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Academic Positions
Honors and Awards
Books
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Professional Experience
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Visiting Professor
rschneid@yorku.ca
- B.A., Dartmouth College,
1959
- M.F.A., Princeton University,
1961
- M.Phil., Columbia University,
1983 (completed 1965)
Academic
Positions
Current Positions:
- 1973- Associate Professor in History and Humanities, York University,
Toronto, Canada (with tenure)
- 1996- Graduate Faculty, York U. (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Previous Full-time Positions:
- 1998 invited keynote speaker (on the key role of the Extended Essay
and Theory of Knowledge at the core of the International Baccalaureate
Diploma) for a conference of Officers of Admission and Registrars of
Ontario Universities, at University of Toronto (Feb.)
- 1992-present Toronto French School -- Director of Research Essay Programme
(requirement of International Baccalaureate Diploma); advisor for seniors
- 1974-5 Toronto French School -- taught senior History and English
1970-71 Twice invited keynote speaker and leader of panels and seminars
for major education conferences (Schools '70 at York and the Ontario
Federation of Teachers Annual Conference in Toronto) -- papers were
published and circulated; Also invited to conduct a colloquium for the
Montessori teacher-training programme
- 1962-3 St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School, N.Y.C. -- taught senior
History
- High School teaching (part-time), and associated public lectures
1993 Glendon College, York University, Visiting Professor teaching medieval
history
- 1978-79 Visiting Associate Professor, Ontario College of Art
- Many summers from 1967-present Appointed to teach in the Departments
of History, Humanities, and Fine Art of Atkinson College
- Summer-1966 Assistant Professor, Department of History, Columbia
University
- summer-1965 Instructor, Department of History, Columbia University
- 1963-64 Preceptor, Department of English, Columbia University, School
of General Studies (summer included)
- 1977, 1984, 1995-1998 Four ad hoc appointments to serve on Graduate
School Master and Ph.D. thesis committees, at York University and University
of Toronto
- 1969-73 Assistant Professor, Department of History & Division
of Humanities, York University (tenured 1972) Part-time:
- 1966-69 Lecturer, Department of History & Division of Humanities,
York University
- 1965-66 Visiting Lecturer, Department of History, University of California,
Santa Barbara
- 1964-65 Visiting Lecturer, Department of History and Department of
English, Yeshiva University, New York
- 1962-63 Assistant Professor, Department of English, Trenton State
College
Honors
and Awards
- Columbia University Fellow 1964-65
- Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1959
- B.A. cum laude
Books
- How to Study History (New York, 1967) -- with Norman Cantor
Articles
- "Organisation Iconographique et Instruction Pastorale des Vitraux
Médievaux de la Cathédrale Saint Étienne de Bourges," in Conservation
et Restauration des Vitraux: Actes Bourges: Conseil Général du Cher/Chartres:
Centre International du Vitrail [1995], pp. 357-71
Unpublished
Professional Reports
Scholarly Papers Delivered:
- 1966-67 "Significant images of the subject of love in late medieval
rhetoric: Chaucer and manuscript paintings", Public lecture delivered
at York University
- 1968-69 "Allegory and Event: A radical shift in the late medieval
outlook." A paper delivered at Amherst College, followed by a seminar
the next day for History Department
- 1970-71 "Old Song and New Song: the significance of 'music' in medieval
literature, art, and musical theory and practice." Delivered first at
the "Medieval Day" at York University, and again later to a Graduate
Chaucer seminar (with other audience) at McMaster University
- 1971-72 "The Poets and the Friars", delivered (by invitation) to Graduate
Seminar in Medieval English, McMaster University
- 1974-75 "Chaucer's Complaint to His Empty Purse as a Satire on Policy"
delivered to York University History Research Group and again at International
Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo
- 1976-77 "The Lambeth Constitution as the Work of Archbishop Peckham,
O.F.M.: a new view of the rivalry of mendicants and seculars", delivered
at International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo
- 1977-78 "Gold, Parliament, and Chaucer's Complaint to His Empty Purse:
An Essay on Total-Historical Method for the Analysis of Literature."
