Ninna Jørgensen

Ninna Jørgensen

Ph.D. Church History

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Primary fields of research

Catechetical Traditions of the Western (Latin) Church

Theology of the Reformers

Medieval Spirituality

Current research

Martin Luther's catechetical work

Women and Reformation

Christmas Sermons from Bernard of Clairvaux to Martin Luther

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Ninna Jørgensen

Lecturer

Department of Church History

 

1951

Born in Copenhagen

1970

Grad. Vejle Gymnasium. Imm. University of Copenhagen

1976

Gold medal rewarded by the University of Copenhagen for dissertation: A critical investigation of Marxist Research on the German Reformation

1976/77

Studies in Leipzig, GDR, Febr.-March. Superviser: Helmar Junghans

1980

March: Cand.theol. University of Copenhagen. Autumn: Pastor’s Seminary Aarhus

1981

Assistant professor Department of Church History, University of Aarhus

1982-85

Scholarship, Aarhus. Superviser: Jan Lindhardt

1983

Germanistic studies, Freie Universität Berlin (West)

1984

Studies in Göttingen. Superviser: Bernd Moeller

1985

Maternal leave

1986

Ph.D. University of Aarhus. Peasant, priest and fool. The function of literary figures in Reformation Literature. Published in German E.J. Brill (Leiden) 1988. (”Bauer, Narr und Pfaffe. Prototypische Figuren und ihre Funktion in der Reformationsliteratur“)

Lecturer at Conference on the Danish Reformation in an International Perspective.

1988

Ordained pastor Hammel-Voldby parishes.

1986-88

Eksternal lecturer, Dept. of Church History, Aarhus Univ..

1989-91

Scholarship Department of Church History, University of Copemhagen

1991-92

Maternal leave

1992 –

Employment as Lecturer, University of Copenhagen, Department of Church History.

Member of Studying Board

Engagements Pastor’s Seminary Løgumkloster

Chairman of  ph.d. judgement committees

1992

Guest lecturer, University of Helsinki .

1993

8.International Congress for Luther Research, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Paper: The Notion of lay priesthood in Luther and the Late Middle Ages”

1996

Guest Professor, University of Tartu, October-November

1997

Seminary Leader at 9th Int.Congress for Luther Research, Heidelberg, August (Seminary: “The Ten Commandments in scholastic Thought and in Luther’s work”)

1998

Contribution Odense Symposium “Oral Perspectives on Early European Verbal Culture”

2002

Seminary leader 10th International Congress for Luther Research, Copenhagen, August (Seminary: “Pastoral Care in Sermons and Writings of the Later Luther”

2005

Guest Lecturer Järvenpäa, Finland: “Luther’s Christmas Sermons”

2006

Workshop Groningen-Copenhagen-Durham:”Authority and Persuasion: The Role of Commonplaces in Western Europe ca. 1450-1800”. Contributory lecture.

2007

Presentation 11. Int. Congr. Of Luther Research, Lutheran University of Brazil (ULBRA)

2008

Lecture Nordic Symposium Oslo: “Luther’s Sermons and Postils – Scholarly positions”

2009

SCSC Geneva paper “The Legacy of Bernardine spirituality in devotional works of the early sixteenth Century”

2010

Study period Wolffenbüttel, Germany

2011

First Conference of Reformation Research hosted by RefoRG Zurich. Paper: Catherine Schütz-Zell’s commentary on the Lord’s Prayer in the context of contemporary lay theology”

Guest Lecturer at TARF (Theologischer Arbeitskreis für Reformationsforschung) Emden, September („Katechetische Vermittlung bei Luther“