Victoria Morse

Victoria Morse is Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at Carleton College, where she has served since 1999. She concurrently holds the position of Program Director for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, demonstrating deep institutional integration across multiple academic units.

Her educational foundation includes MA and PhD degrees from the University of California-Berkeley. Professional milestones feature leadership as Director of the Perlman Center for Teaching and Learning and development of Carleton's Rome off-campus program.

Professor Morse's research pioneers global perspectives in medieval studies, moving beyond Eurocentric frameworks to examine interconnected histories across continents. Her current sabbatical work focuses on translating primary sources while expanding scholarship into non-Mediterranean medieval worlds. Teaching innovations include the newly developed History 136: The Global Middle Ages course co-created with students in summer 2023.

She actively shapes curriculum through courses like Mapping the World Before Mercator (Fall 2024), Rome Program: The Eternal City in Time (Spring 2025), and The Black Death: Disease and Its Consequences (Fall 2025), reflecting her interdisciplinary approach bridging history, urban studies, and disease ecology. Her Rome program leadership exemplifies commitment to experiential learning in historical contexts.