This is a considerably expanded and revised version of the 1975 Kalamazoo
paper; it was delivered twice by invitation:
- October 1977: University of Alabama conference on Imagery in Chaucer
- May 1978: Guest Lecture series, the Medieval Institute, Notre Dame
University
- Advanced colloquium on "the iconological method for the study of late
medieval manuscripts, especially East Anglian Psalters," delivered to
faculty and students of the Medieval Institute, Notre Dame University
by invitation
- "The Rivalry of Poets and Friars: Authentic Dislike or Clashing Hermeneutic?",
delivered at Conference on Consciousness and Group Identification in
High Medieval Religion: Historians and Social Scientists in Dialogue,
York University, April 7-9, 1978
- "Music as Image, Music as Practice: the Cultural History of Medieval
Polyphonic Musical Theory and Compositional Technique," May 1978 public
lecture at the University of Chicago
- 1978-79 "Structural and Philosophical Aspects of the Change from Classical
Book Illustration to Medieval Book Illustration; lecture for Toronto
Classics Club at the University of Toronto, October 1978
- "An Iconological Re-evaluation of "Byzantine Influence" in 12th Century
English Manuscripts," delivered by invitation at the Twelfth Annual
Conference of The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, SUNY,
Binghamton, New York
- 1979-81 On sabbatical leave (in England, France, Italy, Austria, Germany)
conducting research on the iconology of English and Italian illuminated
manuscripts of the later 14th century, and on 19th century historiography
- "Gold, parliament, and Chaucer's Complaint to His Empty Purse: A Total-
History approach to literary study" delivered by invitation at:
- University of Edinburgh, Medieval Research Institute
- University of Perugia, the English Seminar
- Cambridge University, Graduate English Seminar
- "L'artiste comme homme social aux XIIème-XIIIème siècles" at Ecole
des Beaux-Arts, Clermont-Ferrand
- 1981-82 "A moralizing iconography for a 14th-century merchant's diary:
the illustrations of the Biadaiolo", for International Congress of Medieval
Studies, Kalamazoo, May 1982
- 1983-84 "Monastic Iconography as Self-Affirming Propaganda in Early
14th Century Psalters from East Anglian Provenances", Cistercian Institute
Symposium From Cloister to Classroom: Monastic and Scholastic Approaches
to Truth, University of Western Michigan, June 12-19, 1983
- "The Marriage of Youth and Age: the invention of a topos in the Middle
Ages", given at Conference on Aging and the Aged in Medieval Europe
sponsored by the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto,
November 11/12, 1983
- Invited lecture on "Iconographic Motifs as the Solution to the Problem
of Structural Unity in The Second Shepherd's Play, Symposium on Texts
and Visual Arts in Middle Ages and Renaissance. York University, January
28, 1984
- Two invited lectures at Ohio State University, May 16-17, 1984:
- in the series Visiting Lectures in the History of Arts: "History,
Critique, and Future Programme of the Method of Iconology"
- for the Medieval Studies Group: "Cultural Themes in Monastic Manuscript
Design, with special reference to early 14th c. English Manuscripts."
- 1985-86 "Radical Change in Iconography, Structure, and Exegesis in
the Speculum Humanae Salvationis" at the conference on The Bible in
the Middle Ages: Its influence on Literature and Art, October 18-19,
1985 SUNY Binghamton (Camers)
- (by invitation) "Musical Imagery in the Secunda Pastorum" lecture
for the Department of English, McMaster University, March 21-23, 1986
- "The Cultural Significance of Images on 14th Century European Gold
Coinage: An Iconological Analysis" Canadian Conference of Medieval Art
Historians, University of Winnipeg, March 1986.
- 1986-87 Two invited lectures/seminars at the University of Edinburgh,
February 13, 1987
- "The marriage of youth and age: the medieval invention of a topos
and a figure", Department of English lecture
- "The Iconology of Gothic Architecture: Issues of Methodology"
Department of History of Art Seminar
- "Everyday scenes as Moral Pictures: Unique Illustrations in Trecento
Manuscripts for Mercentile Patrons: Canadian Conference of Medieval
Art Historians, York University, March 20-21, 1987
- "On the Iconographical Difference Between Wheel and Circle: Some Rose
Windows and the Ages of Man in the De Lisle Psalter (B .L. MS Arundel
83)", for the AVISTA Symposium at the International Congress of Medieval
Studies, Kalamazoo, May 9, 1987
- "Ruler-Portraits as Commentary in Fourteenth Century English Legal
Documents", for the special section on Images of the Ruler at the International
Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 9, 1987
- 1987-88 "Wheel and Circle in some medieval rose-compositions", Faculty
colloquium, Division of Humanities, York University
- "The Illustrations in the Treatise of Walter of Milemete", Conference
of Canadian Medieval Art Historians, University of Montreal, March 1988
- "The Invention of Iconographic Programmes for a new, unique text:
the Treatise of Walter of Milemete", guest lecture, Graduate School
of Art History, University of Chicago, May 1988
- 1988-89 "A Statute-Book for a Kinglet: Text and Illustration in Harvard
Law School MS 12 and the Youth of Edward III" Lecture to History Department
Research Symposium, York University, Feb. 1989.
