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Maria Simonsen is an Associate Professor in the History Research Group at Aalborg University. She obtained her PhD in Book History from Lund University in December 2016. Her research interests encompass various facets of history, including book history, knowledge history, university history, and digital history. She has published extensively on these subjects in Scandinavian encyclopedias and has contributed to several anthologies, including the open-access anthology 'Boghistorie Skandinavien'. Maria's current research project investigates the Europeanisation of Aalborg University, supported by the Wallenberg-funded project 'Europeanisation of Universities: Transforming Knowledge Institutions c. 1985–2010'. She is also involved in the editorial board of the Danish journal 'Cultural Studies'. Maria teaches historical epistemology and methodology, focusing on the period from approximately 1648 to the present, as well as literature and information retrieval methods. Additionally, she is actively engaged in various research collaborations and has received accolades for her scholarly contributions.
Aalborg University • Aalborg, Denmark
Research and teaching in history, focusing on various aspects of knowledge and book history.
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