Conference Biography

I was required to write a one-paragraph biographical note for an upcoming conference. Here it is.

Michael G. Bazemore, Jr. hails from Newport News, Virginia, where a love of history was imparted to him by his father on frequent visits to the nearby battlefields at Yorktown. After earning his Bachelor’s degree in 1993, not in History but in Philosophy, and following a 15-year stint trying out various careers, Mike at last returned to the study of History in the graduate program at North Carolina State. Specializing in Medieval Europe of the eleventh century, Mike is currently working on his Master’s thesis, tentatively titled The Uses of Heresy: Perspectives on Dissent in Eleventh-Century France as well as a paper for the 2009 International Medieval Conference at Leeds titled “Beware Greeks Bearing News: The Influence of Orthodox Monks on the Reporting of Heresy in Western Europe.” Following completion of his Master’s degree this spring, Mike hopes to continue his studies in the Doctoral program at Duke University or the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he will continue to mine the rich vein of European religiosity in the High Middle Ages.