
Dr. Eleanor Congdon
Associate Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
DeBartolo Hall 545
phone: (330) 941-3454
Research Interests
Medieval Mediterranean History; the merchant of Prato, Francesco di Marco Datini; Venetian merchants in Syria in the 1480s; American Church Architecture from Civil War to WWI through the work of Henry Martyn Congdon; History of textiles and paper
Teaching Interests
Medieval History: Europe in General; Great Britain specifically; Medieval Mediterranean; Medieval Middle East including Islamic regimes; Greek and Roman History; Pharonic Egypt
World History: World History in General; European specifically; Asia to 1500 including the Silk Road; economic history maritime history; agricultural history, history of technology.
American History: Church architecture between 1850 and 1922; Airforce History
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1997
Ph D, Medieval Mediterranean History
University of Cambridge
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Venetian Merchantile Presence in the Western Mediterranean 1398-1405"
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1993
MA, Medieval European History
University of Minnesota
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1989
Other, Arboretum Horticulture
University of Pennsylvania
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1988
BA, History
Williams College
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Anglo-Saxon Women"
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2002 - 2007
Youngstown State University
Assistant Professor of Medieval and Renaissance History
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1998 - 2002
Plymouth State College
Associate Professor of History