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Nikki Malain

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Medieval History


Graduate Student
B.A., Portland State University, M.A., University of California Santa Barbara

Advisor: Carol Lansing

I study medieval piracy and maritime culture. I am currently focusing on cross-confessional violence and cooperation at sea in the age of the Crusades.

Dissertation Title

  • The Pope and the Pirates: Genoese Piracy, Diplomacy, and Crusade in the High Middle Ages

Teaching Assistantships

  • HIST 2A: World History, 3000 BCE-1000 CE
    Fall 2007 (Beth Digeser), Fall 2008 (Anthony Barbieri-Low), Winter 2010 (John Lee)
  • HIST 2B: World History, 1000-1700 CE
    Winter 2008 (Pekka Hamalainen)
  • HIST 4B: Western Civilization, 1050 CE to 1715 CE
    Spring 2008 (Stefania Tutino)
  • HIST 46: Survey of Middle Eastern History
    Fall 2009 (Stephen Humphreys)

Awards

  • UC Regents' Fellowship, 2006-2011
  • SUN Scholarship - CEU Summer University, 2008
  • Oregon Laurels Scholarship, 1995-1998
  • Reynolds Metals Scholarship, 1995-1998

Conference Presentations

  • "Sheep Among Wolves"
    International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo MI, 2010 (SCHEDULED)
  • "Sheep Among Wolves: Muslim Pilgrims on Christian Ships in the Age of the Crusades”
    UCSB Medieval Studies Graduate Student Conference, May 2009
  • “Piracy as Holy War in the Age of the Crusades”
    Annual Meeting of Southwestern Association for Social Sciences, April 2009
  • “Piracy as Holy War in the Age of the Crusades"
    The Many Faces of Piracy Conference, California University of Pennsylvania, September 2008