- "Illustrated Statutes as Gift-Books for English Kings: Two Unique
Cases", Conference of Canadian Medieval Art Historians, University of
Victoria, March 1989
- "Cathedral-Building as Pastoral Reform: Arts of Bourges Cathedral
in the 13th Century", Colloquium on Artistic Integration in Early Gothic
Churches, York University, April 7-9, 1989
- "The Regalian Significance of the Westminster Abbey Portrait of Richard
II", for special Richard II symposium at International Congress of Medieval
Studies, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, May 1989
- 1989-90 "Canonization and Iconographic Programming at Bourges Cathedral:
Change in an Episcopal Cult in an Era of Reform", Conference on The
Cult of Saints in the Middle Ages: Formation and Transformation. CEMERS,
State University of New York, Binghamton, Oct. 20-21, 1989.
- "Edward III's Two Illustrated Copies of the Secreta Secretorum: More
Propagandistic Royal Books from the Isabella Years" Canadian Conference
of Medieval Art Historians, York University, March 1990.
- "The Historian's Use of Visual Art/The Art-Historian's Use of History,"
Colloquium on Directions in the Humanities, York University, April,
1990.
- "Illustrating Statutes for a Prerogative Monarch: Cambridge, St. John's
College A.7", Special Richard II Symposium, International Congress of
Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, May 1990.
- 1990-91 "Royal Portrait as Royalist Propaganda: Varieties of Self-Imaging
by Richard II". Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians, University
of Winnipeg, March 1991.
- "Book-Commissions for a Kinglet Son: Isabella of France's Patronage
of Books for Edward III". Invited paper for special session of Maestas
Society on Royal Mothers, International Congress of Medieval Studies,
U. of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, May 1991.
- 1991-92 "Cathedral Design as Episcopal Reform: Medieval Christian
Time-Cosmology in 13th-C. Bourges Cathedral". Invited paper for symposium
on Architecture and Traditional Belief-Systems, University of Edinburgh,
Sept. 1991.
- "What is a Political Poem? An interpretation of Chaucer's Complaint
to His Empty Purse". Invited paper for Richard II symposium, International
Congress of Medieval Studies, U. of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, May
1992.
- 1992-93 "A Model of all models of the Christian Church before the
Conversion of Constantine". Institute for the Study of Culture and Religion
in Antiquity, York University, Feb. 1993.
- "The jubé of Bourges Cathedral as further evidence of long-term integrative
planning." Conference of Canadian Medieval Art Historians, Université
Laval, March 1993
- "The Many Faces of Richard: Public and Private Use of 'Self-Portraiture'
by Richard II," History Faculty Research Group, York U., March 1993
- "Intellectual History, Ecclesiastical History, and Iconology in Chartres
research: critique and future suggestions," contribution to a panel
on Chartres Cathedral: Current Perspectives, Future Prospects, International
Congress on Medieval Studies, U. Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, May 1993
- "Richard II as public and private individual: his portrayal in historiated
miniatures", invited lecture for the annual Richard II symposium of
the White Hart Society, International Congress on Medieval Studies,
U. Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, May 1993.
- 1993-4 "Organisation iconographique et instruction pastorale des vitraux
médiévaux de la cathédrale St. Etienne de Bourges." Invited paper for
the International Colloquium Conservation et Restauration des Vitraux
of the Centre International du Vitrail, held in Bourges. Oct. 28-9,
1993
- "'Romanesque' and 'Gothic' as Cultural/Regional Styles: the Evidence
from Southern France", given at the session on Understanding Medieval
Art and Architecture in the Post-Modern West at the Universities Art
Association of Canada, U. of Windsor, Nov. 4, 1993
- "Designing a Cathedral for Pastoral Reform: Iconological Research
at St. Etienne, Bourges" for the History Research Group of the Dept.
