David Como (born 1970) is an American historian. Since 2018, he serves as a tenured Professor at the Department of History at Stanford University. Prior, he was an Assistant and then Associate Professor at the same department (having been affiliated with Stanford since 2002).[1] He received a Bachelor's degree in history from Stanford in 1992, and a PhD from Princeton University in 1999.[2] Prior to working at Stanford, Como served as Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland from 2000-2002. He was an Instructor and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago from 1998-2000. [1] He is an elected council member of the North American Conference on British Studies. [3]
David Como's work has been described by scholars as presenting a revisionist perspective on the causes of English radicalism and the failed revolutions of the 17th century. According to Melinda Zook, Como's research highlights the contributions of a diverse array of individuals—such as artisans, preachers, and soldiers—in sparking the English Civil War. He contends that the increasing extremism and shifting alliances among these groups were key in transforming the conflict into a revolution. Zook argues that this approach fills a gap left by earlier historians, who primarily focused on ministerial factions.[4]
Works
editHe is best-known for his 2018 book Radical Parliamentarians and the English Civil War, which was deemed by British historian Keith Thomas to be "an outstanding work of meticulous research which throws new light on the origin of the radical political and religious ideas..." [5] Another scholar, John Coffey, deemed it "...essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the English Revolution and the radical Puritans who shaped its course." in a review written in The Journal of Ecclesiastical History.[6]
Another frequently cited work is his 2004 book Blown by the Spirit: puritanism and the emergence of an antinomian underground in pre-Civil-War England, where he explores the motivations behind the radical Antinomian underground in England during the period before the English Revolution.[7] [8]
Awards and Grants
edit- Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography Essay Prize (2022) for Printing the Levellers: Clandestine Print, Radical Propaganda, and the New Model Army[9]
- The Samuel Pepys Award (2019) from the Royal Historical Society. [10]
- Harold Grimm Prize for The Family of Love and the Making of English Revolutionary Religion, Sixteenth Century Studies Conference (2019)[11]
- Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies Book Prize for Radical Parliamentarians and the English Civil War, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies (2019)[12]
- John Ben Snow Prize for Radical Parliamentarians and the English Civil War (2019)[13]
- American Council of Learned Societies Grant (2011) [14]
Editorial boards
editComo serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Modern History. [15]
References
edit- ^ a b "David Como's Profile | Stanford Profiles". profiles.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "David Como | Department of History". history.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "North American Conference on British Studies" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Zook, Melinda S. (2020). "David R. Como, Radical Parliamentarians and the English Civil War". The Journal of Modern History. 92 (4): 931–933. doi:10.1086/711262.
- ^ "Samuel Pepys Award 2019" (PDF). 12 November 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ Coffey, John (January 2020). "Radical Parliamentarians and the English civil war. By David R. Como". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 71 (1): 192–195. doi:10.1017/S0022046919001854 – via Cambridge Core.
- ^ Parnham, David (2006). "Blown by the Spirit: Puritanism and the Emergence of an Antinomian Underground in Pre-Civil-War England. By David R. Como". Church History. 75 (2): 428–431. doi:10.1017/S0009640700111497.
- ^ "McGee on Como, 'Blown by the Spirit: Puritanism and the Emergence of an Antinomian Underground in Pre-Civil-War England' | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "SoFCB Essay Prize". Rare Book School. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "The Samuel Pepys Award 2021 | RHS". royalhistsoc.org. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "Harold Grimm Prize". Sixteenth Century Society. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "Book Prize – Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies". Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "John Ben Snow Prize". NACBS. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "David R. Como". ACLS. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "EDITORIAL OFFICE". 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.