• University of Notre Dame du Lac, South Bend, Indiana: M.A. in History; Ph.D. in History
• Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio: B.A. in History & German; M.A. in History

• Webster University, Vienna, Austria campus: visiting faculty, 2004
• Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Republic of Austria:
  Asst. Professor for the University of New Orleans International Summer School, 1992, 1993, 1997;
  Director of the University of Notre Dame Study Abroad Program, 1988-1992;
  Lecturer in the Abteilung für Geschichte, 1989-1992
• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany:
  doctoral research on Fulbright Grant, 1982-1983
• Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, Republic of Austria:
  undergraduate student and graduate assistant for BGSU A-Y-A Program, 1976-1977, 1978-1979
• King's College History Society, tour escort for trips to Rome, Paris, Prague & Vienna, Madrid, Florence, Munich, Paris, Sorrento/Naples, and London 1997-2007

• Western Civilization / Ancient & Medieval History / History of Christianity
• Global History since 1914
• Asian Civilizations
• Women's History in Europe to 1914
• Empires of Greece & Rome 500 B.C.-A.D. 500
• Medieval History Survey 500-1500; Knights & Castles; Medieval Church & State; The Times of Bernard of Clairvaux 1105-1155; Prince-Bishops
• Medieval British Isles;  Murder & Monarchy: Shakespeare's British History
• Renaissance & Reformation; Early Modern Europe 1500-1815;  The Witch Hunts 1400-1800 (Version in Rome)
• Habsburg Empire 1250-1918; German & Austrian History 1815-1945 (in Vienna); Nazi Germany
• History & Historical Fiction (Henry II, Joan of Arc, Richard III)
• Humanities Seminar (humans and nature; people and society); Passion and Pain: Themes in Western Art
• Research & Methods;  History Senior Seminar
• Independent Studies: Sex and Gender in the Middle Ages; Polish History; Teaching Western Civilization; Jesus Blood: Myth and Reality

Medieval Political, Constitutional & Ecclesiastical History Medieval Noble Society Medieval German Empire Church & State Prince-Bishops (especially Nicholas of Cusa) Witch Hunts

Nicholas of Cusa Page

• Chapter 3: Reform, in Introducing Nicholas of Cusa: A Guide to a Renaissance Man, edited by Christopher M. Bellitto, Thomas M. Izbicki, and Gerald Christianson (Paulist Press, 2004).
• "The Curse of Cusanus: Excommunication in Fifteenth Century Germany," in Nicholas of Cusa and His Age: Intellect and Spirituality, edited by Thomas M. Izbicki and Christopher Bellitto (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2002): 199-213; reviewed by Cary Nederman in The Medieval Review, 03.01.11.
• "Emperor Henry VI (1191-97) and the Papacy: Similarities with Innocent III's Temporal Policies," in Pope Innocent III and His World, edited by John C. Moore (Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate, 1999): 255-269.
• "Die Verhängung des Kirchenbannes über Graf Meinhard II. von Tirol (1259-95)," Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 75/76 (1995/6): 219-232.
• "Nicolaus Cusanus as Prince-Bishop of Brixen (1450-64): Historians and a Conflict of Church and State," Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques 21 (1995): 131-54; annotated in Deutsches Archiv 52 (1996): 734.
• "Excommunication and Territorial Politics in High Medieval Trier," Church History 60 (1991): 20-36; annotated in The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature, 3rd ed. (Oxford University Press, 1995), no. 20.728.

Book Reviews:

• of Erich Meuthen, Nicholas of Cusa: A Sketch for a Biography. Trans. David Crowner and Gerald Christianson in Speculum 86 (2011): 1099-1100.
• of K. David Goss, The Salem Witch Trials: A Reference Guide in The Sixteenth Century Journal, 61, no. 1 (2010): 241-242.
• of Rainer Decker, Hexenjagd in Deutschland in Francia Recensio, Francia 2008-4, Frühe Neuzeit Revolution Empire (1500-1815), URL: <http://www.perspectivia.net/content/publikationen/francia/francia-recensio/2008-4/FN/decker_pavlac>
  (2009).
• of Wilhelm Baum and Raimund Senoner, ed. Nikolaus von Kues: Briefe and Dokumente zum Brixner Streit. Vol. 2: Nikolaus von Kues als Seelsorger. Briefe. Denkschriften (1453-1458) in the American Cusanus Society Newsletter, 18, no. 1 (June 2001): 37-38.  
• of J. Jeffrey Tyler, Lord of the Sacred City: The Episcopus Exculsus in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany in Speculum 76 (2001): 807-808.
• of Genevive Bührer-Thierry, Evêques et pouvoir dans le royaume de Germanie: Les églises de Bavière et de Souabe, 876-973 in Speculum 74 (1999):704-706.
• of Benzo von Alba, Sieben Bücher an Kaiser Heinrich IV., ed. and trans. Hans Seyffert (MGH Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum in Usum Scholarum Separatim Editi, 65) in Speculum 74 (1999): 389-390.
• of Paul B. Pixton, The German Episcopacy and the Implementation of the Decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council, 1216-1245: Watchmen on the Tower in Speculum 72 (1997): 209-211.
• of Sabine Weiss, Kurie und Ortskirche: Die Beziehungen zwischen Salzburg und dem päpstlichen Hof unter Martin V. (1417-1431) in Speculum 71 (1996): 772-773.
• of John W. Bernhardt, Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, c. 936-1075 in Speculum 70 (1995): 881-883.
• of Walter Mohr, Studien zur Klosterreform des Grafen Arnulf I. von Flandern: Tradition und Wirklichkeit in der Geschichte der Amandus-Klöster in Speculum 69 (1994): 1233.
• of Joseph H. Lynch, The Medieval Church: A Brief History in Speculum 69 (1994): 827-829.
• of Benjamin Arnold, German Knighthood, 1050-1300 in The Historian 49 (1987): 544-545.

