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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
I am a historian interested in gender, religion and colonial encounters. My work spans both the early modern and the late colonial periods. My research has included a rethinking of European magical practices, early modern ideas of self and embodiment and the dynamics of religious change in a colonised world.
Much of my work is interdicsciplinary and includes anthropological perspectives, the role of historical empotions in social dynamics and the consequences of understanding the historical past in terms of changing power relations and historical materiality.
I am currently working on a number of research projects exploring (i) Indigenous responses to European missions in a trans-Atlantic space; (ii) global movements of objects and collecting networks in the early modern and late colonial world and (iii) gendered nature of objects and materiality.
Funding overview
My work has attracted several national and international competitive grants, including several Australian Research Council Discovery Projects, Fritz Thyssen Fellowship and a Visiting Fellowship in Sweden. I was a Chief Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence of the the History of Emotions (2014-2017).
Teaching overview
Current undergraduate units include:
HIST1003 Love, Belief and Death in Europe, 800-1800
HIST2013 Medieval and Early Modern Women
HIST3012 Rights, Rule and Power
HIST3014 Intimate Strangers
Engagement
Recent public outreach activities include:
• Convenor of the Indigenous Knowledge and Emotions: Decolonising Curatorial and Performance Practice Workshop, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand, 10-11 July 2018
http://historyofemotions.org.au/media/259873/te-papa_updated-lowres.pdf
• The Huntingdon podcast ‘Protestant Global Missions and the Emotions’ [Dec 2017]
https://soundcloud.com/thehuntington/12_jacqueline_van_gent
• Emotions and the Zest Festival
Languages
English
German
Dutch
Swedish
German
Dutch
Swedish
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research expertise keywords
- gender history
- collecting networks
- colonial encounters
- global history
- history of emotions
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Global Protestant Missions and the role of Emotions
Van Gent, J., 1 Sep 2020, Protestant Empires: Globalising the Reformation. Rublack, U. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 275-295Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Honour and Social Control in Swedish Witchcraft Trials
Van Gent, J., 15 Sep 2020, Witch Hunt. A Reader on Nordic Witchcraft Trials: Exhibition Catalogue to Exhibition “Heksjagt”, Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen). Karasyk, A. & Ugelvig, J. (eds.). Copenhagen, p. 84-102Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
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Exhibition catalogue entry and interpretation panel: Jan Mijtens, Portret van Maria van Oranje met Hendrik van Nassau-Zuylenstein en een bediende, c 1665
Van Gent, J. & Broomhall, S., 2019, Bewogen Beeld: Op Zoek Naar Johan Maurits. Gordenker, E. (ed.). The Hague: Mauritshuis/Waanders Uitgevers, p. 86 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Other chapter contribution
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Rethinking savagery: Slavery experiences and the role of emotions in Oldendorp's mission ethnography
Van Gent, J., 1 Oct 2019, In: History of the Human Sciences. 32, 4, p. 28-42 15 p., 0952695119843210.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Courting Nassau Affections: Performing Love in Orange-Nassau Marriage Negotiations
Broomhall, S. & Van Gent, J., 2018, Performing Emotions in Early Europe. Maddern, P., McEwan, J. & Scott, A. (eds.). Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, p. 133-168 (Early European Research; vol. 11).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
Projects
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Transnational networks among European missionaries in colonial Australia: building a digital repository of epistolary correspondence
Kinder, J., Carey, H., Van Gent, J., Moreton, E., Fitzmaurice, S., Colombo, M. & Rai, E.
The University of Western Australia
1/01/18 → 28/02/19
Project: Research
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Collecting the West: How collections create Western Australia
Paterson, A., Witcomb, A., Coles, A., Lydon, J., Hopper, S., Gregory, J., Konishi, S., Van Gent, J. & Burrows, T.
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australian Research Council, State Library of WA (J S Battye Library of WA History), Western Australian Museum
14/10/16 → 31/10/22
Project: Research
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Collecting the West: How collections create Western Australia
Paterson, A., Lydon, J., Hopper, S., Gregory, J., Konishi, S., Van Gent, J., Burrows, T., Witcomb, A. & Coles, A.
1/01/16 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Collecting the West: How collections create Western Australia
Paterson, A., Lydon, J., Hopper, S., Gregory, J., Konishi, S., Van Gent, J., Burrows, T., Witcomb, A. & Coles, A.
1/01/16 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Collecting the West: How collections create Western Australia
Paterson, A., Lydon, J., Hopper, S., Gregory, J., Konishi, S., Van Gent, J., Burrows, T., Witcomb, A. & Coles, A.
1/01/16 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Prizes
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Foreign Corresponding Member, Kungl. Gustaf Adolfs Akademien for svensk folkkultur
Van Gent, Jacqueline (Recipient), 15 Feb 2021
Prize: Fellowship
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CHASS Australia Prize for Distinctive Work
Broomhall, Susan (Recipient), Van Gent, Jacqueline (Recipient), Reid, E. (Recipient), Davidson, J. (Recipient), Kirkham, M. (Recipient), Von Kaschke, E. (Recipient) & Millar, R. (Recipient), 2017
Prize
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• Postgraduate Research Supervision Award, Faculty of Arts, The University of Western Australia
Van Gent, Jacqueline (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Award
Activities
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ANZAMEMS 13th Biennial Conference
Jacqueline Van Gent (Convenor)
Jun 2022Activity: Conferences and workshops › Contribution or participation in a conference
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Biannual International Conference of the Society for the History of Emotions
Jacqueline Van Gent (Convenor)
Oct 2019Activity: Conferences and workshops › Contribution or participation in a conference
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Co-convener with K. Prince (Ottawa University), J. Troy (Sydney University), A. Walhalla (Otaga University), International workshop “Indigenous knowledge and Emotions: Decolonizing Curatorial and Performance Practice”, Te Papa Museum, Wellington (New Zealand ) 10-11 July 2018.
Jacqueline Van Gent (Speaker)
Jul 2018Activity: Service and engagement › Public lecture, debate or seminar
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The Future of Emotions: Conversations Without Borders
Jacqueline Van Gent (Convenor)
Jun 2018Activity: Conferences and workshops › Contribution or participation in a conference
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International Workshop “Stobaeus’ cabinet of curiosity: Emotions, “curiosa” and collecting in 18th century Sweden and beyond”
Jacqueline Van Gent (Convenor)
Oct 2017Activity: Conferences and workshops › Contribution or participation in a conference
Courses
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HIST3014 Intimate Strangers: Journeys in Australian Indigenous History
Jacqueline Van Gent 25/07/22 → 28/10/22
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