of History, York University, Nov. 24, 1993
- "'Artistic Originality' in the product of a trades workshop?: the
design and stylistics of the Good Samaritan window at Bourges Cathedral",
Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians, U. of Victoria, March
5, 1994
- "The Building as Text(s): Where/Why did Abbot Suger put inscriptions
in his reworking of St. Denis?", invited paper for the special St. Denis
session on "Reading Images and Spaces: Medieval Architecture and Iconography
at the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Paris", The American Society of
Church Historians, Oberlin College, Mar. 25, 1994
- Invited session commentator for papers using Victor Turner's anthropology
of pilgrimage for cultural-historical analysis of pilgrimages. 29th
International Congress on Medieval Studies, U. W. Michigan, Kalamazoo,
May 5-8, 1994
- 1994-5 "Episcopal Iconographic Programmes in Justinian's Ravenna:
Old-Testament Typology as an antidote to 6th C. Caesaropapism", conference
on Law, Authority, and Consent in the Roman Catholic Tradition, Institute
of Human Values, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Oct. 21, 1994
- "Re-organization of Book-illustration in the shift from Roll to early-Christian
Codex: Pictures as Exegetical Glossing", Institute for the Study of
Culture and Religion in Antiquity, York University, Jan. 1995.
- "Princely Bishop and Caesaropapist Prince: the iconographic triumph
of Church over Emperor in the mosaic programmes and liturgical furniture
of Justinian's Ravenna," for the History Research Group of the Dept.
of History, York University, Feb. 1995
- "The 'fictional' marriage of Youth and Old Age in 14th C. literature:
the invention of a topos in a context of reality," for conference on
The Family in the Middle Ages, Fordham University, March 24-5, 1995
- "St.-Denis as Text(s): Why did Suger Put Inscriptions on His Building?",
for the session History, Communal memory, and Liturgy in Suger's St.-Denis,
for the annual meeting of the Medieval Academy, Boston, March 30, 1995
- Invited panelist giving paper at special symposium on "Monumental
Medieval Buildings as Total Objects: Functional Readings of Major Structures",
at the 30th International Congress on Medieval Studies, W. Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, May 1995. (Also, I was chair of this session).
- 1995-6 invited lecturer for two lecture-colloquia at St, Vladimir's
Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y. Mar. 1-2, 1996:
- "The theological Iconology of style, and the impact of the Iconoclastic
Controversy on stylistic freedom."
- "Ecclesiastical iconography in Ravenna programmes of Archbishop
Maximian: is history necessary in theological Iconology?"
- "Architectural Style-Choice at Kirkham Priory as a Cultural Decision:
a response to Larry Hoey's Critical Challenge," 16th Canadian Conference
of Medieval Art Historians, McGill University, Montreal, Mar. 28-30,
1996
- [with William Clark and Bob Greenberg] "How to Vault a Hemicycle?
the Competing Examples of Notre Dame of Paris and St. Etienne of Bourges
as evidence of Decision-Making by Master Masons," for the session on
Medieval Buildings and Masons' Practices, Society of Architectural Historians,
St. Louis, Apr. 24-28, 1996
- "Maximian's Use of Typology: Episcopal-Ecclesial Authority in a Justinianic
Climate," session on Ravenna Between East and West in the Early Middle
Ages (special session of the Medieval Academy Colloquium East and West
in the Middle Ages), 31st International Congress on Medieval Studies,
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 9-12, 1996
- Chairman, session on "Ricardian England" for the Society of the White
Hart, 31st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, May 9-12, 1996
- 1996-97 "A Re-Evaluation of Our Critical Use of 'Gothic' as a Stylistic
Designation: the Cultural-Historical Significance of Southwestern French
Buildings," for the special session of papers in honor of Roland Sanfaçon
at the 17th Annual Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians, Laval
University, 13-15 March, 1997
- "What is the function -- and the meaning -- of the 'military fascicle'
in the Treatise of Walter of Milemete?" for the special AVISTA symposium
on Medieval Military Technology, at the 32nd International Congress
on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 7-11,
1997
- 1997-98 Chairman of special session "Building a Cathedral for Toronto
c. 1225: a simulated fabric committee," at the 18th Canadian Conference
of Medieval Art Historians, York University, March 20, 1998
- (With Robert Greenberg) "Getting inside the mind of a medieval builder:
the ability of the Bourges master to construct a torus-curved rib-vault."
at the 18th Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians, York University,
March 20, 1998
- "Episcopal Programming in a Caesaropapist Climate: Maximianus of Ravenna
as Iconographer," for the special session Byzantine Art Studies in Honour
of Jean-Guy Violette at the 18th Canadian Conference of Medieval Art
Historians, York University, March 22, 1998
- "Designing the Noble: the 'total history' of a new gold coin in the
14th century" 33rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 10, 1998
Conferences
Organized and Administered
Specialist
Work for Church Bodies
The following items are entered here, rather than as "community service,"
because they represent very serious creative tasks to which I was appointed
because of my professional expertise; the analogy would be a scientist
reporting commissioned applied research work, and like the scientist,
my experiences from this work further my professional competence and standing,
and are reflected in my teaching and historical research. Also, the publications
reported under this heading are serious research documents, equivalents
of a white paper or a report for a government commission or the like.
