Florin Curta

Florin Curta (born January 15, 1965) is a Romanian-born American historian, medievalist and archaeologist on Eastern Europe.

Florin Curta
Born (1965-01-15) January 15, 1965
Romania
NationalityRomanian, American
Occupationhistorian, archaeologist, academic

Curta works in the field of the Balkan history and is a Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.[1]

Curta’s first book, The Making of the Slavs. History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, A.D. 500-700, was named a 2002 Choice Outstanding Academic Title and won the Herbert Baxter Adams Award of the American Historical Association in 2003.[2]

Curta is the editor-in-chief of the Brill series East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450.[2] He is a member in the Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies, Princeton University (Spring 2007) and a visiting fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University (2015). He attends an Eastern Orthodox Christian parish.[3]

Bibliography

Edited volumes

  • East Central & Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005.
  • Borders, barriers, and ethnogenesis. Frontiers in late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2005.
  • The other Europe in the Middle Ages. Avars, Bulgars, Khazars, and Cumans. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2008.
  • Neglected Barbarians. Turnhout: Brepols, 2011.
  • with Bogdan-Petru Maleon, The Steppe Lands and the World Beyond Them. Studies in Honor of Victor Spinei on his 70th Birthday. Iași: Editura Universității "Alexandru Ioan Cuza", 2013.

References

  1. "Interview with Florin Curta". Medievalists.net. January 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  2. "Florin Curta". history.ufl.edu. University of Florida. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. Holt, Andrew (25 December 2014). "An Interview with Dr. Florin Curta on Communism, Faith, and Academia". apholt.com.


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