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Ellen Marie Krefting

Professor - History of Ideas
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Room 634
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Visiting address Georg Morgenstiernes hus Blindernveien 31 0313 Blindern
Postal address Postboks 1020 Blindern 0315 Oslo

Research interests

Early modern intellectual history in Europe and Denmark-Norway, with a particular focus on the history of knowledge, genres and communication forms, periodicals, the idea of freedom of speech and the emergence of public debate. Also seventeenth and eighteenth century French philosophy, literature and cultural history, gender questions, historiography and the cultural and intellectual history of the ocean.

Teaching

  • IDE1105, IDE2001, EKUL4000, EKUL4001, EKUL4002 (regularly)
  • IDE2014/IDE4014 - The public sphere, freedom of press and political ideas around 1814 (irregularly)
Tags: History of ideas, Intellectual history, Early modern, Enlightenment, Public sphere, Freedom of speech and democracy, Gender Perspectives, Historiography, Denmark-Norway

Publications

  • Paulsen, Gard & Krefting, Ellen Marie (2024). Mellom terreng og territorium: Sjøkartenes grensedragninger og kunnskapsformat. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005. 36(2-3), p. 71–85. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2023). Secret Springs and Naked Truths: Scandalous Political Literature in Eighteenth-Century Denmark-Norway, Literary Citizenship in Scandinavia in the Long Eighteenth Century. Boydell & Brewer. ISSN 9781783277797. p. 159–180. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hemstad, Ruth; Kaasa, Janicke Stensvaag; Krefting, Ellen Marie & Nøding, Aina (2023). Introduction, Literary Citizenship in Scandinavia in the Long Eighteenth Century. Boydell & Brewer. ISSN 9781783277797. p. 1–19. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie & Nøding, Aina (2020). The Spectatorial Press from the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway: General Survey. In Doms, Misia Sophia (Eds.), "Spectator"-Type Periodicals in International Perspective: Enlightened Moral Journalism in Europe and North America.. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISSN 9783631761144. p. 369–392. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie & Eriksen, Anne (2020). Formens makt og materialitet. Om studiet av kunnskapsformer i katekismer og skipslogger. Slagmark. ISSN 0108-8084. p. 31–49. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2020). La Spectatrice danoise dans son contexte scandinave. In Krefting, Ellen Marie; Ertler, Klaus-Dieter & Hobisch, Elisabeth (Ed.), La Spectatrice danoise de La Beaumelle. Edition commentée.. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISSN 9783631824825. p. 23–38. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2020). Society and Sentiment: (Hi)storytelling in Denmark's Den patriotiske Tilskuer (1761-1763). In Ertler, Klaus-Dieter; Völkl, Yvonne; Hobisch, Elisabeth; Fuchs, Alexandra & Fernández, Hans (Ed.), Storytelling in the Spectators / Storytelling dans les spectateurs. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISSN 9783631809280. p. 111-126–111-126. Full text in Research Archive
  • Eriksen, Anne & Krefting, Ellen Marie (2020). Formens makt og materialitet: Om studiet av kunnskapens former i katekismer og skipslogger. Slagmark. ISSN 0108-8084. 81, p. 31–50. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2019). Alt i et øyekast? Tablået som kunnskaps- og representasjonsform hos Quesnay, Mercier, Condorcet. In Fastrup, Anne; Foss, Gunnar & Jakobsen, Rolv Nøtvik (Ed.), Opplysninger. Festskrift til Knut Ove Eliassen på 60-årsdagen 26. oktober 2019. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788283900255. p. 105–118. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2019). I storbyens kretsløp. Louis-Sébastien Merciers Tableau de Paris. In Eliassen, Knut Ove & Fastrup, Anne (Ed.), Europæisk litteratur 1500‑1800. Bind 3. Samfundet. Fra hoffet til byen. Aarhus Universitetsforlag. ISSN 9788771845778. p. 243–272. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2019). De usminkede sannhetenes forsvar. Peter Frederik Suhms publikasjonsstrategier og offentlighetsidealer under det dansk-norske eneveldet. In Bjørkøy, Aasta Marie Bjorvand; Hemstad, Ruth Solveig; Nøding, Aina & Rønning, Anne Birgitte (Ed.), Litterære verdensborgere: Transnasjonale perspektiver på norsk bokhistorie 1519–1850. Nasjonalbiblioteket. ISSN 9788279654148. p. 332–376. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2018). News versus Opinion: The State, the Press, and the Northern Enlightenment. In Goring, Paul Michael; Brandtzæg, Siv Gøril & Watson, Christine (Ed.), Travelling Chronicles: News and Newspapers from the Early Modern Period to the Eighteenth Century. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004362871. p. 299–318. doi: 10.1163/9789004362871_015. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2017). Enevelde, offentlighet og Peter Frederik Suhms hemmeligheter. In Dørum, Knut & Bjerkås, Trond (Ed.), Eneveldet før undergangen. Politisk kultur i Norge 1660-1814. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISSN 9788230402115. p. 385–411. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2017). Konger uten klær. Hemmelige historier som eneveldigkritisk sjanger. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005. p. 3–18. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2016). "Panegyrikk, spectator-litteratur og offentlighet under det dansk-norske eneveldet". Norsk litteraturvitenskapelig tidsskrift. ISSN 0809-2044. 19(2), p. 94–106. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-288x-2016-02-03. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2016). Panegyrikk, spectator-litteratur og offentlighet under det dansk-norske eneveldet :. Norsk litteraturvitenskapelig tidsskrift. ISSN 0809-2044. 19(2), p. 94–106. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-288X-2016-02-03. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie; Nøding, Aina & Ringvej, Mona Renate (2015). Eighteenth century periodicals as agents of change: Introduction. In Krefting, Ellen Marie; Nøding, Aina & Ringvej, Mona Renate (Ed.), Eighteenth century periodicals as agents of change. Perspectives on Northern Enlightenment. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004290051. p. 1–13. doi: 10.1163/9789004293113_002. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2015). The urge to write. Spectator journalists negotiating freedom of the press in Denmark-Norway. In Krefting, Ellen Marie; Nøding, Aina & Ringvej, Mona Renate (Ed.), Eighteenth century periodicals as agents of change. Perspectives on Northern Enlightenment. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004290051. p. 153–171. doi: 10.1163/9789004293113_010. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2015). Rousseau - Equality and Freedom in the Community, Philosophy of Justice. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. ISSN 9789401791748. p. 191–212. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_12. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2015). Opplysningstiden. In Malnes, Raino Sverre & Thorsen, Dag Einar (Ed.), Demokrati - historien og ideene. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788282651219. p. 136–150. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2013). Rousseau - likhet og frihet i fellesskapet. In Pedersen, Jørgen (Eds.), Politisk filosofi: Fra Platon til Hannah Arendt. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253036021. p. 397–422. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie; Eriksen, Anne & Rønning, Anne Birgitte (2012). Eksemplets makt. In Krefting, Ellen Marie; Eriksen, Anne & Rønning, Anne Birgitte (Ed.), Eksemplets makt. Kjønn, representasjon og autoritet fra antikken til i dag. Spartacus. ISSN 9788230400890. p. 9–38. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2012). Doble standarder: Kjønn og eksempelretorikk i 1700-tallets tidsskrifter. In Krefting, Ellen Marie; Eriksen, Anne & Rønning, Anne Birgitte (Ed.), Eksemplets makt. Kjønn, representasjon og autoritet fra antikken til i dag. Spartacus. ISSN 9788230400890. p. 147–173. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Audun; Bartolo, Inês Espås; Eriksen, Anne; Krefting, Ellen Marie; Ruud, Lise Camilla & Rønning, Anne Birgitte [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2011). Autoritet og eksempel. Rhetorica Scandinavica. ISSN 1397-0534. p. 6, 57-78 : ill.–6, 57-78 : ill.. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2011). Rousseaus realityshow. Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. p. 56–60. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2010). Innledning til Tablå over Paris. In Krefting, Ellen Marie (Eds.), Tablå over Paris, Louis Sébastien Mercier. Unipub forlag. ISSN 9788274773363. p. 1–30. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2010). Blikk for virkelighet eksempler og kasus som kommunikative former i Le Mercure galant (1672-). Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 9(2), p. 18–38. Full text in Research Archive
  • Krefting, Ellen Marie (2010). Divertissement et radicalisme dans La Spectatrice danoise 1748-1750. In Eliassen, Knut Ove & Haugen, Marius Warholm (Ed.), Dévier et divertir. Littérature et pensée du XVIIIe siècle. L'Harmattan. ISSN 9782296103306. p. 95–106. Full text in Research Archive

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