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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On 10/02/13, John Wickstrom wrote: > Dear List Members, > > > > I have a student interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Early Church History, focusing particularly on the period of conversion of non-Romanized populations. I have a few ideas but I would be very interested in others’ suggestions. > > Thanks > > jbw > Given that success in this area will depend in large part upon the acquisition of area-specific linguistic and cultural knowledge, I would think that the choice of institution and department would depend to a very great extent on the particular non-Romanized populations whose conversion history the student is eager to pursue. Harvard's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations might be a good choice for late antique Armenia and Persia but perhaps not so much for late antique Georgia and certainly not for early medieval Slavic lands or early medieval Scandinavia. For a variety of reasons (e.g. doing comparative work; finding alternatives in the event of irremediable personality conflict), a university that offers graduate training in several of these areas rather than in just one might be a better bet. Best, John Dillon ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion