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Henning Laugerud is a Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at the Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen. His academic career includes visiting professorships at Aarhus University (2021) and visiting researcher positions at Maynooth University (2020) and University of Durham (2016). He is a member of several research networks including ENID - The European Network on the Instruments of Devotion, the Center for the Viking Age and the Middle Ages (Aarhus University), and the European Science Foundation's College of Reviewers.
- Research Focus: Medieval and early modern European visual culture, with emphasis on the intersection of religious devotion, memory studies (mnemology), and the material agency of images. His work explores theoretical/methodological questions spanning historical art theory, Reformation polemics, and the ontology of 'living images' through projects like The Living Image (LIMA) and Blødende billeder og visuel animation.
- Key Contributions: Pioneering studies on medieval animation, devotional object materiality, and post-Reformation visual culture in Scandinavia. His publications analyze cognitive dimensions of sight, the paradox of false relics, and transnational Counter-Reformation strategies between 1500-1700.
Current Projects: The Living Image initiative investigates animated medieval objects' ontological status while connecting medieval mechanics (e.g., bleeding Christ automatons) to contemporary digital animation theories.
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