Professional profile
Since the fall of 2000, Dr. Michael Lovano has held the position of Assistant Professor of History at St. Norbert College. As the Europeanist among the History faculty, he teaches courses on everything from the Trojan War to Kosovo. Before coming to St. Norbert, Lovano worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pepperdine University, and at UCLA as a Lecturer for the Department of Classics and for the Department of History. Additionally, he served as the instructor of overseas summer programs in Rome, Italy, for both UCLA and Loyola Marymount University/Loyola University Chicago.

Dr. Lovano's academic interests include the history of ancient Rome and ancient Greece, medieval-Renaissance humanism/intellectual history, classical historiography, and Latin literature, as well as ancient archaeology, architecture, and numismatics. He conducts research primarily in the field of Roman history, especially political biography, historiography, civil war, and propaganda. Lovano's publications include a book on Julius Caesar's father-in-law entitled The Age of Cinna (in the Historia Einzelschriften series of Franz Steiner Verlag), a book chapter on Tacitus' Annals (in Classical Literature and Its Times from Thomson-Gale), as well as many book reviews.

Lovano was honored by St. Norbert College with the Ledvina Award for Excellence in Teaching in the spring semester 2009.

Location: Boyle Hall
Room: 405
Phone: (920) 403-3464
Fax: (920) 403-4086

Mailing address:
St. Norbert College
100 Grant Street
Boyle Hall, 405
De Pere, WI 54115-2099

michael.lovano@snc.edu

Academic credentials:
B.A., Loyola Marymount University
M.A., University of California at Los Angeles
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles

Courses taught:
HIST 112 History of Western Civilization I: Ancient and Medieval Europe
HIST 326/CLAS 326 The History of Ancient Greece
HIST 328/CLAS 328 The History of Ancient Rome
HIST 329 The History of Medieval Europe
HIST 331 The History of the Byzantine Empire
HIST 350 The History of Modern Europe

In addition, Dr. Lovano has offered special topics courses on European History through Film and Eternal Rome: A History of Italy.