Anthony G.J. Gaspar

Areas of Specialization

Medieval Mediterranean, the Byzantine Empire, the Crusades, Byzantium and the Latin West 

Education

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
M.A.,  University of Notre Dame
B.A., College of Charleston

Academic Interests & Research Narrative

My research focuses on the Medieval Byzantine Empire in the high and later Middle Ages, paying special attention to the empire's political, social, and religious interactions with the Latin West. My dissertation entitled “Countering the Latin West: War, Diplomacy and the Contest of Empire between Michael VIII Palaiologos and Charles of Anjou, 1259-1282” offers a comprehensive reappraisal of the foreign policy of the Byzantine emperor, Michael VIII Palaiologos. 

Selected Publications

Articles

• “Mercenaries in the Middle Sea: Tactical Difference and War Profiteering in the Medieval Mediterranean.” in Europe in the World. January 12, 2023.
• Ragusa, Jordan M., and Anthony Gaspar. 2016. “Where’s the Tea Party? An Examination of the Tea Party’s Voting Behavior in the House of Representatives.” Political Research Quarterly 69 (2): 361-372.

Selected Activities

Awards

• AGH Professionalization Funding for Travel. Summer 2023.

Grants

• Nanovic Institute for European Studies Grant for Dissertation Research in Athens, Greece. Fall 2022.
• Nanovic Institute Language Training Grant 2020 at Notre Dame.

Fellowships

• Nanovic Dissertation Fellowship 2021 Academic Year.

Regular Course Offerings

Undergraduate: 

HIS 1300 |US in Global Perspective: American Empire in the Globe 1756-2003 

HIS 3339| (Byzantine History and Civilization)