JOHN D. HOSLER, PH.D.

I am a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of History and Geography at Morgan State University, a Historically Black University in Baltimore, Maryland. My courses of instruction include the Ancient World, Medieval & Renaissance Europe; History of England I & II; the Crusades; and World History I & II. I have been a member of the College of Liberal Arts Honors Faculty since 2007.

My scholarly expertise is in the military history of the European Middle Ages, particularly in eleventh and twelfth-century England and France. My first book, Henry II: a Medieval Soldier at War, 1147-1189, was published by Brill Academic Press in 2007, and I am currently working on a second book on military historiography in the writings of the twelfth-century luminary John of Salisbury. My academic affiliations include De Re Militari; the Charles Homer Haskins Society; the Society for Military History; the Medieval Academy of America; the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East; and the Military Classics Seminar in Arlington, VA.

I've lived all around the eastern half of the continental United States, including Delaware, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. My Ph.D. in European History is from the University of Delaware, and my other degrees are from Iowa State University (M.A. in History; M.A. in English Literature; B.A. in English and History). I now reside in Maryland with my wife, daughter, and pet beagle. Find me on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

New: my May 2011 roundtable interview with Medievalists.Net 

Older: my May 2010 interview with Medievalists.Net.