UCLA Names Director of Medieval Studies
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Patrick Geary, a scholar of medieval history and literature from the University of Florida, has been named director of UCLA’s interdisciplinary Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
In announcing the appointment, Richard Sisson, UCLA senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, said: “I am delighted that a scholar of such accomplishment has agreed to lead one of our most distinguished centers.”
Geary, whose research focuses on ethnicity in the early Middle Ages, has a Ph.D. in medieval studies from Yale. His most recent book is “Phantoms of Remembrance,” which deals with memory and oblivion in the Middle Ages.
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