Dr. Aaron Kleist is a co-chair of the English Department at Biola University.
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Old English Literature, University of Cambridge
- M.A. in Comparative Literature, Indiana University
- B.A. in Literature, Taylor University
Affiliations
- Research Associate, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA, 2003 - present
Affiliated Faculty, Research in Computing for Humanities, University of Honorary Invited Associate, Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, Princeton, 2002 - present
- Member, International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, 1999 - present
- President, Society for the Study of Anglo-Saxon Homiletics, 1999 - present
Awards and Honors
- Visiting Fellowship, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, Spring 2008
- Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, January-February 2008
- Fulbright Senior Scholar Roster Candidate, Fall 2006 - Fall 2011 5 year appointment
- Recognition of Faculty Excellence, Fall Faculty Conference, Biola University, Fall 2005
- Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching, Biola University, 2004
- Visiting Scholar, Hughes Hall, Cambridge, 2004
- Honorary Research Associate, Department of ASNC, University of Cambridge, 2004
- Invited Participant, Second Annual Symposium on the Alfredian Boethius Project, Oxford University, 2004
- Nominated for Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2004-2007
- Fellowship, NEH Summer Seminar: Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts and Texts, British Library, 2001
- Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Comparative Literature, Indiana University, 1997
Publications
Books
- Ed. The Old English Homily: Precedence, Practice, and Appropriation. Studies in the Early Middle Ages 17. Turnhout: Brepols, 2007. 534 pp.
- Striving with Grace: Views of Free Will in Anglo-Saxon England. Forthcoming from University of Toronto Press, May 2008. 542 pp.
Contributions to Books
- The Influence of Clement of Alexandria on Anglo-Saxon England. Volume C, Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture. Ed. Thomas N. Hall. Kalamazoo: Western Michigan University Press (forthcoming 2008). 13 pp.
- Matthew Parker, Old English, and the Defense of Priestly Marriage. Anglo-Saxon Books and Their Readers: Papers in Honor of Helmut Gneuss. Ed. Thomas N. Hall and D. G. Scragg. Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications (forthcoming 2008). 30 pp.
- “Educational Excellence.” Aaron J Kleist and Scott Rae. Centennial Conversations. Ed. Barry Corey and Gary Miller. Los Angeles: Biola UP (forthcoming 2008). 22 pp.
- “Anglo-Saxon Homiliaries in Tudor and Stuart England.” The Old English Homily: Precedence, Practice, and Appropriation. Ed. Aaron J Kleist. Turnhout: Brepols, 2007. 44-92.
- “The Influence of Bede's De temporum ratione on Ælfric's Understanding of Time.” Time and Eternity: The Medieval Discourse. Ed. Gerhard Jaritz and Gerson Moreno-Riano. International Medieval Research 3. Turnhout: Brepols, 2003. 81-97.
- “An Annotated Ælfrician Bibliography, 1983-1996.” Basic Readings on Old English Prose. Ed. Paul E. Szarmach. New York: Garland, 2000. 503-52.
Journal Articles
“Anglo-Saxon Prose: 2005.” Aaron J Kleist, Nicole Discenza, and Andrew Scheil. Year's Work in Old English Studies. Ed. Daniel Donoghue. OEN 39 “The Ælfric of Eynsham Project: An Introduction.” The Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe 11, http://www.heroicage.org/ (forthcoming 2008). 45 pp. peer-reviewed academic journal
- “The Ælfric of Eynsham Project: Editorial Approaches.” Dorothy Carr Porter and Aaron J Kleist. The Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe 11 (forthcoming 2008). 19 pp.
- “Anglo-Saxon Prose: 2004.” Aaron J Kleist, Nicole Discenza, and Andrew Scheil. Year's Work in Old English Studies. Ed. Daniel Donoghue. OEN 38 (2007): 114-29.
- “Monks, Marriage, and Manuscripts: Matthew Parker's Manipulation of Ælfric of Eynsham.” Journal of English and Germanic Philology 105 (2006): 312-27.
- “Anglo-Saxon Prose: 2003.” Aaron J Kleist and Nicole Discenza. Year's Work in Old English Studies. Ed. Daniel Donoghue. OEN 37 (2004): 115-33.
- “Anglo-Saxon Prose: 2002.” Aaron J Kleist and Nicole Discenza. Year's Work in Old English Studies. Ed. Daniel Donoghue. OEN 36 (2003): 119-32.
- “Anglo-Saxon Prose: 2001.” Aaron J Kleist and Nicole Discenza. Year's Work in Old English Studies. Ed. Daniel Donoghue. OEN 35 (2003): 95-100.
- “The Division of the Ten Commandments in Anglo-Saxon England.” Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 103 (2002): 227-40.
- “Ælfric's Corpus: A Conspectus.” Florilegium 18 (2001 published 2002): 113-64.
- “Condemned to Time: An Ælfrician View of Man and the Ages.” Responsio 1 (2001): 61-65.
Book Reviews
- “Reading the Rood: An Analysis of the Via Crucis.” The Medieval Review 11 (2003) 36 pp. http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/tmr/ peer-reviewed academic journal
Professional Associations
- Research Associate, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA, 2003 – present
- Affiliated Faculty, Research in Computing for Humanities, University of Kentucky, 2005 – present
- Honorary Invited Associate, Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, Princeton, 2002 – present
- Member, International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, 1999 – present
- President, Society for the Study of Anglo-Saxon Homiletics, 1999 – present
Resources
Biola Faculty Page
Kleist's CV Document