Michael Garcia
Throughout my academic career I have explored the archaeology and history of religion in Britain during the first millennium AD. I have published articles about the cult of saints in British Archaeological Reports and on pilgrimage in Peregrinations. Currently, I am completing a monograph on the cult of saints in late antique Britain for Continuum Press. This monograph represents the completion of the research arc begun with my PhD. The next phase of my research explores continuity and identity in Anglo-Saxon England. The first output from this stage of research is a forthcoming article for the journal Early Medieval Europe that discusses Gildas, barbarians, and ethnicity. I plan to continue this line of reasoning with an article on historiography for the journal Past & Present, comparing the assumptions of archaeologists and historians with those of the primary sources, and a monograph, tentatively titled Imagined Discontinuities in Anglo-Saxon England.
Although the primary focus of my research has been early medieval Britain, I have participated in fieldwork covering a broad range of sites from different time periods, including: Clifton, a colonial plantation in The Bahamas; various historic and prehistoric sites in the American South; the Neolithic recumbent stone circle Tomnaverie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; and the late medieval hall at Blackden in Cheshire.
Supervisors: Ian Wood and Richard Morris
Although the primary focus of my research has been early medieval Britain, I have participated in fieldwork covering a broad range of sites from different time periods, including: Clifton, a colonial plantation in The Bahamas; various historic and prehistoric sites in the American South; the Neolithic recumbent stone circle Tomnaverie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; and the late medieval hall at Blackden in Cheshire.
Supervisors: Ian Wood and Richard Morris
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10:00 am,
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Bernhard 204
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The papers to be presented represent a cross-section of western intellectual and religious life in the seventh century and how questions of identity were framed and understood in the period. We look forward to an interesting session and an exciting discussion following these four papers:
Pagan Forefathers and Christian Identities in Seventh-Century Irish Hagiography
Katja Ritari, Helsingin Yliopisto
Aldhelm and Anglo-Saxon Identity
Michael Moises Garcia, Independent Scholar
“Numquam Tu, Romane”: The Life of Eligius on Roman Identity in Seventh-Century Francia
Erica Buchberger, College of Charleston
“Render unto Caesar”: The Saint and the World in Seventh-Century Gaul
Nancy M. Thompson, California State University–East Bay
Session organised by Thomas J. MacMaster, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
10:00 am,
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Bernhard 204
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The papers to be presented represent a cross-section of western intellectual and religious life in the seventh century and how questions of identity were framed and understood in the period. We look forward to an interesting session and an exciting discussion following these four papers:
Pagan Forefathers and Christian Identities in Seventh-Century Irish Hagiography
Katja Ritari, Helsingin Yliopisto
Aldhelm and Anglo-Saxon Identity
Michael Moises Garcia, Independent Scholar
“Numquam Tu, Romane”: The Life of Eligius on Roman Identity in Seventh-Century Francia
Erica Buchberger, College of Charleston
“Render unto Caesar”: The Saint and the World in Seventh-Century Gaul
Nancy M. Thompson, California State University–East Bay
Session organised by Thomas J. MacMaster, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh