Richard P. H. Greenfield, Queen’s University
Department of History
Professor
Kingston, Ontario
greenfie@queensu.ca
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(613) 533-6000 ext. 77507
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Richard Greenfield attended Christ's Hospital school at Horsham in the UK before studying Theology as an undergraduate at King's College, London. His graduate work was also completed there, although his research was conducted primarily in Oxford and in Athens, Greece (at the British School). His ...
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Richard Greenfield attended Christ's Hospital school at Horsham in the UK before studying Theology as an undergraduate at King's College, London. His graduate work was also completed there, although his research was conducted primarily in Oxford and in Athens, Greece (at the British School). His thesis, 'Traditions of Belief in Late Byzantine Demonology,' was supervised by the late Professor Donald Nicol and was examined by Professor Averil Cameron and Dr. Kallistos Ware in March, 1985.
The main focus of his research is the broad field of Byzantine popular religion. His early work looked at Byzantine demonology and sorcery, but for the last fifteen years or so his research has turned to hagiography and various aspects of byzantine monasticism. He also works on the Crusades and their interaction with the Byzantine world of the eastern Mediterranean.
After teaching briefly at Queen's University, Belfast and Concordia University in Montreal in the mid 1980's, he became an Adjunct in the Departments of History and Classics at Queen's in 1988. Since 2002 he has been a tenured Professor in the Department of History with a cross appointment to Classics.
He is proud to have served in the past in various roles in the Queen's University Faculty Association, particularly as a representative of Adjunct faculty and as a member of two Collective bargaining teams, and was honoured to be President of the Association in 2002-03. From 2003-2009 he was Chair of the Department of History. He is currently co-ordinator of the Medieval Studies Minor at Queen's and a member of the Byzantine Greek editorial board of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library series for Harvard UP.
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The main focus of his research is the broad field of Byzantine popular religion. His early work looked at Byzantine demonology and sorcery, but for the last fifteen years or so his research has turned to hagiography and various aspects of byzantine monasticism. He also works on the Crusades and their interaction with the Byzantine world of the eastern Mediterranean.
After teaching briefly at Queen's University, Belfast and Concordia University in Montreal in the mid 1980's, he became an Adjunct in the Departments of History and Classics at Queen's in 1988. Since 2002 he has been a tenured Professor in the Department of History with a cross appointment to Classics.
He is proud to have served in the past in various roles in the Queen's University Faculty Association, particularly as a representative of Adjunct faculty and as a member of two Collective bargaining teams, and was honoured to be President of the Association in 2002-03. From 2003-2009 he was Chair of the Department of History. He is currently co-ordinator of the Medieval Studies Minor at Queen's and a member of the Byzantine Greek editorial board of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library series for Harvard UP.
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