Current Member
Thomas William Barton
Infosys Member; additional funding provided by the Fund for Historical Studies
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of study
Medieval and Early Modern Iberian History
Home institution
University of San Diego
Website
This year at IAS, Thomas William Barton is researching his book project, "Policing Female Bodies: Sex and Intermarriage in the Premodern Catholic World." The book explores how evolving legal and religious frameworks shaped attitudes toward mixed sexual relations in the Spanish and Portuguese empires from the 1300s to 1600s.
Visits
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Yale University
Ph.D.
2006
Princeton University
A.B.
1998
Honors
2026
Fellow, Medieval Academy of America
2023
Jerome E. Singerman Prize, Medieval Academy of America
2020
Premio del Rey Book Award, American Historical Association
2016
Jordan Schnitzer Best Book Prize, Association for Jewish Studies
Appointments
University of San Diego
2019
Professor of History
University of San Diego
2013–2019
Associate Professor of History
University of San Diego
2007–2013
Assistant Professor of History
Oberlin College
2006–2007
Visiting Assistant Professor of History