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

  erika.lindgren@wartburg.edu

  Fall 2009 Office Hours: WF 7:45-8:45 am, F 12-1 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.

My Courses:

            Fall 2009

HI 101 - Western Civilization I

ART 250- Early Through Gothic Art History

IS 101-04- Lessons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

            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

                Fall 2007                                                            Winter 2008                                                  May 2008

HI 101 - Western Civilization I                           HI 211- Rise and Fall of Early Empires            HI 231- Hollywood

ART 250- Early Through Gothic Art History            HI 311-Ancient Civilizations                                     History

IS 101-04- Lessons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer    IS 101-04- Lessons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

                  Fall 2006                                                                               Winter 2007                                                                   May 2007

HI 101 - Western Civilization I                        HI 102- Western Civilization 2                       HI 282- Venus, the Virgin and     

HI 312 - Medieval Civilization                         HI 295- Special Topics: 12th c. Europe                the Venerable Mother

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.

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 Online International Journal of Buffy Studies

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.