Treadgold, Warren 1949–

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Treadgold, Warren 1949–

PERSONAL: Born April 30, 1949, in Oxford, England; U.S. citizen; son of Donald W. (a professor) and Alva Treadgold; married Irina Andreescu (an art historian), 1982. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Harvard University, A.B., 1970, Ph.D., 1977. Politics: Republican. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES: Home—St. Louis, MO. Office—Department of History, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63156-0907; fax: 314-977-1603. E-mail—treadgw@slu.edu.

CAREER: Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI, assistant professor of history, 1983–88; Florida International University, Miami, began as assistant professor, became professor of history, 1988–97; St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, professor of history and National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Byzantine Studies, 1997–. University of California, Berkeley, visiting assistant professor, 1986; Oxford University, visiting fellow at All Souls College, 1989.

MEMBER: American Historical Association, American Philological Association, Medieval Academy of America, American Association of University Professors.

AWARDS, HONORS: Fellow of National Endowment for the Humanities, 1987 and 1996–97; fellow at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1996–97.

WRITINGS:

The Nature of the Bibliotheca of Photius, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC), 1980.

The Byzantine State Finances in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries, Columbia University Press (New York, NY), 1982.

(Editor) Renaissances before the Renaissance, Stanford University Press (Stanford, CA), 1984.

The Byzantine Revival, Stanford University Press (Stanford, CA), 1988.

Byzantium and Its Army, Stanford University Press (Stanford, CA), 1995.

A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford University Press (Stanford, CA), 1997.

A Concise History of Byzantium, Palgrave Macmillan (New York, NY), 2000.

The Early Byzantine Historians, Palgrave Macmillan (New York, NY), 2007.

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