| BRIEF ACADEMIC BIOGRAPHY L. J. Andrew Villalon
L. J. Andrew Villalon received his Ph.D. in history from Yale University in 1984. After many years at the University of Cincinnati, where he retired as a full professor, he is currently a senior lecturer, teaching at the University of Texas. Although Villalon specializes in late medieval and early modern European history, he has also done work dealing with the twentieth century. He has delivered numerous conference papers on such topics as Pedro “the Cruel”, Don Carlos, San Diego de Alcalá, Machiavelli, Sir Hugh Calveley, royal favorites, saint-making, landholding, and academic editing. His articles have appeared in collections and in various journals including The Catholic Historical Review, Sixteenth Century Journal, Mediterranean Studies, and the Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of History. Villalon is currently working on two book length studies, one on the canonization of San Diego (after whom the city is named, the other on the life of Sir Hugh Calveley (an English knight and mercenary in the Hundred Years War). He has also co-edited with Donald J. Kagay five collections of medieval essays—The Final Argument: The Imprint of Violence on Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (The Boydell Press, 1998); The Circle of War in the Middle Ages: Essays on Medieval Military and Naval History (The Boydell Press, 1999); Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon : Medieval Warfare in Societies around the Mediterranean (Brill, 2002); The Hundred Years War: A Wider Focus (Brill, 2005), and The Hundred Years War: Different Vistas (Brill, 2008). Currently, the pair are gathering essays for a sixth collection (also dealing with the Hundred Years War) and doing research for a joint monograph concerning the battle of Najera (1367). In addition to work in his major field, Villalon has published on automotive history and the history of World War I. He has held several grants for study in Spain, including a Fulbright; received two awards from the American Association of University Professors for defending academic freedom; and in 2001, was presented the Professional-Scholarly Activity Award for the University College at the University of Cincinnati. (A complete c.v. is available on the website.)
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