For central Metropolitan hierarchy, Orthodox Church in America
- 1996-9 Elected to the 20-person Pre-Conciliar Commission of the OCA
This group is the core planning body for the national church;
its chief function is the planning and running of the forthcoming
(13th) All-American Council in Pittsburgh 1999. The members of this
group are chosen by the ruling Synod of Bishops from acoss all of
North America).
Member of the sub-Committee that chose the theme for the
13th Council, and co-chairman of the sub-Committee to draft the
Biblical, theological, and pastoral Study Papers which are sent
to all parishes.
Asked to write the Bible Study Workbook for this Council.
For the Orthodox Church in America, Archdiocese of Canada:
- 1990-91 member of the 3-person Episcopal Commission called by Bishop
Seraphim of Canada to institute pastoral reform for the Orthodox Church
of America in Toronto
Published [with N. Ignatieff] The First Report (1991),
a 50-page annotated "white paper" announcing the first results.
- 1994-95 "Style as Iconography: Freedom of Stylistic choice in Pre-Iconoclastic
Icons and the Impact of Iconodule Attitudes," lecture to Society of
St. Philip [an OCA Scholarly Colloquium], Ottawa, October 1994
- Toronto lay delegate to the 12th triennal All-American Council of
the Orthodox Church in America (the Metropolitan Synod, i.e. the governing
body of the Church), Chicago, July 1995
- 1995-96 Toronto lay delegate to the triennial Archdiocesan Assembly
(the National Synod, i.e., the archdiocesan equivalent of the All-American
Council), Ottawa, July 1996
- 1997-98 "Behold the Beauty of the Lord: an Introduction to Orthodox
Spirituality," a Toronto-wide retreat sponsored by the Anglican parish
of St. Clement's, March 20-21, 1997
- Invited as an Ecumenical Visitor to address the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in Canada June 7-12, 1998
- 1998-99 Toronto lay delegate to the triennial Archdiocesan Assembly
(the National Synod, i.e., the archdiocesan equivalent of the All-American
Council), Winnepeg, July 1998
- Invited to address United Church delegates to the World Council of
Churches Assembly about Orthodox issues and concerns in current ecumenical
dialogue, November 1, 1998
For the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) [the chief ecumenical body
in Canada]:
Work
in Progress
1998-9 teaching year at York U.
- Finish articles for publication from lectures about aspects of my
research on Bourges Cathedral: the following articles emerge from the
texts of the lectures given and refined in the past ten years.
By writing these articles up and submitting them to journals I
hope to establish some "track record" for a major grant, to fund archeological
high-technology, travel, and photocopying during my 2 years of sabbatical
work to complete the monograph.
- Salvation-history as Cosmic Order in the integrated iconographic
programme of glass and sculpture at Bourges [appropriate for Journal
of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes]
- St. William of Bourges in the iconography of Bourges Cathedral:
flexibility, judgment, and original thinking in the execution and
development of a programme [appropriate for Citeaux or Gesta]
- The role of the workshop master and of stylistics in iconographic
thinking and design: the Good Samaritan windows of Bourges, Chartres,
and Sens [appropriate for Art Bulletin]
- [with Bill Clark and Bob Greenberg] Inside the Decision-Making
of a Medieval Master-Mason: contrastive solutions to the problem
of rib-vaulting a hemicycle ambulatory at Bourges and Notre Dame
of Paris [for Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians]
- [if ... I can prove my breakthrough hypothesis!] Evidence for
a direct role of William of Bourges in the programming of the earliest
stained glass windows of the ambulatory at Bourges: the strange
details of the windows of Peter/Paul and the Apocalypse [to publish
in both English and French]
- A short note: An enamel plaque from the chasse of St. William
of Bourges? [in French in a Festschrift for J-Y. Ribault
and in English in the Metropolitan Museum Bulletin]
- [with Bill Clark and Grover Zinn and others] A collected volume
of essays on new approaches to Abbot Suger's design mentality at
St. Denis; this is the colloquium which we presented at the Medieval
Academy]; this volume is under contract.
