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Eric J. Goldberg is a Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has been a faculty member since 2009 after holding a tenured position at Williams College. He specializes in the history of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, with research centered on the Merovingian, Carolingian, and Anglo-Saxon worlds.
His educational background includes:
- B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (1991)
- M.A. from the University of Virginia (1993)
- Ph.D. from the University of Virginia (1998)
Professor Goldberg's scholarship examines political structures and cultural practices in early medieval Europe, particularly through his acclaimed books Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict under Louis the German, 817-876 and In the Manner of the Franks: Hunting, Kingship, and Masculinity in Early Medieval Europe. His work reveals how activities like hunting shaped royal authority and masculine identity across Frankish realms from the late Roman period to the first millennium.
He has received significant recognition through fellowships from premier institutions:
- Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship
- Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Fellowship
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
- American Council for Learned Societies Fellowship
- Medieval Academy of America Fellowship
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Fellowship
Professor Goldberg has secured substantial research support through these competitive fellowships. While the text lists his extensive teaching in medieval history courses at MIT, it does not specify his current advisees or additional grant funding beyond the fellowships mentioned.
