John Newell

Dean of the Honors College

Professor of History

Honors Center, 10 Green Way
tel: 843-953-7154
fax: 843-953-7135
e-mail: newellj@cofc.edu

John Newell received his B.A. in history from the University of Georgia and his M.A. and Ph.D. in History and Medieval and Renaissance Studiesfrom Duke University. He began teaching at the College of Charleston in 1978. He currently serves as Professor of History, Director of the Honors Program, and Director of the Governor's School at the College of Charleston

Dr. Newell became Director of the Honors Program in 1999, but he has a long history of involvement with Honors and with faculty development. He was an active participant and an Honors graduate of the Honors Program at the University of Georgia as an undergraduate. When he came to the College of Charleston, he was involved in the development of the College's Honors Program, was one of the teachers in the first class of Honors Western Civilization, and has regularly taught both Honors Western Civ. and Honors special topics courses. He was actively involved in the nineties in creating a series of faculty development seminars at the College that turned into the Center of Effective Teaching and Learning, which Dr. Newell co-directed from 1997 to 1999.

Professor Newell teaches courses in the History of Medieval Europe, as well as regularly continuing to teach HONS 120, the first half of Honors Western Civilization. Some of his medieval history courses include HIST 234: Early Middle Ages; HIST 235, High Middle Ages; HIST 337, Witches, Saints and Heretics; and such special topics classes as Twelfth-Century Courts and Cathedrals, In Search of King Arthur and the Holy Grail, and Women and Love in the Middle Ages.

Professor Newell's research has focused primarily on twelfth-century intellectual history. He is especially interested in William of Conches and the cathedral school of Chartres, the interaction between the cathedral schools and courtly literature, and the interaction between the cathedral scholars and Gothic architecture. He has published articles in Vivarium, Medieval Perspectives,Bulletin de la Société Archéologique d'Eure-et Loir, as well as chapters in books and proceedings. In the course of his academic career, he has also been actively involved in the Southeastern Medieval Association, which he has served twice as President, Vice-President, and member of the executive board.

Vita

Course Syllabi:

History 234: Early Middle Ages
History 235: High Middle Ages
History 337: Witches, Saints, and Heretics
History 430: Courts and Cathedrals in Twelfth-Century Europe
Honors 120: Honors Western Civilization

Links to Useful Sites:

Honors

NCHC
SRHC

Medieval Sources

Dan Moser's WWW Medieval Resources Page
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Labyrinth
NetSerf
World Wide Web Virtual Library/Medieval

Internal Links:

History Department
Honors College