Person
Senior Lecturer
- Division of History of Ideas and Sciences
- Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Contact information
E-mail matthew.norriskultur.luse
Phone +46 46 222 31 79
Room LUX:C345
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
My research interests include the history of scholarship and the humanistic disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the history of historiography. Above all I am interested in the history of the classical tradition in the period spanning between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. Currently I am engaged in researching the prehistory of the idea of cultural heritage in early modern Europe.
Research
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Books (1)
Articles (1)
Book chapters (3)
- Norris, M. (2020). The Cross before Christ : Ecclesiastical History and Esotericism in the Antiquarian Scholarship of Johannes Bureus. In Kjesrud, K. & Males, M. (Eds.) Knowledge, Scholarship, and Science in the Middle Ages, Faith and Knowledge in Late Medieval and Early Modern Scandinavia (pp. 243-267), 1. Brepols.
- Norris, M. (2016). Johannes Bureus and the Prisca Astronomia : A Lutheran Antiquary Engages with the New Science. In Grell, O. P. & Cunningham, A. (Eds.) Medicine, Natural Philosophy and Religion in Post-Reformation Scandinavia (pp. 171-198). Routledge.
- Norris, M. (2014). A Sign of the Times (New Roman) : Searching for the Font of Civilization in Renaissance Italy. In Hessérus, M. & Luthersson, P. (Eds.) Civilisation : tjugoen försök (pp. 145-154). Axel och Margaret Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse för allmännyttiga ändamål.
Conference contributions (7)
- Norris, M. (2022). Semitic Sweden : Oriental Archetypes in Johannes Bureus’ Study of Runic Writing.
- Norris, M. (2019). How Thomas Bartholin the Younger Read His Rudbeck : Historical Method in Principle and in Practice.
- Norris, M. (2018). "Att här efter beskydda och handhawa" : The Allied Roles of Collection and Conservation in Johan Hadorph's Antiquarian Project.
- Norris, M. (2017). Conquering Time : Antiquarian Collectors and Collections in Early Modern Europe.
- Norris, M. (2017). The Runes Restored : Philology, Faith, and Myth in Johannes Bureus' Research on the History of Writing.
- Norris, M. (2014). The Alphabet of All Languages (Alphabetum Omnium Linguarum) : The Runes and the Origins of Writing in the Antiquarian Scholarship of Johannes Bureus.
- Norris, M. (2011). When Giants Roamed the North : Swedish Scholarship in the Age of the Antiquaries.
Reviews (3)
- Norris, M. (2020). Where Have You Gone, Heinrich Wölfflin? : Essay Review of: John D. Lyons (ed.): The Oxford handbook of the BaroqueThe Oxford handbook of the BaroqueJohn D. Lyons (ed.): The Oxford handbook of the BaroqueJohn D. Lyons (ed.): The Oxford handbook of the Baro. Lychnos: årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria, 2020, 313-321. Lärdomshistoriska samfundet, Uppsala universitet.
- Norris, M. (2019). Classical Heritage and European Identities : The Imagined Geographies of Danish Classicism. Lychnos: årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria, 2019, 326-330. Lärdomshistoriska samfundet, Uppsala universitet.
- Norris, M. (2012). Thoughts on Civil Liberty : Translation of the Original Manuscript with Background. Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 9, 197-199. Sällskapet för 1700-talsstudier.
Teaching
Senior Lecturer
- Division of History of Ideas and Sciences
- Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Contact information
E-mail matthew.norriskultur.luse
Phone +46 46 222 31 79
Room LUX:C345
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30