancient Civilizations
IS 101-04- Lessons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer IS 101-04- Lessons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
May 2007- HI 282- Venus, the Virgin, and the Venerable Mother
Fall 2006 Winter 2007
HI 101 - Western Civilization I HI 102- Western Civilization 2
HI 312 - Medieval Civilization HI 295- Special Topics: 12th c. Europe
IS 101-04 - People and Their Buildings IS 101-04- People and Their Buildings
About My Research
By training I am a historian of the European Middle Ages. My research interests focus on issues of gender, religion, and art. My book, Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany (2008), appears in Columbia University Press's Gutenberg-e series. I am currently trying to answer the question of why there were so many female Dominicans in thirteenth-century Germany. I am also writing an article on medievalism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Some of My Favorite Links
Internet Medieval Sourcebook Online primary sources.
Viking Quest Try you hand at being a successful Viking (at the BBC website)
Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies Association
Background
B. A. with Honors in Medieval Studies, Mount Holyoke College 1989
M.A. in History, Binghamton University [formerly SUNY-Binghamton] 1992
Ph.D. in History, University of Iowa 2001
DAAD Fellowship in Freiburg, Germany 1996-1998
I have also taught at Duke University (where I was a post-doctoral fellow), Kutztown University [PA], Wabash College [IN], Wright State University [OH], and the University of Arizona.