Curriculum Vitae: David C. Van Meter, Ph.D.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in History, Boston University (1997).
B.A. in History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with "High Honors" (1982).

DISSERTATION

"The Empire of the Year 6000: Eschatology and the Santification of Carolingian Politics."

PROFESSIONAL ABSTRACT

Author and Publisher of Computer Games and Numismatic Books, Laurion (1989-Present).
VISTA Volunteer, Corporation for National Service, Utica, NY (1997-2000).
Adjunct Faculty and Teaching Fellow, Boston University, Boston, MA (1992-1996).
Stockbroker, Dean Witter Reynolds, Burlington, MA (1988-1989).

MILITARY SERVICE

Captain, United States Army, Military Intelligence (1983-1988).
Second Lieutenant, Nevada Army National Guard, Armor (1978-82).

BOOKS

Editor (with Richard Landes and Andrew Gow), The Apocalyptic Year 1000: Religious Expectation and Social Change, 950-1050. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins: A Complete Guide to the History, Types and Values of Roman Imperial Coinage. Nashua, NH: Laurion, 1991, 2000.
Collecting Coins and Common Sense: A Complete Guide for Today's Collector and Investor. Nashua, NH: Laurion, 1990.
Classical Numismatics and Common Sense: A Complete Guide and Source Directory for Collectors and Investors. Nashua, NH: Laurion, 1990.
The Coins of the Twelve Caesars: A Numismatic History of Rome in the Imperatorial and Early Imperial Eras. Nashua, NH: Laurion, 1990.
Collecting Greek Coins: A Complete Guide to Beginning and Enjoying a Collection of Classical Greek Coins. Nashua, NH: Laurion, 1990.
(With Michael J. Kiely) Collecting Roman Coins: The Key to Identifying, Pricing and Building a Valuable Collection. Nashua, NH: Laurion, 1989.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

"Apocalyptic Moments and Textual Authority: Reflections on Reform around the Year 1000." In The Apocalyptic Year 1000: Religious Expectation and Social Change, 950-1050, ed. Richard Landes, Andrew Gow and David Van Meter. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. 311-325.
"Eschatological Order and the Argument for Clerical Celibacy in Francia around the Year 1000." In Medieval Purity and Piety: Essays on Medieval Clerical Celibacy and Religious Reform, ed. Micahel Frassetto. New York: Garland Press, 1998. Pp. 149-175.

JOURNAL ARTICLES & REVIEWS

"Count Baldwin IV, Richard of Saint-Vanne, and the Inception of Monastic Reform in Eleventh-Century Flanders." Revue bénédictine, 107/1-2 (1997): 130-148.
"The Peace of Amiens-Corbie and Gerard of Cambrai's Oration on the Three Functional Orders: The Date, the Context, the Rhetoric." Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire, 74/3-4 (1996): 633-657.
"Christian of Stavelot on Matthew 24:42, and the Tradition that the World Will End on a March 25th." Recherches de Théologie ancienne et médiévale, 63 (1996): 68-92.
"An Echo of Adso of Montier-en-Der in Herman of Tournai's Liber de restauratione s. Martini Tornacensis." Revue bénédictine, 106/1-2 (1996): 192-202.
Book Review of David Close, The Origins of the Greek Civil War (Longman, 1995). In Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora, 22/1 (1996): 138-144.
"The Ritualized Presentation of Weapons and the Ideology of Nobility in Beowulf." Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 95/2 (1996): 175-189.
"St. Adelard and the Return of the Saturnia Regna: A Note on the Transformation of a Hagiographic Tradition." Analecta Bollandiana, 113/3-4 (1995): 297-316.
"Eschatology and the Sanctification of the Prince: The Case of Walter of Thérouanne's Vita Karoli comitis Flandriae." Sacris Erudiri, 35 (1995): 115-131.
"The Macedonian Question and the Guerilla War in Northern Greece on the Eve of the Truman Doctrine." Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora, 21/1 (1995): 71-90.
"The Soldiers Speak." Air Defense Artillery Journal (Spring, 1984): 42-43. (This article received the Fourth Estate Award for Excellence in Military Journalism).

VIDEO GAMES

Parhedros: The Tunnels of Sethir. (Genre: Fantasy Role-Playing Adventure). Laurion Studio, 2007.
Risqué Renee's Vintage View Poker. (Genre: Humor, Casino Games). Laurion Studio, 1999.
Risqué Renee's Vintage View Slots. (Genre: Humor, Casino Games). Laurion Studio, 1999.

PAPERS & TALKS

"Y1K to Y2K: Resonances with the Past." History Forum on Millennialism Past and Present. University of Alabama in Huntsville, October, 1999.
"The Post-Apocalyptic Marian Age and the Spirit of Counter-Reform in the Church." Conference on the Madonna at the Millennium: Apocalyptic and Millennial Themes in the Culture of Marian Apparitions. Center for Millennial Studies, Boston, February 1999.
"The Peace of God, Church Reform, and Communes." Conference on the Apocalyptic Year 1000. Center for Millennial Studies, Boston, November 1996.
"Sharing Treasure and Sharing Peace: Gift-Exchange and the Ideological Construction of the Early Medieval Polity." Conference on Medieval Transformations. Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands, May 1996.
"Satan Unbound in Flanders: Eschatology and the Rehabilitation of the Ideology of Peace in the Aftermath of the Murder of Charles the Good." Conference on Medieval Transformations. Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands, May 1996.
"From Golden Age to Day of Wrath: The Eschatological Framework of Carolingian History in the Mid-Ninth Century." Society for French Historical Studies Annual Meeting. Boston, March 1996.
"Eschatological Representation and the Ideology of Power in Some 12th Century Accounts of the Murder of Charles the Good." Conference on Representation and Interpretation in the 12th Century. Canisius College, Buffalo, April 1995.

ABSTRACT OF SERVICE

Advisory Council, The Catholic Center of the Good News Foundation, Utica, NY. A foundation dedicated to fostering evangelism.
Coordinator, The Schola Network, Utica, NY. An organization promoting and funding educational enrichment programs and activities for at-risk youth in the inner-city of Utica, NY.
Infrastructure Committee, Community Health Improvement Program, and Co-Chair, Dental Health Improvement Project, Utica, NY. A joint effort of the Mohawk Valley Network of Health Care Providers, independent health-care practitioners and local, grass-roots organizations to forge long-term solutions to improving the access of the economically-poor and the "working poor" to quality health care.
Board of Directors, The Abraham House, Utica, NY. Helped establish a charity hospice for the needy and lonely dying of Herkimer and Oneida Counties.
Associate, Center for Millennial Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA. Fund-raising and organizational work for conferences and publications.