Assistant Professor
B.A. Comparative Literature, & History, University of Iowa, 1996
M.A. History, University of Iowa, 1997
A.M. History, Brown University, 1998
Ph.D. History, Brown University, 2008
Andrew Romig is a historian of medieval culture with teaching and research interests from late antiquity through the Renaissance. While he is particularly interested in the transformations of European culture and society during the Carolingian late-eighth, ninth, and early-tenth centuries, he has taught and written on such wide-ranging subjects as the history of emotion, masculinity, the history of kindness and philanthropy, travel, medieval Latin and vernacular comparative literature, spirituality, historical and literary theory, and the visual arts. Professor Romig is currently at work on a translation of an important early medieval treatise on representational art ("King Charles's Book Against the Synod"), along with a companion volume for the teaching and research of this text, both for the University of Toronto Press. He is also working on a book manuscript, tentatively entitled “The Emperor is Dead: Trauma and Cultural Change during the Carolingian Time of Troubles,” which explores the mid-ninth century civil war between the grandsons of Charlemagne.
