Assistant professor of history

Office:  LA 3017
Telephone: (812) 465-1221
FAX: (812) 465-7152
Email: jhardgrave@usi.edu

Biography:

Jason Hardgrave was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming as a fifth generation native.  He received his B.A. (1992) and M.A. (1996) degrees at the University of Wyoming, and his Ph.D at the University of Kansas in 2004.  His dissertation, which explores the role of women in the justice system of late medieval Venice is entitled:  “Gendered Justice: Women’s Access to the Legal Systems of Fourteenth Century Venice”.

He came to the University of Southern Indiana in the fall of 2004.  While at USI he has earned numerous honors and awards including:  a Liberal Arts Research Award, a Faculty Research and Creative Work Award, an Excellence through Engagement Summer Research Fellowship, the first Scavone Award for Medieval Manuscripts and Culture, and is the recent recipient of the Liberal Arts Dean’s Golden Apple for Teaching Excellence.

His research has been enlivened by two stays in Venice, Italy.  In 2001-2002 he participated in the Fulbright program, and in the summer of 2006 he was one of 14 selected participants in the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, “Shaping Civic Space in a Renaissance City: Venice c.1300 to c.1600.”  He has presented his findings at numerous conferences, most recently “The Composition and Production of the Late Medieval Venetian Notariate” at the 2007 International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan; and “Masculine, Feminine, and Venetian: Gender, Notaries, and the Limits of Gendered Space in Late Medieval Venice” at the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies/ Rocky Mountain Medieval & Renaissance Association Joint Meeting held at Arizona State University.

From left to right, Dr. David Glassman, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts; Dr. Daniel Scavone, Professor Emeritus of History; Dr. Jason Hardgrave, Assistant Professor of History; and Mr. John Lawrence (’73), friend of the College who established the Scavone Awards in honor of Dr. Scavone.