Scott L. Waugh (born April 27, 1948) is an American historian and academic administrator. He is professor of history at the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he also serves as executive vice chancellor and provost. He was an early supporter of
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at UCLA. He is the author of two widely reviewed books about the Middle Ages, and the co-editor of a third book.
Early life
Waugh graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1970.
He was awarded a PhD in history from the
University of London in 1975.
Career
Waugh joined the department of history at UCLA in 1975.
He is professor of history.
He is the author of two books about the Middle Ages in England.
His first book, ''The Lordship of England: Royal Wardships and Marriages in English Society and Politics, 1217-1327'', published in 1988, was reviewed by
John Maddicott in ''
Albion
Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain. The oldest attestation of the toponym comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than 'Britain' today. The name for Scot ...
'',
by
J. R. S. Phillips
John Roland Seymour Phillips (born 1940) is a British historian and academic. He did a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of London in 1967, on the subject of the 14th-century Earl of Pembroke, Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, A ...
in ''
The English Historical Review'',
by
Richard W. Kaeuper
Richard William Kaeuper is an American medievalist historian. He was a student of, and mentored by, Joseph Strayer, the noted Princeton University, Princeton scholar. Kaeuper grew up in Richmond, Indiana.
Education
Kaeuper earned his PhD from Prin ...
in ''
Speculum'',
and by
Robert Bartlett in the ''
Journal of British Studies''.
His second book, ''England in the Reign of Edward III'', published in 1991, was reviewed by Professor Ruth Mazo Karras of the
University of Minnesota in ''Albion'',
by
Anthony Goodman in ''
History'',
by Ian Dawson in ''Teaching History'',
by James W. Alexander in ''Speculum'',
by Professor Stephen H. Rigby of the
University of Manchester in ''
The Economic History Review'',
by Professor Robert C. Stacey of the
University of Washington in ''
The Journal of Economic History'',
by Professor Kurt-Ulrich Jäschke of
Saarland University in ''Historische Zeitschrift'',
and by
Simon Walker in ''The English Historical Review''.
With Peter D. Diehl, Waugh co-edited ''Christendom and Its Discontents: Exclusion, Persecution, and Rebellion, 1000-1500'' in 1996. The book was reviewed by Professor Glenn W. Olsen of the
University of Utah in ''
The Catholic Historical Review'',
by George H. Shriver in ''
Church History'',
and by P. J. Nugent in ''
The Journal of Religion
''The Journal of Religion'' is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press founded in 1897 as ''The American Journal of Theology''. The journal "embraces all areas of theology (biblical, historical, ethical, and constructiv ...
''.
Waugh served as the dean of the Division of Social Sciences from 1992 to 2006.
He was a "key negotiator" during the 1993 hunger strike at UCLA, when students demanded that
Chicano Studies Chicana/o studies, also known as Chican@ studies, originates from the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, and is the study of the Chicana/o and Latina/o experience. Chican@ studies draws upon a variety of fields, including history, sociol ...
be added to the syllabus, and he established the discipline on campus.
Waugh went on to serve as acting executive vice chancellor and provost from 2006 to 2008.
He has served as executive vice chancellor and provost since December 1, 2008.
Works
Books
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Articles
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* 'The Origins of the Articles of the Escheat', ''Thirteenth Century V,'' ed.P.R. Coss and S.D. Lloyd (Woodbridge, 2006).
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Waugh, Scott L.
Living people
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Alumni of the University of London
University of California, Los Angeles faculty
American medievalists
1948 births
Historians from California