Incoming Member
Thomas Carlson
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Medieval Middle Eastern History
Website
Thomas A. Carlson is a social and cultural historian of Christianity, Islam, and religious diversity in the medieval Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. At IAS, he will be working on a book project exploring what impact religious diversity had on the late medieval “Islamic World” and “Byzantine World” (ca. 950–1500).
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Princeton University
Ph.D.
2012
University of Washington
B.Sc./B.A.
2002
Honors
2019-2021
Principal Investigator, Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant, National Endowment for the Humanities
Appointments
Oklahoma State University
2020–2025
Associate Professor
Oklahoma State University
2014–2020
Assistant Professor
Beth Mardutho + Princeton University (joint)
2012–2014
Postdoctoral Researcher