Michael Sizer is a historian with interests in political culture and philosophy, cultural history, interdisciplinary studies of literature and ideas, urban history, and the history of revolt and revolution.
He received his PhD in Medieval French History from the University of Minnesota in 2008, and was also a fellow of the Ecole des Chartes at the Sorbonne in Paris in 2004, and a Kluge Research Fellow at the Library of Congress in 2016. He has published articles on pre-modern revolts, the politics of storming palaces, medieval conduct books for wives, and other topics. Prior to attending graduate school, Mike worked in a non-profit organization devoted to grass roots community beautification and historical preservation initiatives.