- Commence work on a multi-volume book treating both Critical Hermeneutics
of Historical Methodology and a Critical Historiography of the Modern
Historical Discipline, 1760-present [= History 3000 course turned into
a detailed research work, and also into two practical student handbooks]
1999-2000 sabbatical for writing
- major goal: complete a first draft of the historiography book just
described
- finish up any leftovers of the Bourges papers above
- seeking major funding for the big Bourges monograph
- commence planning for a book on method for medieval Iconology, with
special emphasis on the difference between Eastern and Western Christian
Iconology.
2000-2001 teaching at York U.
- Commence a companion volume to Critical Historiography: Medieval Iconology
as a Historical Discipline: a Critical and Methodological Introduction
[also needed as basis for methodological introduction to the big Bourges
monograph]
- finish library-textual work and recensional research at Princeton
Index of Christian Art for Bourges book
2001-2003 (sabbatical years)
- Full 3-vol. book on An integrative history/art history study of Bourges
Cathedral in the 13th Century.
- completion of critical book on Iconology [above]
Possible post-retirement projects include publishing, as short monographs
or articles, papers given at conferences during teaching years and continuing
my professional work on behalf of the OCA and CCC, as well as pursuing
the issue of Eastern vs. Western Iconology to some conclusion (possibly
a book on what Icons and Church illumination are in Orthodoxy).
Professional
Memberships
- Byzantine Studies Conference
- Medieval Academy of America
- International Centre for Medieval Art
- Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians
- AVISTA (an international society for the history of technology, art
and design in the Middle Ages) -- elected to governing board, 1995-98
Editorial
Reviewing
- 1996 for Social History
- Two times as a consultant ("evaluation") for the Canada Council
Funding
- 1968 Canada Council Research Grant
- 1978-79 SSHRC grant in aid of a major conference which I organized
at York (for details see under conferences organized 1978)
- 1966-86 Several Faculty of Arts Minor Research Grants
- 1987 SSHRC Minor Research grant to support ongoing research on Bourges
Cathedral (see 1988-89 papers)
- 1988 SSHRC Minor Research grant to support ongoing research on Bourges
Cathedral (see 1988-89 papers)
- 1989 SSHRC grant in aid of a major conference at York, April 1989,
organized by myself. (see Conferences organized, 1989)
- 1989/90/91 Faculty of Arts Research Grants for research in l4th Century
English Legal illustration and royal portraiture (see 1988-89 papers)
- SSHRC Minor Research Grants to support work on the Westminster Abbey
portrait of Richard II and on further aspects of the Bourges Cathedral
project (see papers 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991).
- 1991 SSHRC travel grant to aid my participation in the Edinburgh U.
Conference on Architecture and Traditional Belief Systems.
- SCOTL grant for the development of a new advanced seminar on Pilgrimages,
Heretics, Crusades, & Architecture in Southern France.
- 1995-96 York University Teaching Development Award
- 1996-97 Faculty of Arts Minor Research Grant for research on the newly-cleaned
13th C. windows of Bourges Cathedral
- SSHRC Minor Research Grant for travel to France and photography of
the newly-cleaned 13th C. windows of Bourges Cathedral
- 1997-98 SSHRC grant-in-aid of $10,000 to a major conference, for the
18th Canadaian Conference of Medieval Art Historians
- York University grant of $1750 for computer upgrading to assist my
research
Teaching
Year is inaugural year of a new course design; most taught many times
subsequently. This list of course does not include all teaching in pre-established
curricular courses, but only courses designed.
History:
- 1966 Survey of medieval history
- 1967 Seminar on culture of 1000-1204
- Seminar on methodology; I was part of a drafting team
- 1968 Seminar on culture of lst-5th centuries
- 1968, 69, 75, 78, 79, 93, 97 8 times director of senior research theses
in History (two of these students became Woodrow Wilson Fellows, and
another won the Hart Prize; two of these papers were accepted at refereed
conferences)
- 1971 Colloquium on English law and institutions 600-1400
- 1972 Seminar on 14th century literature in its cultural context (crosslisted
with English Department)
- 1975 (with T.V. Cohen) Colloquium on intellectual history 300 B.C.
- 1600 A.D.
