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Justin E A Kroesen

Position

Professor, Material Culture of Christianity

Affiliation

E-mail: justin.kroesen@uib.no
Phone number: +47 55583127
Visitor address: Villaveien 1a
5007 Bergen; Room: 106
Postal address: P.O. Box 7800

NO-5020 Bergen

Norway

Justin E A Kroesen

Position

Professor, Material Culture of Christianity

Affiliation

Research

Research topics:

- Medieval and early modern church architecture

- Church furnishings & Christian imagery of the Middle Ages and the early modern period

- The Reformation and its impact in the arts

- The problems and chances of religious heritage

Teaching

Topics in teaching:

- Christian Cultural Heritage

- Liturgy and the Arts

- Iconography

- Cultural History of Christianity

- Religious heritage in the norhern Netherlands

- The Bible and the arts

- Religion and material culture

In 2013 Kroesen was elected as University of Groningen Teacher of the Year

Publications

Selection of publications

(2016) Romanesque Cathedrals in Mediterranean Europe. Architecture, Ritual and Urban Context, Turnhout: Brepols, 320 pp. (ed. volume, with Gerardo Boto)

(2016) Ultimate Ambiguities. Investigating Death and Liminality, NewYork: Berghahn Books, 278 pp. (ed. volume, with Peter Berger)

(2015) ‘Accommodating Calvinism. The Appropriation of Medieval Church Interiors for Protestant Worship in the Netherlands after the Reformation’ (chapter in Protestantischer Kirchenbau der frühen Neuzeit in Europa. Grundlagen und neue Forschungskonzepte, ed. volume by Jan Harasimowicz, Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner)

(2014) Die mittelalterliche Sakramentsnische auf Gotland (Schweden). Kunst und Liturgie, Petersberg: Michael Imhof, 240 pp. (book, with Peter Tångeberg)

(2014) ‘The Altar and its Decorations in Medieval Churches. A Functionalist Approach’ (article in Medievalia. Revista d’Estudis Medievals 17)

(2014) ‘The longue duree of Romanesque Altar Decorations: Frontals, Canopies and Altar Sculptures’ (article, in Paint and Piety. Collected Essays on Medieval Painting and Polychrome Sculpture, ed. volume by Noelle Streeton and Kaja Kollandsrud, London: Archetype)

(2012) The Interior of the Medieval Village Church, Louvain etc.: Peeters Publishers, 392 pp. (book, with Regnerus Steensma, 1st ed. 2004)

(2011) Kirchen in Ostfriesland und ihre mittelalterliche Ausstattung, Petersberg: Michael Imhof, 272 pp.(book, with Regnerus Steensma)

(2011) Sacred Places in Modern Western Culture, Louvain etc.: Peeters Publishers, 355 pp. (ed. volume, with Paul Post and Arie Molendijk)

(2010) Myths, Martyrs, and Modernity. Studies in the History of Religions in Honour of Jan N. Bremmer, Leiden/Boston: Brill, LVI + 701 pp. (ed. volume, with Jitse Dijkstra and Yme Kuiper)

(2010) Seitenaltäre in mittelalterlichen Kirchen. Standort-Raum-Liturgie, Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 160 pp. (book)

(2009) Staging the Liturgy. The Medieval Altarpiece in the Iberian Peninsula, Louvain etc.: Peeters Publishers, XIV + 607 pp. (book, expanded doctoral thesis)

(2009) The Altar and its Environment, 1150-1400, Turnhout: Brepols, 314 pp. (ed. volume, with Victor Schmidt)

(2008) De Groninger cultuurschat. Kerken van 1000 tot 1800, Assen: Van Gorcum, 160 pp. (ed. volume, with Regnerus Steensma)

(2000) The Sepulchrum Domini through the Ages. Its Form and Function, Louvain etc.: Peeters Publishers, VIII + 230 pp. (book)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Book review

Other product

Lecture

Academic lecture

Academic monograph

Feature article

Kroesen, Justin Ernest Alexander (2023). The ENID-Jubilee on Relics and Reliquaries in Rome, 11–13 October 2023. (external link)

Website (informational material)