Andrew Steck
(763) 226-9631
Education
Ph.D., University of Iowa, History, In Progress
Dissertation Working Title: Popular Participation in Rome in the Early Middle Ages
Dissertation supervisor: Michael E. Moore
Graduate Diploma, Manuscript Studies, Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, In Progress
Thesis Working Title: The Construction of Sacral Queenship in the Psalter of Blanche of Castile
Supervisor: M. Michèle Mulchahey
M.A., Villanova University, History, 2013
M.A. Comprehensive Examination Committee: R. Emmet McLaughlin, Christopher Haas, Jeffrey Johnson
M.A., University of St. Thomas, Catholic Studies, 2010
M.A. Thesis: “Desideramus legittimum tenere imperium: The Imperial Ideals of Frederick Barbarossa”
Committee- David Foote (chair), J. Michael Joncas, Peter Boyle
B.A. with honors, Winona State University, History, 2006
B.A. Thesis: “Innocentius Rex”
Director- Matthew Lindaman
Outstanding Paper, Senior Research Seminar in History
Conference Papers
“Acclamation, Or How I Learned to Stop Arguing and Love Consensus” at The Forum, University of Iowa (2016)
“Peering through the Crowd: The Role of cuncto populo in Early Medieval Narrative” at the Midwest Medieval History Conference, Middle Tennessee State University (2016)
“Sacral Queenship?: Royal Imagery in the Psalter of Blanche of Castile” at Cistercians, Chronologies, and Communities: The Legacies of Constance Hoffman Berman (2016)
“By the Entire Roman People?: The Role of the Crowd in Medieval Papal Elections, 800-1000” at The Forum, University of Iowa (2015)
“Looking Beyond the Mob: Interpreting Crowds in the Early Middle Ages” at the 2015 Symposium, Iowa Forum for Graduate Medievalists (2015)
“Renovatio imperii or renovatio imperatoris? The Problem of Frederick Barbarossa, 1152-1158” at the 19th Annual Conference, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (2013)
“‘Ab Urbe quippe ad Grecos, a Grecis ad Francos…’: The translatio imperii and the Later Implications of the Division of the Roman Imperial Office” at the 37th International Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference, Villanova University (2012)
“Consecrare ac coronare hominem huiusmodi deberemus? Gregorian Politics and the German Succession, 1198-1209” at Vagantes Medieval Graduate Student Conference, Indiana University (2012)
“Patrimonium Sancti Petri: Borders and the German Succession Crisis, 1198-1213” at the Sixth Annual Graduate History Symposium, University of Toronto (2010)
“Desideramus legittimum tenere imperium: The Imperial Ideals of Frederick Barbarossa” at the Center for Catholic Studies, Masters Essay Presentation (2010)
“Innocentius Rex” at St. Mary’s University Undergraduate History Symposium (2006)
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
Burke Fellowship, University of Iowa (2017)
Graduate College Summer Research Fellowship, University of Iowa (2016)
Manuscript Studies Fellowship, Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies (2015-2016)
Travel Grant, Department of History and School of Graduate Studies, Villanova
University (2012)
Graduate Student Services Award, Villanova University College of Arts and Sciences (2012)
Travel/Research Grant, Department of Catholic Studies, University of St. Thomas (2010)
Teaching Experience
Course designer
HIST 1010: History Matters: “The Fall and Rise of Rome” (Fall 2017)
HIST 1002:002: Issues in Medieval Society: “The Fall and Rise of Rome” (Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
HIST 1002:002: Issues in Medieval Society: “Queens and Kings in the Middle Ages” (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
Teaching Assistant
CLSA 1840: Roman Civilization (Fall 2015)
HIST 1002: Western Civilization II (Spring 2014, Spring 2015)
HIST 1001: Western Civilization I (Fall 2013)
Grading Assistant
HIST 4423: Ireland in the Early Middle Ages (Spring 2015)
HIST 4403: Alexander the Great (Fall, 2014)
HIST 4441: Special Topics: Kings and Philosophers: Culture and Ideas of Europe, 1300-1800 (Spring, 2014)
CLSA 3151: Roman Law (Fall, 2013)
Departmental Latin Tutor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of St. Thomas, 2009-2010
Other Academic Work Experience and Professional Service:
Colloquium Chair, Graduate History Society, 2017-2018
Representative, Graduate Student Senate, 2015-2016
Secretary, Iowa Forum for Graduate Medievalists, 2015-
Co-President, Graduate History Society, University of Iowa, 2015-2016
Editorial Board, Concept: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Graduate Studies, Villanova University, 2012-2013
Research Assistant, J. Michael Joncas, University of St. Thomas, 2008-2009
Language Abilities
Latin (reading, writing, conversational speaking)
German (reading, aural, and beginner-level response abilities)
Italian (reading)
Professional Organizations
The Medieval Academy of America
The American Historical Association
Societas Rerum Imperii
Notable Personal Achievements:
President, University of Iowa Kum Do Club (2016- )
Awarded nidan in Shito-ryu Karate-do, Japan Karate-do Genbu-kai International (2015; shodan, 2009)
Awarded shodan in Ryu-kyu Kobudo, Ryu-Kyu Kobudo Preservation Society (2014)
Awarded shodan in Toyama-ryu Batto-do, International Batto-do Rengo-kai (2006)