Dr. Noel Fallows is Distinguished Research Professor of Spanish, and Associate Provost for Global Engagement. He is also a Fellow of The Society of Antiquaries of London (elected 2012), a Fellow of The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (elected 2019), and a Fellow of The Royal Historical Society (elected 2017). Prior to serving as Associate Provost, Dr. Fallows served as Head of the Department of Romance Languages and Associate Dean in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
At UGA Dr. Fallows teaches a broad range of undergraduate and graduate classes on language, literature and culture, and he has received a number of prestigious teaching awards, including the General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professorship, the Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award, and the J. Hatten Howard III Honors Teaching Award. He was elected to the UGA Teaching Academy in 2002. In addition to teaching classes he has mentored and supervised the research projects of graduate students in the Romance Languages M.A. and Ph.D. programs.
Research
In the area of research, Dr. Fallows specializes in Spanish language, literature and culture of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. In particular, he has research interests in chivalry and military theory in Medieval and Renaissance Spain, and he has published extensively in these areas of research. His book Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia (Boydell, 2010) was awarded the 2012 Modern Language Association La corónica International Book Award. His most recent publications include the first translation into English from the original Catalan of Ramon Llull’s Book of the Order of Chivalry (Boydell, 2013) and a book on the arms and armor of the Medieval joust called Armas y armaduras de la Justa Real en la Baja Edad Media. Lo Cavaller (1493), de mosén Ponç de Menaguerra (Publicacions Universitat de València, 2020).
Selected Publications
Books:
Armas y armaduras de la Justa Real en la Baja Edad Media. Lo Cavaller (1493), de mosén Ponç de Menaguerra. Colección Parnaseo, 37. Valencia: PUV/Publicacions Universitat de València, 2020.
https://puv.uv.es/armas-y-armaduras-de-la-justa-real-en-la-baja-edad-media.html
The Twelve of England. Deeds of Arms Series, Volume 3. Wheaton, IL: Freelance Academy Press, 2013.
https://www.freelanceacademypress.com/twelveofengland.aspx
Edition and Translation of Ramon Llull. The Book of the Order of Chivalry. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK, and Rochester, New York, USA: The Boydell Press, 2013.
https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-book-of-the-order-of-chivalry.html
Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK, and Rochester, New York, USA: The Boydell Press, 2010.
https://boydellandbrewer.com/jousting-in-medieval-and-renaissance-iberia-hb.html
Edition of Alonso de Cartagena. Trat ados Militares. Madrid: Ministerio de Defensa, 2006.
https://publicaciones.defensa.gob.es/tratados-militares.html
Edited volume:
Noel Fallows (Editor). A Cultural History of Sport: The Medieval Age. Volume 2 of a 6 volume set in the Cultural Histories Series. London and New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/a-cultural-history-of-sport-9781350024106/
Latest article:
“The Castilian Book of the Order of the Band: The first written, codified rules for tourneys and jousts in Western Europe.” In Tournaments: A Thousand Years of Chivalry. Edited by Stefan Krause. London and Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien & Thomas del Mar Ltd, 2021.
https://www.olympiaauctions.com/about-us/publications/tournaments-1000-years-of-chivalry/