Name Jerome Arkenberg Role Historian | ||
Education Loyola University Chicago | ||
Jerome S. Arkenberg is an American historian. He is a History Professor at McHenry County College, Columbia College Chicago, and Waubonsee Community College, the contributing editor for Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Associate Editor for H-Net's H-Law, and the author of entries in Reader's Guides, Historical Dictionaries and Specialist Encyclopedias.
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Education
Arkenberg was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, and attended Oak Park and River Forest High School. He first studied at Loyola University of Chicago, completing a B.A. with a Double Major in History and Political Science, then went on to receive a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Illinois College of Law. After several years of legal practice in Oak Park and Chicago, he returned to Loyola University of Chicago and completed an M.A. in 1998 in Ancient and Medieval History. He went on to study Medieval History, Manuscripts and Lawbooks at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Career
Jerome has taught at California State University, Los Angeles, Cypress College, Chaffey College, Chapman University, Concordia University, Irvine, California State University, Fullerton, Northern Illinois University, University of St. Francis, University of Illinois at Chicago, Dominican University, Lake Forest College, Waubonsee Community College, Triton College, Columbia College Chicago, and McHenry County College. In addition he has worked as a Law Librarian, Law Clerk, and Attorney at Law in Illinois in State and Federal Courts, and more recently as a Law Clerk in California. He has also worked as a Researcher for the Loyola University of Chicago Department of History and the University of California, Los Angeles Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Jerome was elected four times and served as a member of the California State University, Fullerton Academic Senate in the years 2002-2005.
He has also received the British Academy Neil Ripley Ker Memorial Award.
Publications
In addition to publishing his own work, Jerome has digitized and edited hundreds of historical works that are made available by the Internet History Sourcebooks Project. He has also edited ''Guide to Medieval Terms [2] and "A List of Fiction For Students of History: Ancient and Medieval".
Entries
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History, ed. ISBN 0-9743091-0-9
A Reader’s Guide to British History, ed. ISBN 1-57958-242-7
The Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485. ISBN 0-313-29124-1
The Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, ISBN 0-89356-038-3
Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary. ISBN 0-313-30588-9