Thomas F. Madden
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Thomas Francis Madden[1] (born 10 June 1960) is an American historian, a former chair of the history department at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, and director of Saint Louis University's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.[2]
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Born | (1960-06-10) 10 June 1960 (age 63) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of New Mexico (BA) University of Illinois (MA, PhD) |
Occupation | Historian |
Employer | Saint Louis University |
Title | Professor of History, Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, SLU |
Website | http://www.thomasmadden.org |
A specialist on the Crusades, he has often commented in the popular media after the events of September 11, to discuss topics such as how Muslims have viewed the medieval Crusades and their parallels to today's interventions in the Middle East.[3][4][5][6] In 2007, he was awarded the Haskins Medal from the Medieval Academy of America for his book Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice, also a "Book of the Month" selection by the BBC History magazine. In 2012, he was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. In 2018, he was named a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar.