Andrew P. Holt
apholt@ufl.edu
Education
Ph.D. History- University of Florida- [Doctoral Student]- Fall, 2006 to Present.
M.A. History- University of North Florida- May, 2005. GPA 3.87.
B.A. History- University of North Florida- May, 2003. GPA 3.96.
Books
Fighting Words: Competing Voices from the Crusades. Co-Edited with James Muldoon. Oxford: Greenwood
Press, 2008. (Reviewed by Jonathan Phillips in Times Higher Education)
The Expansion of Europe: The First Phase. Expanded and Revised Co-edited with James Muldoon, [In progress-
Under Consideration at the University of Pennsylvania Press.]
Seven Myths of the Crusades. Co-Editor with Alfred Andrea [In Progress- Under Consideration at University Press
of Florida and Greenwood Press- 2007]
Book Chapters
“The Feminine Sexuality and the Crusades.” History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ed.
Albrecht Classen. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2008. 449-469.
“Between Warrior and Priest: The Creation of a New Masculine Identity during the Crusades.” Work in progress
for a volume edited by Jennifer Thibodeaux and under consideration by Palgrave-MacMillian in 2008.
Reference Publications
“Pilgrimage Sites.” Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Ed. Robert E. Bjork. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
[500 words- Forthcoming].
“Slavery and Slave Trade.” Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Ed. Robert E. Bjork. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, [750 words- Forthcoming].
“Gilbert of Tournai .” Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Ed. Robert E. Bjork. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, [70 words- Forthcoming].
“Gunther of Paris.” Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Ed. Robert E. Bjork. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
[70 words- Forthcoming].
“Thirteenth Century Christianity.” Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization. Ed. George Thomas Kurian. Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
“Byzantine Christianity.” Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization. Ed. George Thomas Kurian. Oxford: Blackwell
Publishing, 2008..
“Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem.” Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization. Ed. George Thomas Kurian. Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
"War and Pilgrimage." The Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage. Ed. Leigh Ann Craig. Boston: Brill. [1300
words- forthcoming].
"Hazards and Pilgrimage." The Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage. Ed. Leigh Ann Craig. Boston: Brill [1300
words- forthcoming].
“Crusades Historiography.” Handbook of Medieval Studies: Concepts, Methods, and Trends in Medieval Studies.
Ed. Albrecht Classen. Berlin: de Gruyter [5000 words- forthcoming].
“Medieval Historical Studies.” Handbook of Medieval Studies: Concepts, Methods, and Trends in Medieval
Studies. Ed. Albrecht Classen. Berlin: de Gruyter [5000 words-forthcoming] .
“Serfdom in European, Islamic, and Chinese Medieval Societies, 300-1000.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 4.
Ed Wilfred Bisson, ABC-Clio [1250 words- forthcoming].
“Early Medieval European Slavery.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 4. Ed Wilfred Bisson, ABC-Clio [1250
words- forthcoming].
“Wars Between Rome and Persia 300-625.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 4. Ed. Wilfred Bisson, ABC-Clio
[1250 words- forthcoming].
"Crossbows, Trebuchets, and Gunpowder: The Transit of Military Armaments across Eurasia." World History
Encyclopedia, Era 5, Ed. Alfred J. Andrea, ABC-Clio [900 words- forthcoming].
“Old and New Christian Sites of Pilgrimage.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 5, Ed. Alfred J. Andrea, ABC-Clio
[1000 words- forthcoming] .
“The Armies of Europe: 1000-1500.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 5, Ed. Alfred J. Andrea, ABC-Clio [1300
words- forthcoming] .
“Crusades against Heretics: From Languedoc to Bohemia.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 5, Ed. Alfred J.
Andrea, ABC-Clio [950 words- forthcoming] .
“The Later Crusades.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 5, Ed. Alfred J. Andrea, ABC-Clio [1100 words-
forthcoming] .
“Godfrey of Bouillon: Defender of the Holy Sepulcher.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 5, Ed. Alfred J. Andrea,
ABC-Clio [700 Words- forthcoming] .
“Crusader and Jihadist Atrocities and Acts of Chivalry.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 5, Ed. Alfred J. Andrea,
ABC-Clio [750 words- forthcoming] .
“Christian and Islamic Histories of the Crusades.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 5, Ed. Alfred J. Andrea, ABC-
Clio [1500 words- forthcoming] .
“Europe's Age of Reason.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 6. Ed. Dane Morrison, ABC-Clio [950 words-
forthcoming].
“The Peace of Prague” World History Encyclopedia, Era 6. Ed. Dane Morrison, ABC-Clio [950 words-
forthcoming].
"European Crusades against the Turks: From the Aftermath of the Fall of Constantinople (1453) to the Aftermath
of the First Defense of Vienna (1529)." World History Encyclopedia, Era 6, Ed. Dane Morrison, ABC-Clio
[750 words forthcoming].
“European Crusades against the Turks: From 1570-1699.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 6, Ed. Dane
Morrison, ABC-Clio [750 words- forthcoming] .
“The Changing Face of the European Crusade: Protestants and Pagans.” World History Encyclopedia, Era 6, Ed.
Dane Morrison, ABC-Clio [750 words- forthcoming].
Book Reviews
Christopher MacEvitt, The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance. U of Penn P, 2008.
Medieval Perspectives, the Journal of the Southeastern Medieval Association, Forthcoming 2008.
Conferences
“Distinguishing Between Holy War and Crusade: Jonathan Riley-Smith vs. John Gilchrist.” 44th International
Congress of Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, Mi. May, 2009, Panel on Crusades Historiography organized by
Paul E. Chevedden.
