Warren Treadgold

Warren Templeton Treadgold (born April 30, 1949, Oxford, England) is an American historian and specialist in Byzantine studies. He is the National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Byzantine Studies at Saint Louis University.

Education

Treadgold holds an AB from Harvard University (1970) and a PhD from the same university (1977). ^{[1] [2]} He wrote his AB thesis on Arianism as a force in politics, 429–586 ^[3] under the guidance of Angeliki Laiou and Caroline Walker Bynum. ^[4] The advisors of his PhD thesis on The nature of the Bibliotheca of Photius ^[5] were Ihor Ševčenko and Herbert Bloch. ^[4]

Academic career

He initially held a series of visiting lectureships and research fellowships: at University of California, Los Angeles (1977–78), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1978–80), Stanford University (1980–82), and Free University of Berlin (1982–83). ^[4]

From 1983 to 1988 he was an assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College in Michigan. In 1988, he joined the Florida International University in Miami, where he was promoted to professor of history. He was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford in 1989 and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 1996–1997. In 1997, he left Florida for Saint Louis University and has taught there since. ^[2]

He is a member of the American Historical Association, the Society for Classical Studies, the Medieval Academy of America, and the American Association of University Professors. ^[2]

His interest in the political, economic, military, social, and cultural history of the Byzantine Empire extends to the Byzantine historians themselves. ^[1]

Personal life

He is the son of Donald W. Treadgold  [ pl ], a Sovietologist, and Alva Treadgold. ^[2] He has been married since 1982 to Irina Andreescu-Treadgold, an art historian. ^[2]

He is a Roman Catholic and has been a Republican since at least 1988. ^{[2] [6]}

Books

• The University We Need: Reforming America’s Higher Education (New York: Encounter Books, 2018);
• The Middle Byzantine Historians (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013);
• The Early Byzantine Historians (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007);
• A Concise History of Byzantium (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001); ^[7]
• Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN   0-8047-2630-2. ^[8]
• Byzantium and Its Army, 284–1081 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995); ^[9]
• Treadgold, Warren (1988). The Byzantine Revival, 780–842. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN   978-0-8047-1462-4. ^[10]
• The Byzantine State Finances in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries (New York: East European Monographs, 1982); and
• The Nature of the Bibliotheca of Photius (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1980).

References

1. "Warren Treadgold, Ph.D." Saint Louis University.
2. "Treadgold, Warren 1949–", Encyclopedia.com, archived from the original on 14 February 2025, retrieved 23 June 2025
3. "Arianism as a force in politics, 429–586", Hollis , retrieved 24 June 2025.
4. "Warren Treadgold CV", Academia.edu , archived from the original on 23 June 2025, retrieved 24 June 2025
5. "The nature of the Bibliotheca of Photius", Hollis , retrieved 24 June 2025.
6. Treadgold, Warren (Spring 2025), "We Can Not Give Up on Research Universities", Academic Questions : 65, doi:10.51845/38.1.10 (inactive 7 July 2025), archived from the original on 14 April 2025, retrieved 23 June 2025
7. Reviews for A Concise History of Byzantium:
   • Angold, Michael (January 2003). "A concise history of Byzantium. By Warren Treadgold". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History . 54 (1): 106. doi:10.1017/S0022046903315684 (inactive 7 July 2025). Retrieved March 18, 2023.
8. Reviews for A History of the Byzantine State and Society:
   • Luttwak, Edward (March 21, 1999). "The Other Empire". The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
9. Reviews for Byzantium and Its Army, 284-1081:
   • Nesbitt, J. W. (June 1996). "Europe -- Byzantium and its army, 284–1081 by Warren Treadgold". Choice Reviews . 33 (10): 1708. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
10. Reviews for The Byzantine Revival, 780-842:
    • Olster, David (July 1990). "The Byzantine Revival, 780-842. Warren Treadgold" . Speculum . 65 (3): 769. doi:10.2307/2864130. JSTOR   2864130 . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
    • Kaegi, Walter Emil (January 1990). "Medieval - The Byzantine Revival 780–842 by Warren Treadgold". The Catholic Historical Review . 76 (1): 108–110. JSTOR   25023217 . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
    • Edwards, Robert W. (January 1992). "The Byzantine Revival, 780-842. Warren Treadgold" . Journal of Near Eastern Studies . 51 (1): 72–73. doi:10.1086/373530 . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
    • Constantelos, Demetrios J. (June 1990). "Book Reviews: The Byzantine Revival 780–842. By Warren Treadgold" . Church History . 59 (2): 229–231. doi:10.2307/3168319. JSTOR   3168319 . Retrieved March 17, 2023.
    • Wortley, John (August 1989). "Review: The Byzantine Revival, 780-842, by Warren Treadgold" . Canadian Journal of History . 24 (2): 213–214. doi:10.3138/cjh.24.2.213 . Retrieved March 17, 2023.
    • Haldon, John F. (February 1990). "The Byzantine Revival, 780-842 by Warren Treadgold" . History . 75 (243): 102. doi:10.1111/j.1468-229X.1990.tb01511.x . Retrieved March 18, 2023.
    • Angold, Michael (April 1992). "Shorter Notices -- The Byzantine Revival, 780-842 by Warren Treadgold" . The English Historical Review . 107 (423): 426–427. doi:10.1093/ehr/CVII.423.426 . Retrieved March 18, 2023.

External links

• Biographical Note. Academia.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-10.