Michael Proulx, Ph.D.
Area(s) of Expertise: Roman History, Ancient Greek History, Late Antiquity, Medieval Europe
Overview
Dr. Proulx is a specialist in Roman history who examines the emergence of new forms of authority in the late empire.
Courses Taught
HIST 1111: World History I; HIST 2000: Historiography; HIST 3205: Ancient Greece; HIST 3210: Roman Republic; HIST 3215: Medieval Europe; HIST 4212: Fall of Rome, Birth of Europe; HIST 6205: Ancient Greece; HIST 6210: Roman Republic; HIST 6215: Medieval Europe; HIST 7700: Capstone in World History; as well as seminars on Greece and Rome at War, Violence and Society in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean World, and Pagans & Christians.
Education
- Ph.D., Ancient History, University of California - Santa Barbara, 2007
Research/Special Interests
The Roman Empire; Early Christianity; Roman Imperial Authority; Peace History.
Publications
Renee Bricker and Michael Proulx. “The Search for Peace in Europe, 1500-1914.” In Oxford Handbook of Peace History. Edited by Christian Peterson, Deborah Buffton, David Hostetter, and Charles Howlett. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Renee Bricker and Michael Proulx. “Integrating Peace History in the U.S. History Survey Course: Challenging Identity from the Outside In.” The Journal of American History v.105.4 (March, 2019): 951-958.
Renee Bricker, Donna Gessell, Yi Deng, and Michael Proulx. “A Peace Pedagogy from the Borderlines.” In Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence, edited by Andrew Fiala, 371-383. New York: Routledge, 2018.
“Holy Roman Empire.” In Transitions and Transformations in World History, 1500-present, edited by Richard Byers. Dahlonega: University of North Georgia, 2018.
“Color, Adornment, and Social Conflict: Fashioning Cultural Identity and Meanings in Ancient Greece and Rome.” In From Surface to Meaning: Analyzing via Color, edited by Sungshin Kim. North Georgia University Press, 2016.
“Patres Orphanorum: Ambrose of Milan and the Construction of the Role of the Bishop.” In The Rhetoric of Power in Late Antiquity: Religion and Politics in Byzantium, Europe, and the Early Islamic World, edited by Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, Robert M. Frakes, and Justin Stephens. London: Tauris Library of Classical Studies, 2010.
“In the Shadow of Anthony: History and Hagiography in the Works of Sulpicius Severus and Paulinus of Milan." Studia Patristica 39 (2006): 423-429.
Work Experience
Assistant Professor, City University of New York-Queensborough (2006-2008); Assistant Professor, North Georgia College & State University (2008-2013); Associate Professor, University of North Georgia (2013-present).
Personal Information
North American Patristics Society, American Historical Association, Faculty Adviser for Phi Alpha Theta.