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Professor of History Robin Fleming has been named a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, the largest organization in the United States promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies.
Founded in 1925, the Cambridge-based academy supports research, publication and teaching in medieval art, archaeology, history, law, literature, music, philosophy, religion, science, social and economic institutions, and all other aspects of the Middle Ages.
Fleming has been a Boston College faculty member since 1989. Her most recent book is Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise of the Middle Ages, c. 400–c. 1050. In 2013, she became the first Boston College professor to win a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant. She also is a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Royal Historical Society and the London Society of Antiquaries.
“This is another thoroughly deserved honor for Robin Fleming. Her work on material culture and historical archeology places her at the vanguard not only of medievalist scholarship but of the discipline of history as a whole,” said History Professor and Chairman Kevin Kenny.