Carsten Selch Jensen

Knowledge of languages

Danish, English and German

Teaching

Church and war in history, the crusades, methodology of history

Current research

The crusading movement, especially in the Baltic Region.

 

Primary fields of research

The Church History of the Middle Ages; the crusading movement; the history of the Baltic Region in the middle Ages; Church and war in a European context; Reformation history and the church history of the early modern period; the history of poverty

Fields of interest

The Church History of the Middle Ages; the crusading movement; the history of the Baltic Region in the middle Ages; Church and war in a European context; Reformation history and the church history of the early modern period; the history of poverty

CV

1988: MA in History, University of Southern Denmark

1992: MA in Theology, University of Aarhus

1997: PhD in History, University of Southern Denmark

1997: Teaching Assistant, Department of History, University of Southern Denmark

1998-2001: Research Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Southern Denmark

2001-2003: Research Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Southern Denmark

2003-2005: Assistant Professor, Department of Church History, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen

2005- : Associate Professor, Department of Church History, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen

2006-15: Head of Department, Department of Church History, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

2015- : Head of Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

2015- : Vice Dean, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

2017: Dr. Theol., based on "Med ord og ikke med slag. Teologi og historieskrivnnig i Henrik af Letlands krønike (ca. 1227)" (Endlish: With Words not with Beating. Theology and History Writing in the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia (ca. 1227)).