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- Ph.D., Modern European History, University of Minnesota
- M.A., Russian History, University of Minnesota
- M.L.S., Library and Information Science, University of Illinois
- B.A., summa cum laude, History and Russian Language, St. Olaf College
University Libraries
Department of History
BIO
Bryn majored in history and in Russian, graduating summa cum laude from St. Olaf College, with breaks for study in Scotland and the Soviet Union, plus stints as a lifeguard and Red Cross swimming instructor. He received an M.S. in library and information science from the University of Illinois, and an M.A. in Russian history and a Ph.D. in modern European History from the University of Minnesota. Bryn’s research focuses on Russian social and intellectual history. His books include Catholics without Rome: Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and the Reunion Negotiations of the 1870s (University of Notre Dame Press, 2022), Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans: Diplomacy, Theology, and the Politics of Interwar Ecumenism (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010), Eastern Orthodox Christianity: The Essential Texts (Yale University Press, 2016), and Degrees of Librarians (Cambridge University Press, 2026). He served as dean of libraries at UVM for seven years. He writes occasionally for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. He has taught and served as head of libraries at St. Olaf College, the Unites States Military Academy at West Point, and Amherst College. He served for many years as a high-school basketball official, and he looks for cross-country ski trails wherever they can be found.
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Bio
Bryn majored in history and in Russian, graduating summa cum laude from St. Olaf College, with breaks for study in Scotland and the Soviet Union, plus stints as a lifeguard and Red Cross swimming instructor. He received an M.S. in library and information science from the University of Illinois, and an M.A. in Russian history and a Ph.D. in modern European History from the University of Minnesota. Bryn’s research focuses on Russian social and intellectual history. His books include Catholics without Rome: Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and the Reunion Negotiations of the 1870s (University of Notre Dame Press, 2022), Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans: Diplomacy, Theology, and the Politics of Interwar Ecumenism (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010), Eastern Orthodox Christianity: The Essential Texts (Yale University Press, 2016), and Degrees of Librarians (Cambridge University Press, 2026). He served as dean of libraries at UVM for seven years. He writes occasionally for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. He has taught and served as head of libraries at St. Olaf College, the Unites States Military Academy at West Point, and Amherst College. He served for many years as a high-school basketball official, and he looks for cross-country ski trails wherever they can be found.