About Me

Welcome and thank you for visiting my site! My name is Nicholas Pisano and I am training as a medieval and early modern historian. I am currently a PhD student at Fordham University. I graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 2023 with an M.A. in history and Fairfield University in 2013 with a B.A. in politics. From 2013 to 2019, I served on active duty in the United States Army and, since 2019, I have continued to serve in the Connecticut Army National Guard. I taught history at the middle school and high school level at Fusion Academy Greenwich from 2022 to 2024 and previously taught military science at the University of Connecticut.   

In 2023, my master’s thesis Tabula Sacra: Roman Catholic Christianity & the Representation of Water in Medieval Mappaemundi, c. 1230 to c. 1450 was accepted and published, earning me an M.A. in history.

 My areas of interest are medieval and early modern maritime history, the Italian maritime republics, the Crusades, Medieval Malta, the Mediterranean world, and the history of navigation, cartography, exploration, and piracy. I am currently working on a popular history book project tentatively titled The Eastern Main: Maritime Navigation & Piracy in the Round, c. 1690 to c. 1720  which explores a maritime route linking the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

I am married to my wonderful wife Samantha and we live in Milford, CT with our dog Franklin.