Wesleyan portrait of Jesse Wayne Torgerson

Jesse Wayne Torgerson

Associate Professor of Letters

Boger Hall, 322
860-685-2478

Associate Professor, Medieval Studies

Associate Professor, History

jtorgerson@wesleyan.edu

Visit Professional Website

BA Biola University
MA University of California, Berkeley
PHD University of California, Berkeley

Jesse Wayne Torgerson

... studies and teaches on exchange & interaction between the societies and cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean basin across the Middle Ages. He recently published (open access!) a revisionist account of the ninth-century history of the universe, the Chronographia of George the Synkellos and Theophanes, now understood as a manifesto for revolt against the emperor. His most recent article recounts collaborative work with Wesleyan students on the Constantinople as Palimpsest project. A forthcoming article proposes new terminology for the practice of history in the digital era. And, his course on Constantinople just produced a three-week bilingual World History unit on the medieval metropolis.
Please visit his website to connect with his digital history lab, and more teaching and research interests.

 

Academic Affiliations

Office Hours

Rm 322, Boger Hall
Student Open Office Hours updated weekly; please click HERE to schedule

Courses

Spring 2023
COL 221 - 01
Revolutionary Lives

COL 242 - 01
Sophomore Colloquium 2

Fall 2023
COL 150F - 03
Great Books Unbound (FYS)