Historians in conversation - Mette Birkedal Bruun

How do historians build their career, what motivates them and how they deal with professional and personal challenges? What shapes their professional path? Dr Michael Green from the Faculty of Philosophy and History welcomes you to his podcast, where he will be inviting interesting guests to explore their stories.

Prof. Mette Birkedal Bruun is the director of the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Privacy Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She focuses on religious history of the Middle Ages and the early modern period, in particular the Cistercian monastic order. In this episode of the podcast, the conversation revolves around personal experiences and practical aspects of building one’s academic career, project applications, societal relevance of historical research. 

Consult most important Open Access publications here:

“Towards an Approach to Early Modern Privacy: The Retirement of the Great Condé”, in Early Modern Privacy: Sources and Approaches, Michaël Green, Lars Cyril Nørgaard, Mette Birkedal Bruun (eds.), Leiden, 2022.

“Private Mystery: Looking at Philippe de Champaigne’s Annunciation for the Hôtel de Chavigny”, in Quid est sacramentum? Visual Representation of Sacred Mysteries in Early Modern Europe, 1400–1700, Walter Melion, Elizabeth Carson Pastan, and Lee Palmer Wandel (eds.), Leiden, 2019. 

The Unfamiliar Familiar: Armand-Jean de Rancé (1626-1700) between Withdrawal and Engagement, Copenhagen, 2017.