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Edmund Mazza, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of History and Political Science		 Phone: (626) 815-3843
Email: emazza@apu.edu
Edmund Mazza, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of History and Political Science at APU. Mazza's principal fields are Medieval Europe, Ancient History, Church History and Russian History. His most recent article, "Not Everybody Loves Raymond (or Regensberg)," was published in the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly. His travel and research has taken him to such varied places as New York, Paris, Lourdes, Rome, Venice, Padua, Florence, Barcelona, Kuala Lumpur, and Mexico City. Mazza and his wife Tatyana, formerly of Moscow, strive to work and live by the APU motto: God First.

Education

Ph.D. - City University of New York, 2004
M.A. - City University of New York, 1998
B.A. - City University of New York, 1993

Department

  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
    • History and Political Science

Expertise

  • Ancient History
  • Church Fathers
  • Medieval History
  • Roman Empire: Beginnings and Endings
  • Thirteenth-Century Mendicant Orders

Courses Taught

HIST 120 – World Civilizations to 1648
HIST 350 – Medieval Europe
HIST 352 – Renaissance and Reformation
HIST 484 – Historical Themes
POLI 496 – Senior Seminar: Religion and Politics
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Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Presentations
Mazza, Edward. "Sex and the City (of God): The Love Connection Between Passion and Purpose," APU Common Day of Learning, 2007

Mazza, Edward. "Dumb Dogs and Domini Canes: Bishops, Friars, and the Twelfth-Century Pastoral Vacuum," Catholic Theological Society of America, Annual Conference, Los Angeles, 2007

Mazza, Edward. "Buddha, Jefferson, or Jesus?: Healing, Enlightenment, and Faith Integration," APU Common Day of Learning, 2006

Publications
Mazza, Edward. "Not Everybody Loves Raymond (or Regensberg)." Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly, Vol. 30, 1, (2007): 23-25.

Professional Experience

Industry Experience
Series Panelist, "Should the Pope Apologize? Islam, Christianity, and the West," APU History and Political Science "Brown Bag," 2006

Chapel panelist, "Loving God with One’s Mind," 2006

Office Hours

MW: 2:00-2:30pm
TR: 10:00-10:30am

Office Location

Ronald Building, Room 126, East Campus