Charles Hilken
Professor
Department:
School of Liberal Arts | History
Email:
chilken@stmarys-ca.edu
Phone:
(925) 878-1333
Office Location:
Galileo Hall 317
Office Hours:
8/25/25-12/14/25, MWF, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Mailing Address:
1928 Saint Marys Rd, PMB 4825, Moraga, CA 94575
Professional Overview
Currently teaching in the History Department and directing the Bishop John S. Cummins Institute for Catholic Thought, Culture, and Action.
Research projects:
A study of an eleventh-century chapter book, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Codex Barberinianus latinus 421.
Studies of the activities of medieval chapter rooms.
A chapter on Beneventan necrologies for a Companion to Beneventan Regional Studies, to be published by Brill.
Areas of Expertise
Europeanist specializing in monasteries and the lives of monks in Medieval Italy, including their tradition of hospitality toward strangers.Education
B.A., summa cum laude, Saint Mary's College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Toronto; M.S.L., Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto.