Early Modern Genres of History

Bringing together an international group of literary scholars, intellectual historians, and cultural historians, this book discusses history in its various forms, either as texts or images in the early modern period (1500-1800).

Emil Nicklas Johnsen, PhD History of Ideas, University of Oslo (UiO), Norway. Johnsen has published extensively in Nordic intellectual history, with particular interest in historiography and the dynamics of the public sphere. In addition, he has long experience as editor in Arr. Idéhistorisk tidsskrift (Journal of the History of Ideas) and is currently writing the textbook Vestens idéhistorie fra 1800 til i dag. (History of Ideas in the Western World from 1800 until today).
Ina Louise Stovner, PhD Cultural History, University of Oslo (UiO), Norway. Stovner's research interests include topics within cultural history, understanding of history, and memory studies, and she has special expertise in visual sources 1750 to 1840. She has extensive teaching experience in cultural history and museology at UiO and several years of experience as a member of the editorial team in Tidsskrift for kulturforskning (Journal of Cultural Studies).