Katherine Jansen Explained

Katherine L. Jansen is an American historian and professor of medieval history at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.^[1] She also has served as visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins University and Princeton University.

Biography

She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University, a student of William C. Jordan. Her scholarly interests are in the history of medieval Italy, religious cultures, and women and gender studies. Her first book was awarded the John Gilmary Shea Prize from the American Catholic Historical Association^[2] and the prize for the first book in the field of history from the Phi Alpha Theta Society. She has held fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the American Academy in Rome, Villa I Tatti, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University, among others.

In 2019 she was appointed editor of Speculum.^[3] In 2020 she was elected a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.^[4]

Selected publications

• The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Later Middle Ages, publisher Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.^{[5] [6]}
• Medieval Italy: Texts in Translation, co-edited with Frances Andrews and Joanna Drell, publisher Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.^{[7] [8]}
• Charisma and Religious Authority: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Preaching, 1200-1500, co-edited with Miri Rubin, publisher Turnhout: Brepols, 2010.^[9]
• Center and Periphery: Essays on Power in the Middle Ages in Honor of William Chester Jordan, co-edited with Guy Geltner and Anne E. Lester, publisher Leiden: Brill, 2013.^{[10] [11]}
• Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy, publisher Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018.^{[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: University . Catholic . Katherine L. Jansen . The Catholic University of America . en.
2. Web site: American Catholic Historical Association Prizes Announced Perspectives on History AHA . American Historical Association.
3. Web site: Katherine L. Jansen begins tenure as editor of Speculum . Speculum . en.
4. Web site: 2020-01-13 . Fellows Election Results . The Medieval Academy. en-US.
5. Debby . Dr Nirit Ben-Aryeh . 03.02.06, Jansen, Making of the Magdalen . The Medieval Review . 1 February 2003 . en . 1096-746X.
6. Oliver . Judith H. . Review of The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Later Middle Ages . Studies in Iconography . 2002 . 23 . 225–229 . 23925027 . 0148-1029.
7. D'andrea . David . Medieval Italy: Texts in Translation (review) . Catholic Historical Review . 2011 . 97 . 3 . 574–576 . 10.1353/cat.2011.0106 . 162436960 . 1534-0708.
8. Olive . Kathleen . Medieval Italy: Texts in Translation (review) . Parergon . 2011 . 28 . 2 . 207–208 . 10.1353/pgn.2011.0109 . 143961911 . 1832-8334.
9. Christie . Niall . 11.02.23, Jansen and Rubin, Charisma and Religious Authority . The Medieval Review . 1 February 2011 . en . 1096-746X.
10. Earenfight . Theresa . Review of Center and Periphery: Studies on Power in the Medieval World in Honor of William Chester Jordan . Catholic Historical Review . 2015 . 101 . 3 . 621–623 . 45175537 . 0008-8080.
11. Koziol . Geoffrey . Jansen, Katherine L.; Geltner, G.; and Lester, Anne E., eds., Center and Periphery: Studies on Power in the Medieval World in Honor of William Chester Jordan . Speculum . 1 October 2015 . 90 . 4 . 1123–1124 . 10.1017/S0038713415001931 . 0038-7134.
12. Dameron . George . Katherine Ludwig Jansen. Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy. . American Historical Review . 1 October 2019 . 124 . 4 . 1503–1504 . 10.1093/ahr/rhz912 .
13. Dean . Trevor . Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy, by Katherine Ludwig Jansen . English Historical Review . 6 August 2019 . 134 . 568 . 686–688 . 10.1093/ehr/cez085 .
14. Palmer . James A. . Katherine Ludwig Jansen, Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy . Speculum . 1 January 2019 . 94 . 1 . 227–228 . 10.1086/701277 . 166537358 . 0038-7134.
15. Beneš . Carrie E. . Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy by Katherine Ludwig Jansen (review) . Catholic Historical Review . 2019 . 104 . 4 . 711–712 . 10.1353/cat.2019.0020 . 182448248 . 1534-0708.
16. Martines . Lauro . Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy . TLS. Times Literary Supplement . 3 August 2018 . 6018 . 30–32 . English.