Robin Fleming
Robin Fleming | |
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Citizenship | United States |
Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1984) |
Awards | MacArthur Fellow (2013) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medieval history |
Institutions | Boston College |
Doctoral advisor | C. Warren Hollister |
Other academic advisors | Denis Bethell, Harold Drake |
Robin Fleming is a medieval historian, professor of history at Boston College, and a 2013 MacArthur Fellow. She has written several books focusing on the people of Roman Britain and early medieval Britain, using both archaeological evidence and written records.[1][2]
Early life and education[]
Fleming received her B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1977 and 1984.[2]
Career and honors[]
She has been the recipient of awards honoring her groundbreaking research: Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard (2009–2010),[3] Member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2002–2003),[4] Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation (2002),[5] Fellow of the Bunting Institute at Harvard (1993–94),[6] and Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows (1986–89).[7]
She is a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Royal Historical Society, the London Society of Antiquaries,[8] and the Medieval Academy of America.[9]
Bibliography[]
Books[]
- Fleming, Robin (2021). The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 CE. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812252446.
- Fleming, Robin (2011). Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400-1070. Penguin. ISBN 9780140148237.[10]
- Fleming, Robin (2004). Kings and Lords in Conquest England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521526944.
- Fleming, Robin (1998). Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052163038X.[11]
Selected papers[]
- Robin Fleming, "Monastic Lands and England's Defence in the Viking Age", The English Historical Review 100:395:247–265 (April 1985)
References[]
- ^ Graham, Ruth (October 6, 2013). "MacArthur 'genius' Robin Fleming on using archaeology to write history". Boston Globe. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Robin Fleming". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "Robin Fleming", Fellows, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
- ^ Institute for Advanced Study, "2002-2003 Members, Visitors and Research Assistants" [1]
- ^ Fellows, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Memorial Foundation
- ^ Joe Mathews, "Locals Named as Bunting Fellows", Harvard Crimson, July 13, 1993 full text
- ^ "Current and Former Junior Fellows"
- ^ "Faculty (Robin Fleming)". Boston College. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
- ^ "2015 Fellows of the Medieval Academy", official blog, January 19, 2015
- ^ Shippey, Tom (17 March 2011). "Tom Shippey reviews 'Britain after Rome' by Robin Fleming". London Review of Books. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ Fischer, Katherine Drew (Winter 1999). "Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England (review)". Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 30 (3): 498–499.
External links[]
- American medievalists
- Women medievalists
- Living people
- 1950s births
- Boston College faculty
- University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
- MacArthur Fellows
- Harvard Fellows
- Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars
- Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America
- American women historians
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
- Historians of the British Isles