Dr. Eric Goldberg

Biography

Eric J. Goldberg received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1998 and his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. He specializes in the history of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, with research that focuses on the politics and culture of the Merovingian, Carolingian, and Anglo-Saxon worlds. His book, 'Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict in Louis the German, 817-876', provides an in-depth study in English of the reign of Charlemagne's grandson, Louis the German (840-876). Additionally, his work 'Manner of the Franks: Hunting, Kingship and Masculinity in Early Medieval Europe' explores the lesser-known history of hunting from the late Roman Empire to the turn of the millennium. Professor Goldberg has been awarded fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study, the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Medieval Academy of America, and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. He was a tenured professor at Williams College before joining M.I.T. in 2009. He was born and raised in San Francisco.

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