Jeremy Adams

Southern Methodist
University
Ph.D., Harvard University

Jeremy Adams is Professor of History at Southern
Methodist University, where he has taught for more than
25 years. He began his undergraduate work at Georgetown
College in Washington, D.C., and then transferred to
Harvard University, where he earned his A.B., A.M., and
Ph.D. in history.

Prior to taking his post at SMU, Professor Adams
taught medieval European history and served in the
interdisciplinary History, Arts, and Letters program at
Yale University. He has taught frequently in SMU
programs in Europe at Madrid, Toledo, and Paris, as well
as at University College, Oxford.

For his teaching and scholarship, Professor Adams
received the DeVane Medal from the Phi Beta Kappa
Chapter of Yale, the Perrine Prize from the Phi Beta
Kappa Chapter of SMU, and the Danforth Foundation’s E.
Harris Harbison Award. The student body of SMU has
several times honored him as one of the "Outstanding
Professors" on campus.

Dr. Adams has published on a wide range of topics,
including pre-modern European landscape history. His
publications include Patterns of Medieval
Society and The "Populus" of Augustine and
Jerome: A Study in the Patristic Sense of
Community, winner of the National Catholic Book
Award for Scholarship in 1972.

Courses by this
professor:
Great
Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd
Edition >

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