Dr. Kathleen Comerford

Professor of History and Pre-Law Advisor (1999).
B.A. M.A., Fordham University (1988, 1989); Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (1995).

Teaching  and Research Interests: Reformation, European Religion

Upper Division Courses:

• HIST 5030 Tudor and Stuart England
• HIST 4230 The Renaissance
• HIST  5332 The Reformation

Website:

• https://sites.google.com/a/georgiasouthern.edu/kcomerfo/
• http://cah.georgiasouthern.edu/prelaw/

Contact Information:

Department of History
Georgia Southern University
P. O. Box 8054
Statesboro, GA 30460-8054

Office: #3002, Interdisciplinary Academic Building
Tel.: 912-478-0642
Email: kcomerfo@georgiasouthern.edu
Fax: 912-478-0377

Selected Publications:

• From Rome to Zurich, from Ignatius to Vermigli: Essays in Honor of J. Patrick Donnelly, S.J.: co-editor, with Torrance Kirby and Gary Jenkins. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2017.
• Jesuit Foundations and Medici Power, 1532-1621. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2017.
• Special issue of Journal of Jesuit Studies: History of Jesuit Libraries around the World, 1541-2013 (2015, issue 2.2). Editor and author of introduction.
• Reforming Priests and Parishes: Tuscan Dioceses in the First Century of Seminary Education. Boston: Brill, 2006.
• Ordaining the Catholic Reformation: Priests and Seminary Pedagogy in Fiesole, 1575-1675. Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2001.

Professional Activities, Awards, and Honors:

• Princeton University Friends of the Library Short-Term Fellowship, June 2018
• Yale University Beinecke Library Visiting Research Fellowship, October-November 2016
• Newberry Library Short-Term Fellowship, July 2013
• Member, Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (President, 2018), American Catholic Historical Association, Renaissance Society of America, American Historical Association
• Associate Editor, Journal of Jesuit Studies

Current Research:

• European Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project. Flickr, Website, and Instagram links coming soon.
• A study of the Medici (Grand) Ducal consorts, 1532-1621

Last updated: 11/12/2020