Louise Nyholm Kallestrup

Louise Nyholm Kallestrup (born 1975) is a Danish historian. She is a professor at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) and the director of its Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies who specializes in the Early Modern Period. Best known for her comparative research on witchcraft trials in Denmark and Italy. ^{[1] [2]} Kallestrup has also written widely on such related topics as gender in the contexts of legal proceedings and urbanization, and on demonology ^[3] and is a frequent cultural commentator in the Danish press and on radio. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Among the very early scholars to be allowed to work in the Vatican’s Inquisitorial archives (Archivio della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede), Kallestrup has also been a visiting researcher at Harvard University, the University of Tampere, and the University of Melbourne. In 2017, she was named a 'Semper Ardens' Fellow of The Carlsberg Foundation, ^[8] and in the same year, appeared onstage in a series of multimedia performances across Denmark marking the 500th anniversary of the Luthern Reformation. ^{[9] [10]}

Select publications

• I pagt med djævelen. Trolddomsforfølgelser og trolddomsforestillinger i Danmark og Italien i den post-reformatoriske periode. Forlaget Anis, 2009.
• Agents of Witchcraft in Early Modern Italy and Denmark. Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
• Contesting Orthodoxy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Heresy, Magic and Witchcraft. Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Anthology co-edited with R. M. Toivo.
• Cultural Histories of Crime in Denmark 1500-2000. Routledge Studies in Cultural History, 55. Routledge, 2017. Anthology co-edited with T. Krogh and C. Bundgaard.

References

1. "I pagt med djævelen". www.historie-online.dk. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
2. Williams, Gerhild Scholz (2017). "Agents of Witchcraft in Early Modern Italy and Denmark by Louise Nyholm Kallestrup (review)" . Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft. 12 (3): 414–416. doi:10.1353/mrw.2017.0042. ISSN   1940-5111.
3. "Louise Nyholm Kallestrup - Syddansk Universitet". findresearcher.sdu.dk. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
4. Hansen, Af Mette Skov (2017-02-03). "Var Luther skyld i hekseforfølgelser?". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-01-08.
5. Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (2015-10-16). "Woman convicted of witchcraft to get retrial 300 years on". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-01-08.
6. "P1 Eftermiddag | P1 | DR". Radio | DR (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-01-08.
7. "Formiddag på 4'eren | P4 Sjælland | DR". Radio | DR (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-01-08.
8. "* | Carlsbergfondet". www.carlsbergfondet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-01-08.
9. "Historisk Talkshow med Luther - Syddansk Universitet". findresearcher.sdu.dk. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
10. "Endagsfestival fejrer Reformationen: "Her er dit liv, Luther!"". jyllands-posten.dk. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2019-01-08.