Thomas Greene, Ph.D.

Thomas Greene

Associate Professor, History

Assistant Director, Honors Dahlonega Campus

Office locationBarnes Hall, 305, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Early medieval Europe, history of religion, sensory history, history of emotions, medievalism, world history

Overview

Dr. Greene trained as a historian of the European early Middle Ages, specializing in the history of Carolingian monasticism and the history of emotions. His research interests also include sensory history and medievalism. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on pre-modern European and World history. Dr. Greene was a 2024 recipient of CTLL's Teaching Excellence Award (Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty).

Education

  • Ph.D., History, Loyola University Chicago, 2012
  • B.A., Interdisciplinary History/European Studies, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1993

Courses Taught

  • HIST 1111 World History I
  • HIST 2000 Historiography
  • HIST 3050 History of the Body
  • HIST 3215 Medieval Europe
  • HIST 4210 Seminar in Ancient/Medieval History (Early Christianity)
  • HIST 4200 Studies in World History (Global Medievalism)
  • HIST 4300 Studies in European History (European Cities, 12th-19th c.)
  • HIST 7001 Colloquium in World History (Borderlands)
  • HIST 7002 Colloquium in European History (Social History)

Publications

“Nepantla in the Ninth Century: The Monastery of Redon and the Frankish-Breton Borderlands,” International Journal of Religion 3(2): 2022, 99-112.

“Haimo of Auxerre’s Angry Smile: Emotional Experience in Ninth-Century Francia” in The Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe 20: 2021.