Christine Caldwell Ames

Christine Caldwell Ames is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of South Carolina’s McCausland College of Arts and Sciences. She specializes in medieval European history, focusing on the history of Christianity, heresy and inquisition, and interreligious relations between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

• Recipient of the USC Mortar Board Society's Excellence in Teaching Award
• Authored two influential books: Righteous Persecution: Inquisition, Dominicans, and Christianity in the Middle Ages (2009) and Medieval Heresies: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam (2015)
• Active in research and writing, with current projects including Blood of the Vine: A Religious History of Wine in Medieval Europe and a global history of Christianity

Her scholarly work has appeared in journals like The American Historical Review, Heresis, and History Compass. At the university, she teaches undergraduate courses on medieval European history, surveys of Christianity, and the core course History 101.