Dr. Peter Dykema
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND CO-DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS GOVERNORS SCHOOL
EDUCATION HISTORY
- BS-Hope College
- MA-University of Arizona
- MDV-Western Theological Seminary
- PHD-University of Arizona
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Peter Dykema received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Arizona in 1998, majoring in medieval and early modern European history. While a graduate student at Arizona, Dykema received research fellowships from the Fulbright-Hays program, the German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.), and the Institute for European History (Mainz, Germany), enabling him to spend a total of 39 months in Germany. Dykema organized an international conference on anticlericalism and was co-editor of the conference papers: Anticlericalism in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1993). Dykema has presented a dozen conference papers (in the U.S., Canada, Scotland, England and Germany), published two articles on his research involving parish clergy and their training in 15th-16th century Germany, served for ten years as the review editor of the World History Bulletin, and has edited a collection of essays: John Calvin and the Reformation of the Refugees (Geneva: Droz, 2009). A faculty member at ATU since 2001, Dykema teaches the world history survey, upper-level courses in European history and the history of Christianity, and various graduate courses. Since 2010, he has served as the director of the M.A. history graduate program.
Recently Taught Courses
- HIST 1503 - WORLD HISTORY TO 1500
- HIST 1513 - WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500
- HIST 1543 - HONORS WORLD HISTORY TO 1500
- HIST 3423 - HIST MID AGES, 300-1300
- HIST 3433 - RENAISSANCE/EUR EXPANSION
- HIST 3443 - REFORM/EARLY MOD EUROPE
- HIST 4503 - HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
- HIST 6433 - RDINGS EURO: ENCOUNTERS & EMP