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Dr. Brooks Hedstrom teaches courses in Pre-Modern World history and topical courses related to the history, religion, and culture of the Eastern Mediterranean. Most recently she has offered classes in Archaeology of the Near East, Modern Middle East, Herodotus, and Asceticism. She joined the Wittenberg community in 2001. Dr. Brooks Hedstrom is currently on sabbatical as a
Fulbright Scholar in Egypt for the 2007-08 academic year. |
Academic Background
Ph.D. Miami University
M.A. Wheaton College Graduate School
B.A. Wheaton College
Awards and Recognitions
2003 Freeman Grant for Travel to Japan and Course Development
2003 Faculty Research Fund Board, Wittenberg University
2001-03 Faculty Development Board, Personal Enrichment Grant
2002 NEH Summer Institute, Eurasian History, Harvard University
2000 Erasmus Institute Summer Seminar in History, University of Notre Dame
1998-1999 USIA Fellow, American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo, EGYPT
Publications
“Redrawing a Portrait of Early Monasticism: Richard Sullivan and Primitive Monasticism," in Missionaries, Monks and Teachers: Essays in Honor of Richard Sullivan, eds. Michael Frassetto and David Blanks, forthcoming.
"Divine Architects: Designing the Monastic Dwelling Place," in Egypt in the Byzantine World, 450-700, ed. Roger Bagnall, forthcoming.
“The Excavation in the Monastery of Apa Shinuda (Dayr Anba Shinuda) at Suhag,” in Dumbarton Oaks Papers (forthcoming). Co-authors Mohamed Abdal-Rassul, Peter Grossmann and Elizabeth S. Bolman
"Tableware and Monastic Practice 600-1400: New Questions from the Ceramic Corpus at John the Little's Monastery," in Living for Eternity: Monasticism in Egypt, ed. Philip Sellew, forthcoming.
“Egypt, Relations with” in Dictionary of American History (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003).
Courses Taught
HIST 105 Pre-Modern World History
HIST 201 Archaeology of the Near East
HIST 203 Historian's Craft: Holy Antique Women
HIST 203 Historian's Craft: Excavating Egypt's History
HIST 281 Modern Middle East
HIST 301 Martyred Bodies in Late Antiquity
HIST 301 Herodotus and the Greeks
Research Interests
As an active archaeologist, she has worked in England, Jordan and Egypt. She currently serves as Director for the Wadi Natrun excavations in Egypt and is a founding member and archaeologist for the Consortium for the Restoration and Preservation of the Monasteries of the Sohag Region, Egypt. Her professional work is focused upon the archaeology and history of monasticism in Egypt from the 5 th to the 12 th centuries. She is currently working on projects on monastic spatial relationships to religious practice and an article on teaching pre-modern history.
Other Interests/Info
American Research Center in Egypt
Consortium for the Conservation and Preservation of the Monasteries of the Sohag Region
Women's Studies
CVAn avid Red Sox fan and a native of New Hampshire, she is learning to appreciate the terrain-challenged Midwest and the fact that spring actually arrives in April.