Lyon, Jonathan

“I hope that my research will shake up people who have become complacent about the strength and stability of state institutions in Europe, by showing them how difficult it has been throughout European history to establish and maintain effective, incorruptible forms of government.”

• The Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages
• European political and social history (around 1000-1500)
• History of statehood, corruption, and the fight against corruption
• History of kinship in the Middle Ages
• Gender history and history of masculinity

• 1993–1997 B.A. History and Latin, Colgate University (Hamilton, New York, USA) – graduated with honors
• 1996 Exchange student, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
• 1997–1999 M.A. History, University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA)
• 1999–2005 Ph.D. History, University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA)
• 2000–2001 J. William Fulbright Research Scholarship, United States Department of State, Otto Friedrich University Bamberg
• 2005–2006 Visiting Lecturer, Department of History, University of Notre Dame
• 2006–2013 Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Chicago
• 2007 Research Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and University of Heidelberg
• 2012–2013 Academic Director of the Berlin Consortium for German Studies, Freie Universität, Berlin
• 2013–2022 Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Chicago
• 2013–2014 Lise Meitner Position, FWF Project, Institute for Austrian Historical Research, University of Vienna
• 2017–2018 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Research Fellowship for Experienced Scientists, University of Heidelberg
• 2022–2023 Professor, Department of History, University of Chicago
• 2023–2024 Sorin and Imran Siddiqui Professor, Department of History, University of Chicago
• since August 2024 Professor of Medieval History