Projects per year
Personal profile
Research
My primary area of research is early modern literature (1500-1800), which I explore with both qualitative and quantitative, digital methods. I am particularly interested in literature's relationship to political and economic history, including inherited wealth. From 2017 to 2022, I led a collective research project on this topic. I have, among other things, written The Book and the People – The Politics of Romantic Literature (2013). My next book (written with Ross Deans Kristensen-McLachlan) on social networks in Shakespeare's plays will be out in 2025 as volume 4 in The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language.
Keywords
- Literary epochs
- Early modern literature
- Romanticism
- Modern aesthetics (starting with Baumgarten)
- Film history
- Literary genres
Areas of expertise
- Early Modern Literature
- Literature and Political History
- Digital Methods
- Literary historiography
- Literary Theory
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LUMEN: LUMEN - Center for the Study of Lutheran Theology and Confessional Societies
Andersen, P. (Participant), Holm, B. K. (Project manager), Koefoed, N. J. (Project coordinator), Harste, G. (Project coordinator), Østergaard, U. (Participant), Arnórsdóttir, A. S. (Participant), Svendsen, G. T. (Participant), Pedersen, E. M. W. (Participant), Andersen, S. (Participant), Ingesman, P. (Participant), Bach-Nielsen, C. (Participant), Jensen, M. F. (Participant), Kristiansen, M. S. (Participant), 126913, 1. (Participant), Ladegaard, J. (Participant), Skinnebach, L. K. (Participant), Østergaard, U. (Participant), Mathiasen Stopa, S. E. (Participant), Jakobsen, R. S. (Participant), Sommer Bostrup, M. (Participant), Hilson, M. (Participant), Tarp, L. (Participant), Rasmussen, L. L. (Participant), Zeller, K. (Participant), Rønkilde, J. B. (Participant), Ørnbjerg, J. (Participant), Jørgensen, E. K. (Participant), Christensen, A. W. V. (Participant), Rasmussen, L. L. (Participant), Pedersen, M. N. (Participant) & Appel, C. (Participant)
Universitetsledelsens Strategiske Midler
01/09/2015 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research
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CLCS: Centre for the Study of the Literatures and Cultures of Slavery
Baggesgaard, M. A. (PI), Pelckmans, L. (Participant), Kjærgård, J. R. (Participant), Ladegaard, J. (Participant), Andersen, F. (Participant), Simonsen, K.-M. (Participant) & Green Munk, A. (Participant)
01/09/2018 → 30/03/2023
Project: Research
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Unearned Wealth: A Literary History of Inheritance 1600-2015
Cortese, B. R. (Participant), Ladegaard, J. (Project manager), Zirak-Schmidt, D. H. (Participant), Kristensen-McLachlan, R. D. (Participant) & Hastrup-Markussen, J. (Participant)
01/02/2017 → 01/06/2021
Project: Research
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Reading Slavery - Comparative Studies of the Literature of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Kjærgård, J. R. (Participant), Andersen, F. (Participant), Simonsen, K.-M. (Participant), Carvalho, V. M. D. (Participant), Ladegaard, J. (Participant), Baggesgaard, M. A. (Project manager), Smed, S. J. (Participant) & Pelckmans, L. (Participant)
01/02/2015 → 23/09/2019
Project: Research
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Litteraturhistorisk forskerforum
Kjærgård, J. R. (Project coordinator), Munk, K. G. (Participant), Thomsen, M. R. (Participant), Bøndergaard, J. H. (Participant), Ruiz Velasco Garcia, E. (Participant), Jespersen, M. B. (Participant), Baggesgaard, M. A. (Participant), Andersen, T. R. (Participant), Simonsen, K.-M. (Participant), Andersen, F. (Participant), Christensen, N. (Participant), Poulsen, T. (Participant), Ladegaard, J. (Participant), Møller, L. (Participant), Tanderup, S. (Participant), Pedersen, E. S. (Participant), Green Munk, A. (Participant), Gaardsøe, R. R. (Participant), Bjergegaard, P. (Participant), Lønneker, A. M. K. (Participant), Dahl, P. (Participant), Thomasen, L. S. (Participant) & Jensen, A. K. (Participant)
01/01/2013 → 01/02/2018
Project: Research
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The Arden Encylopedia of Shakespeare’s Language, Vol. 4: Character Networks
Ladegaard, J. & Kristensen-McLachlan, R. D., 9 Jan 2025, 1. ed. Bloomsbury Publishing. 284 p.Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Introduction: Writing Inheritance in European Literature
Ladegaard, J. & Cortese, B., 2023, In: Law and Literature. 35, 1, p. 1-10Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Editorial › peer-review
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Prodigal Heirs and Their Social Networks in Early Modern English Drama, 1590–1640
Ladegaard, J. & Kristensen-McLachlan, R. D., Feb 2023, In: Law and Literature. 35, 1, p. 31-53 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Writing Inheritance in European Literature
Ladegaard, J. (Editor) & Cortese, B. R. (Editor), 2023, Taylor & Francis. 180 p. (Law and Literature; No. 1, Vol. 35).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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Arv
Ladegaard, J., Feb 2022, Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 60 p. (Tænkepauser - viden til hverdagen; No. 96).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Communication
Activities
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Literary legacy in The Heire: Gender, Originality and Derivativity
Ladegaard, J. (Lecturer)
27 Sept 2024Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Arv
Ladegaard, J. (Lecturer)
15 Nov 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Counterfeit Death and Derivative Comedy: Thomas May's The Heire
Ladegaard, J. (Lecturer)
21 Sept 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Tænkepauser i Risskov Kirke: Arv
Ladegaard, J. (Lecturer)
18 Jan 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Litteratur og økonomi
Ladegaard, J. (Lecturer)
22 Nov 2022Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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Skat på arv var førhen en liberal mærkesag: Dem, der arver rigdom, har ikke fortjent den
03/09/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Notre Dame i flammer: Victor Hugos romanklassiker
16/04/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Bibelen insisterer på dialog med litteraturhistorikeren
10/12/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media