Dr. Maria Americo interviewed by colleague, Dr. Kate Leach of Harvard University

Associate Professor of History, Dr. Maria Americo, is known as the Jill-of-all-trades when it comes to pre-modern history at Saint Peter’s University. This weekend, Dr. Americo took part in an interview with her colleague, Dr. Kate Leach, of Harvard University. Dr. Leach’s invited Dr. Americo to speak to her students about science in the Middle Ages and the connections between the Islamic world and European medieval medicine. You can watch the interview below!

To learn more about the ancient and medieval world, you can take a course with Dr. Americo. Next spring, look out for her course HS-300 “Historical Origins of English.”