Contributions:

• General editor, Great Events from History: The Middle Ages, 477-1453 (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2004), with contribution on "Alice Kyteler Found Guilty of Witchcraft, July 2, 1324." 
• "Ten Common Errors and Myths about the Witch Hunts," URL: <http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/witch/werror.html> and "Ten General Historical Theories about the Origins and Causes of the Witch Hunts." URL: <http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/witch/worigin.html>. Prof. Pavlac's Women's History Resource Site: The Witch Hunts. 
• Contributions on crusading armies and knives, daggers & swords in Weapons and Warfare, edited by John Powell (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2002).
• Contributions on medieval warfare (general article and German wars such as dynastic conflicts of 1077-1214, 1400-1411, 1314-1325) in Magill's Guide to Military History, edited by John Powell (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001).
• Sixteen entries on various political and biographical subjects (e.g. Trier, Bishop Burchard of Worms, the Battle of Sempach, Emperor Lothar III, Emperor Frederick III, the Hexenhammer) in Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia, edited by John M. Jeep (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 2001).
• Essay about Archduke Francis Ferdinand for Biographical Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century World Leaders, edited by John Powell (Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 2000).
• Essay about Holy Roman Emperor/Bohemian King Wenceslaus IV (1361-1419) in Dictionary of World Biography: Volume II, the Middle Ages, edited by Frank N. Magill (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press and Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998).
• Biographical sketches of 33 medieval and early modern German women (e.g. Hrostwitha of Gandersheim, Hildegard of Bingen, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Empress Maria Theresa) in Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places, & Events That Shaped World History, edited by Lynne Brakeman (Detroit: Gale Research, 1996).
• Student assistance to The Encyclopedia of Southern History, edited by David C. Roller and Robert W. Twyman (Louisiana State University Press, 1979).

Abstracts:

• "The Curse of Cusanus: Excommunication and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Germany," in American Cusanus Society Newsletter, vol. 17, no. 1 (June 2000): 45-46.
• "From Theory to Practice: the Failure of Nicholas of Cusa as Bishop of Brixen" in American Cusanus Society Newsletter, vol. 14, no. 1 (June 1997): 36.
• The Development of Temporal Rule by the Archbishops of Trier: 1066-1259, in Doctoral Dissertations in History, vol. 11 (American Historical Association, 1987): 5.

Dissertation:

• The Development of Temporal Rule by the Archbishops of Trier: 1066-1259, directed by John H. Van Engen (Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1986); research partially funded by a Fulbright Grant to Bonn, Germany.

• The Witches of Innsbruck: Cusanus and the Hammer of the Church, Nicholas of Cusa Session #2, In Honor of Thomas H. Izbicki, 41st International Congress on Medieval Studies,  Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 2006.
• "The Curse of Cusanus: Excommunication and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Germany," Nicholas of Cusa Session #1: Canon Law in the Age of Cusanus, 35th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 2000.
• "Defenders of the Empire: the Formation of the Bellicose Bishops of Germany," Genus Regale et Sacerdotale: the Image of the Bishop around the Millennium, University of Chicago, Medieval Studies Workshop, October 1999.
• "Conquests, Councils, & Concordance: German Prince-Bishops and imperial reforms in the Fifteenth Century," 33rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 1998.
• "From Theory to Practice: the Failure of Nicholas of Cusa as Bishop of Brixen," Nicholas of Cusa Session #2: The Acta Cusana I, iii: Its Recent Publication and its Significance for Cusanus Research, 32nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 1997.
• "Emperor Henry VI (1191-97) and the Papacy: Influences on Innocent III's Staufen Policies," Pope Innocent III and His World, Hofstra University, May 1997.
• "Countess Margaret 'Pocketmouth' of Tyrol (1335-63) and the Problem of a Woman's Rule through Men," Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship's Session #3: Entering the Public Space: Women and Politics in the Middle Ages, 31st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 1996.
• "Machiavelli's Prince and Christine's Princess: Political Theories in the Renaissance," Christine de Pizan: Texts/Intertexts/Contexts, 29th Conference of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, SUNY-Binghamton, October 1995.
• "The Excommunications of Count Meinhard II of Tyrol (1259-95)," 19th International Conference on Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Villanova University, October 1994.
• "Countess Margaret 'Pocket-Mouth' of Tyrol (1335-63) and the Problems of Rule through Marriage and Inheritance," The Roles of Women in the Middle Ages: A Reassessment, 26th Conference of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, SUNY-Binghamton, October 1992.
• "German Prince-Bishops and Medieval Rule," Majestas Society Session #1: Idea and Reality of Medieval Rulership, 23rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 1988.
• "Hero for the Libertas cclesiae: The Adventures of Albero von Montreuil, Later Archbishop of Trier (1131-1152)," Medieval Association of the Midwest Conference, U. of Iowa, September 1986.
• "Excommunication and Territorial Politics in High Medieval Trier," 24th Annual Midwest Medieval History Conference, University of Illinois, October 1985.
• "An Archbishop as War-Leader: Albero of Trier (1131-1152)," War in the Middle Ages Session #4: Generalship; 20th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 1985.