Jesse Wayne Torgerson
Associate Professor of Letters
Boger Hall Room 322, 41 Wyllys Avenue860-685-2478
Associate Professor, History
Boger Hall Room 322, 41 Wyllys Avenue860-685-2478
Associate Professor, Medieval Studies
Boger Hall Room 322, 41 Wyllys Avenue860-685-2478
Chair, College of Letters
Boger Hall Room 322, 41 Wyllys Avenue860-685-2478
BA Biola University
MA University of California, Berkeley
PHD University of California, Berkeley
Jesse Wayne Torgerson
... is happy to chat with anyone at my drop-in appointments. More information on my website. I study & teach socio-cultural exchanges & interactions during the Middle Ages all around the Mediterranean basin and across Europe. My research focuses on the East Roman Empire (see: free e-book from Brill on a ninth-century chronography as a manifesto for revolt against the emperor). My lectures (Publish Your Data!) and writing (Historical Practice in the Era of Digital History) address practices & methods of history. My collaborations with colleagues & students originate in the Travelers Lab (e.g. see: on Constantinople as (Pixelated) Palimpsest with project here and a--free to reuse!--three-week bilingual AP World History unit). Please visit, reach out, connect, and collaborate!
Academic Affiliations
Office Hours
Rm 322, Boger Hall
Open Drop-in Schedule updated weekly; please click HERE to schedule
Courses
Fall 2024
COL 221 - 01
Revolutionary Lives
COL 375 - 01
Advanced Research: T-Lab
Winter 2025
COL 354Z - 01
Self and Text in Roman Africa
Spring 2025
COL 247 - 01
The Fall of Rome