Harrison Helms

Harrison Helms is a third-year doctoral candidate specializing in the social, cultural, and religious history of late medieval and early modern Europe. Most broadly, his research considers the relationship between religion and social ethics from an historical perspective. His dissertation project looks at conceptions of foreigners in sixteenth-century German cities and the theological, political, and moral frameworks that arose in response to Reformation-era migrations.

Along with his dissertation, Harrison is also preparing an article on representations of the Thirty Years War in the Weimar Republic. He has presented at the Sixteenth Century Society and the German Studies Association.

Before graduate school, he received a BA in European History from Emory University and worked as a Research Assistant at Candler School of Theology. His doctoral advisor is Professor Joel Harrington.