Organizer and Presider for the session “Holy War, Holy Women.” International Congress of Medieval Studies.
Kalamazoo, Mi. May, 2008. Sponsored by the Florida Medievalist.
"Sex and the Crusades: The Threat of Feminine Sexuality to the Ideal Crusader." International Symposium on the
History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, University of Arizona, Tucson, May 3-6,
2007.
“The Saints at War: Sin and Saints in Crusades Propaganda During the Siege of Antioch” New College Conference
on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Sarasota, Fl. March 2006.
"Competing Voices on the Crusades: The Current Divide Between Scholarly and Popular Perceptions of the
Crusades" Crusades: Medieval Worlds in Conflict: A Symposium, St. Louis University, February 15-18,
2006.
“’Sinful Women’ and the Defeat of the Crusaders.” Southern Historical Association: European History Section,
Annual Conference. Atlanta, Ga. November 2005.
“Virtue and Vice: Contrasting Portrayals of Muslim and Christian Women in Crusades Propaganda.” Southeastern
Medieval Association, 31st Annual Meeting. Daytona Beach, Fl. September/October 2005.
“The Lure of the Orient: Sexual Propaganda During the Crusades.” The 39th International Medieval Studies
Conference, Kalamazoo, Mi. May 2004.
Other Presentations and Lectures
“Gladiator: Myth and Reality.” Given to the University of Florida Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, University of
Florida, Gainesville, Fl. November 9, 2006.
“Seven Myths of the Crusades.” Stammtisch Graduate Talks Series, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Center,
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl. October 2, 2006.
“The U.S. Constitution and Its Ancient and Medieval Predecessors: A Historical Comparison.” Keynote Speaker:
Constitution Day: Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fl. September 15, 2005.
“’The Snare of the Devil’ Women, Sin, and Crusades Propaganda.” Bette Soldwedel Gender Research Center,
Jacksonville, Fl. April 12, 2005.
Honors and Awards
Graduate History Paper Prize: “Uncle Joe” and Genocide in the Soviet Union: How the Roosevelt Administration
Ignored the Deaths of Twenty Million to Form an Alliance Against Hitler. University of North Florida,
2003-2004.
Undergraduate History Paper Prize: The Rise of Anti-Islamic Sexual Propaganda during the Crusades. University
of North Florida, 2002-2003.
Summa Cum Laude: GPA 3.96, University of North Florida. May 2003.
Outstanding History B.A. Graduate: University of North Florida, 2002-2003.
Professional Service
Editorial Board Member: Alpata: A Journal of History, University of Florida, 2006-2007.
Search Committee Member: Advisor for the College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Florida, Fall 2005.
Professional Associations (Past and Present)
World History Association
Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East
Medieval Academy of America
Florida Medievalist
Southern Historical Association
Southeastern Medieval Association
Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Florida
Research Languages
French
Latin
German
Scholarships and Grants
Conference Travel Grant, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl- History Department-2007. (International
Symposium on Sexuality, University of Arizona).
Conference Travel Grant, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl.- Graduate Student Council-2007. (International
Symposium on Sexuality, University of Arizona) .
Conference Travel Grant, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl. History Department- 2007. (American Historical
Association, Atlanta, Ga.) .
Conference Travel Grant, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Fl. History Department- 2004. (Medieval
Congress, Kalamazoo, Mi.) .
Study Abroad Scholarship, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Fl. History Department-2001.
Teaching Experience
Writing Instructor: University Writing Program, University of Florida, 2009-2010.
Teaching Associate: University of Florida, Summer 2009
Adjunct Professor of History: Santa Fe College, Summer 2008, 2008-2009.
Graduate Teaching Assistant: University of Florida, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009.
Adjunct Professor of History: Florida Community College of Jacksonville, 2005-2006.
Adjunct Professor of History: University of North Florida, 2005-2006.
Graduate Teaching Assistant: University of North Florida, 2003-2004, 2004-2005.
Substitute Lecturer: University of North Florida-Various 1000 & 3000 Level Courses- 2003- 2005.
American History Teacher: American Home Stays, summers 2003, 2004.
Freshmen Core Course Tutor: University of North Florida, 2002-2004.
Classical History Teacher: Our Lady of Hope Academy, 2000-2002.
Courses Taught as an Adjunct Professor
AMH 2010 U.S. History to 1877, Santa Fe Community College
AMH 2020 U.S. History from 1877, Santa Fe Community College
EUH 1001 Western Civilization from 1589, Florida Community College at Jacksonville
AMH 2010 U.S. History to 1865, Florida Community College at Jacksonville
AMH 2020 U.S. History from 1865, Florida Community College at Jacksonville
EUH 1000 Western Civilization to 1648, University of North Florida
EUH 1001 Western Civilization from 1648, University of North Florida
Courses Taught as a Teaching Associate or Teaching Assistant
ENC 1102 Rhetoric and Academic Research
EUH 1001 Western Civilization from the French Revolution, University of Florida
AMH 2010 United States History to 1877, University of Florida
AMH 2020 United States History Since 1877, University of Florida
MEMS 3003 The Medieval World, University of Florida
EUH 1000 Western Civilization to 1648, University of North Florida
EUH 1001 Western Civilization from 1648, University of North Florida
Related Job Experience
Mentor/Counselor: University of North Florida, Fall 2003 to Fall 2004. UNF Academic Center for Excellence.
Websites
Editor and originator of www.crusades-encyclopedia.com, a work in progress with a goal of offering
references to nearly 1000 subjects concerning the crusading movement. A secondary purpose of the
crusades-encyclopedia is to offer trustworthy external links to hundreds of articles, sources, and other
material on the crusades.