College of Arts and Humanities
Philosophy, History, Law, and Society
David Davis, PhD
- Professor of History
- Director, Graduate Programs, College of Arts and Humanities
Education
- PhD, History, University of Exeter
- MA, History, Cardiff University
- BGS, General Studies, University of Texas at Tyler
Courses Taught
- Western Civilization I
- Western Civilization II
- The Medieval World
- Renaissance and Reformation
- Tudors and Stuarts
- Studies in British History
- Early Modern Europe
- Blood & Fire: Religion, Science, and Medicine, 1000鈥�1700
- History of Medicine
- The Philosophy of History
- Readings in European History
-
King Arthur in History and Art
Teaching Focus
Dr. Davis teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels, specializing in medieval and early-modern British history and offering courses that focus upon intellectual, cultural, and religious history as well as the history of science. He regularly teaches the Western Civilization I and Western Civilization II sequence, and he teaches in the Honors College at 宅男福利社.
Publications
Books
听(Oxford University Press, 2022)
听(Pickwick, 2016)
听(Brill, 2013)
Articles / Chapters
鈥淰isual Culture and Reformation Bibles,鈥� in听The Oxford Handbook for the Bible and the Reformation, eds. Jennifer McNutt and Hermann Selderhuis (forthcoming, Oxford University Press)
鈥溾�楾he vayle of Eternall memorie鈥�: Sixteenth Century Woodcuts and the Representation of Queen Elizabeth,鈥澨�Word and Image听(2011)
“Images on the Move: The Virgin, the Kalender of Shepherds, and the Transmission of Woodcuts in Tudor England” in听Journal of the Early Book Society听(2009)
鈥淩egarding Men: The Insufficiency of the Current Early Modern Witchcraft Paradigm,鈥� in听ERAS Journal
鈥淒estructive Defiance: Catholic and Protestant Iconoclasm in England, 1550-1585,鈥澨齣n CROMOHS Virtual Seminars
Selected Essays / Reviews
Additional Information
Dr. Davis has been nominated for the Opal Goolsby Outstanding Teaching Award at HCU three times, winning the award in 2013 and 2022. 听In 2016, Dr. Davis was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society for his contributions to historical scholarship, and he was nominated for the Piper Professor Award in 2020. His research and publications have earned several grants and research fellowships at institutions like the Huntington Library, the Johannes a Lasco Bibliothek, and the Bridwell Library. When he isn’t writing and teaching, he can be found drinking coffee and reading (or wishing he were reading).