Jonathan Lyon, Professorship of History of the High and Late Middle Ages
Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies
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"I hope that my research unsettles people who have become too 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." (Jonathan Lyon)
Research areas:
* 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 the history of masculinity
Curriculum Vitae:
1993-1997 B.A. History and Latin, Colgate University (Hamilton, New York, USA) - graduated summa cum laude
1996 Exchange student, Albert-Ludwigs-University 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 Fellowship, United States Department of State, Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
2005-2006 Visiting Assistant Professor, 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-Ludwigs-University 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 Researchers, 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 Professorship of History of the High and Late Middle Ages, University of Vienna