Johannes C. Wolfart
Associate Professor (cross-appointed with the College of the Humanities)
- BA Hons (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge)
- Email Johannes C. Wolfart
Research Interests
- Early Modern Germany
- Reformation/Confessionalization
- Vernacular History Writing in Early Modern聽Germany (“Chronicles”)
- Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
Recent Publications
Religion, Government and Political Culture in Early Modern Germany: Lindau, 1520-1628 (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002).
鈥淭he Rise of the Historical Consciousness鈥 Religion Compass 3 (2009) 86-98.
鈥淕lobal Yokels: Vernacular Manuscript Chronicles and Urban Identity in Early Modern Germany鈥 in: G. Clark and J. Owens and G. T. Smith, eds., City Limits: Perspectives on the Historical European City (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2010) 65-87.
鈥淲hy Was There Even a Reformation in Lindau? The Myth and Mystery of Lindau鈥檚 Conflict-Free Reformation鈥 Renaissance and Reformation 40 (2017) 43-72.
鈥淚ncreasing Religious Diversity: Historiographical Criticism of Current Paradigm鈥 Nova Religio 21 (2018) 63-87.
Awards
SSHRC General Research Grant (2004-09)
Rh Institute Award (University of Manitoba, 2002)