- 1977 Lecture series on historiography Seminar on English law and institutions
in high Middle Ages
- 1982, 1995-7 directed five 4990 individualized reading courses
- 1986-7 History of the Christian Churches (two-year cycle; cross-listed
with Humanities)
- 1991 First-year course on Romance-genre in medieval France
- 1992 Seminar on Pilgrimage and Crusade in 12th-13th-C. France: literature,
society, politics, religion, and the visual arts.
- 1993 Advanced 3rd-year course on Critique of Historical Methodology
by a hermeneutic approach, with a review of recent historiographical
trends
- 1995 Seminar on Iconological methodology in Medieval Studies, cross-listed
with Art History and Humanities
Graduate Faculties {York University and University of Toronto]
- 1977 [York U. Dept. Fine Art]: M.F.A. examination committee, Ted Rettig
- 1984 [York U. Dept. Fine Art]: M.F.A. examination committee, Vaughan
Perusse {I also instructed him in a seminar in Iconology in 1983-84]
- 1995- [Centre for Medieval Studies, U. of Toronto] appointed to Ph.D.
thesis supervision committee for Margaret McGlynn
- Mar.1996 [Centre for Medieval Studies, U. of Toronto] external examiner
for Ph.D. thesis of Elizabeth Jordan
- 1996-8 Director, M.A. Thesis Committee for Jutta Raithel Interdisciplinary
Studies Programme, York U.
Humanities [also see under History for cross-listed courses]:
- 1969 Music in culture
- 1970-92 In almost every year, I was director of a first year course
and often the sole full-time staff member. These courses have been in
a wide range of subjects
- 1972 Introduction to Iconological method
- 1973 Advanced seminar in Iconology (Psalters)
- 1973- Directed several reading courses, especially on history of critical
method
- 1981 Redesigned 282 - Jesus and Interpretation
- 1982 New 2nd year course: Faith and Order in the Middle Ages
- 1985 New course on history of the Virgin Mary
- 1986-7 Two 3rd-year courses on Church History [see Hist.] New seminar
(with Malcolm Thurlby) on the Iconology of Early Gothic Churches [the
first course in the new project of courses cross-listed between Arts
and Fine Arts]
- 1988 Re-organized 2830 Founders of Christianity
- 1989 Directed 4th-year thesis on the Eadwine Psalter (student won
a Mellon Fellowship)
- l996-7 redesigned Humanities 2130, Renaissance Humanism
Art History:
- 1972,1973,1986,1992, 1995 See under Humanities and History, above
- 1987-88 Joint Director (with Malcolm Thurlby) of Survey of Medieval
Art
Music:
- l969 Music in Culture (see under Humanities and Atkinson) was the
first music course ever taught at York U. 1978-79 Survey course in medieval
music history
Founders:
- 1969-72 Different college tutorial each year
Atkinson:
- New courses on First-Century Christianity, Music in Culture, Byzantine
Civilization, Reading course on 19th Century German culture and the
rise of critical methodology, Social History of Education, Tragic Themes
Ontario College of Art:
- Lecture course on Art and Architecture in Western Europe and Byzantium,
200-1400 A.D.
University courses prior to York U. (see my previous positions)
- Old and Middle English Literature
- Survey of Western Civilization
- Survey of Medieval History
- History of Modern Europe, reformation-present
High School Teaching:
- Senior courses in English language and literature
- Creative writing
- Modern History
- Historical methodology as a Theory of Knowledge (for the International
Baccalaureate).
- Director of Research Thesis Programme [for c.45-50 students each year]
(a requirement of the International Baccalaureate)
University
Service
History Department and Division of Humanities:
- 1968-69 History Department - Curriculum and Library Committees Humanities
- Religious Studies Planning Committee
- 1969-70 History Department - Course Evaluation (Chairman) Tenure and
Promotion, ex officio - (Humanities representative on Library rare books
room supervision committee)
- 1970-71 History Department - Service Committee (Chairman)
- 1972-ff Tenure and Promotions, History and Humanities: mostly active
on History Teaching Subcommittee and Humanities Research Subcommittee
- 1976-77 Executive Committee, History Department
- 1982-3 (with Sidney Eisen et. al.) ad hoc History Department Committee
to change History 200 requirement into 1000-level curriculum
- 1985-88 Petitions Committee, Humanities Division
- 1986-87 ad hoc committee on the Des Hart Award, History Department
- 1988-89 1) History Department delegate to Faculty Council
Chairman of Search Committee for New Testament appointment, Division
of Humanities:
- 1990-91 Executive Committee, History Department
- 1990-92 Ongoing Executive Committee, Religious Studies Programme
- 1991-97 History Dept. Schools Liaison
- 1993-94 Tenure and Promotion central committee, Humanities Division
-- Research Subcommittee for Tenure and Promotion, History Department
- 1995 Chairman, ad hoc Search Committee for New Testament, Division
of Humanities
- 1995-96 ad hoc committee for review of Religious Studies Programme
- 1996 Executive Committee, Religious Studies Programme
- 1997-98 chair, Curriculum Committee, Dept. of History [this committee
had the extra task of designing the 5-year hiring priorities plan to
take the Dept. to 2001]
Founders College:
- 1970-71 (including summer) Chairman of major planning committee which
had responsibility for designing the first Founders Proposal for the
college elective and a full programme of extra-curricular activities
for the college
Community
Service
- Instrumental as an executive in the establishment of a Catholic Community
at York; and I regularly taught a seminar on the New Testament and other
aspects of Christian history and thought in connection with this and
other groups. I regard this work as enhancing my academic potential,
first because it gets me involved and familiar with many York students,
and second because the preparation for the seminars helps me improve
my general scholarly capabilities, since this subject is also included
in courses which I teach
- 1976 lecture on "Iconology and Social History of pre-1900 Albion gravestones"
delivered to Albion-Bolton Historical Society
- 1978 lecture on "Easter Practices and Easter Theology: A Comparison
of Orthodoxy and Western Christianity" delivered to intercongregational
audience in Bolton, Ontario
- 1978-present R egular instructor in the Adult Christian Education
Programme (interdenominational) sponsored by Christ Church Anglican,
Bolton, Ontario (to 1979) and by St. Augustine of Canterbury, Toronto
(since 1979). This work included teaching of a class which discussed
problems in Christian history (from analysis of primary texts). For
comment see remarks above under "b"
- 1986-87 advisor, animator, and lecturer for Religious Education Programme,
Hugh Macmillan Centre for Education of Crippled Children
- passim: many lectures in high schools for "schools liaison"
- lecture: "The Victory of the Icons (843) and the Orthodox Sense of
Being in Historical Reality," March, 1990 special lecturers series,
Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral, Toronto
- 1991-92 lecture series on Orthodox Christology and Biblical Exegesis
for adult education programme, Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral,
Toronto; on parish council, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, and head of
education for the parish.
- 1992 lecture series on Orthodoxy and other religions in North America:
ecumenical and critical perspectives; Christ the Saviour Cathedral,
Toronto
- July 1993: invited speaker, Orthodox Youth Retreat of the Eastern
Canadian Deanery of the Orthodox Church in America, Ottawa
- 1993-1996: Chairperson of the Parish Council (and its Executive Committee)
at Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral, Toronto
- May, 1994 invited speaker (and co-organizer), Orthodox Youth Retreat
of the Eastern Canadian Deanery of the Orthodox Church in Amrica, Montreal
- Jan-March, 1995. "Growth of the Metropolia 1870-98", "St. Tikhon and
the New Immigration 1898-1917": two lectures in the series Living the
Bicentennial (1794-1994): Two Centuries of Orthodoxy in America, for
the Fellowship of St. Cyprian, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Toronto,
- 1995-6 member of Board of Directors, Metro Toronto Regional Science
Fair
- 1995-6 directed adult education and gave a year-long programme of
adult catechism, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Toronto
- Jan. 1996 lecture "The Incarnation as Mystery" by invitation at the
Armenian Orthodox Church, St. Catherine's, Ont.
- April, 1996 "The Icon of the Ladder, and other Icons of Great Lent",
lecture for St. Cyprian's Society, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Toronto
- May 1996 lecture "The Importance of the Jewish experince of God for
Orthodox Christians," lecture by invitation at the Mar Jacob Syrian
Orthodox Church, Scarborough, Ont.
- 1996-7 Adult Education: "How the Orthodox Christians Read, Pray, and
Understand the Old Testament: a Basic Introduction to the Old Testament
Texts as Found in the New Testament, Church Fathers, and liturgical
books of the Orthodox Church," an 8-lecture series at Christ the Saviour
Cathedral of the OCA, Toronto.
- 1997-8 Adult Education: "koinonia and ekklesia: the church of the
first two centuries, " a 6-lecture series at Christ the Saviour Cathedral
of the OCA, Toronto.
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