Kristof Smeyers
Biographic Data
| ID | 226660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristof Smeyers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristof |
| FAMILY NAME | Smeyers |
| SIGNATURE | SMEYERS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ruusbroec Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0037-0661 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Economic myth-making in twentieth-century Belgium
sponsorship: An earlier version of this paper was delivered at the conference 'Enchantment in the History of Capitalism,' King's College, London in 2023. I thank the organisers and participants for their feedback, and the anonymous reviewers for their invaluable suggestions. Special thanks to the late Alfons Verplaetse. (History of Capitalism,' King's College, London in 2023)
Jan Luiten van Zanden (red.), Gevleugelde geschiedenis van Nederland: De Nederlanders en hun vogels
A Christ in curls: The contested charisma of Mary Ann Girling (1827-1886)
In May 1871 Mary Ann Girling, an itinerant preacher of Suffolk, set her first firm step to public, charismatic leadership. Through apocalyptic prophecies, mystical visions, stigmata, and gospel events that encompassed ‘dancings, prophesyings and trance utterances’, and through fashioning a public persona with a complicated relationship with the media and an elaborate appearance—the curls in the title are part of that appearance—she gathered a flo…
Charismatic women in religion. Power, media and social change
‘Charisma’ can be a catch-all term that obfuscates more than it reveals. What it does reveal often says more about the historical and cultural context in which ‘charisma’ was deployed than about its subject. In this introduction we trace the concept’s contextual shifts across its intersections with gender, religion and power. We explore the different ways in which women in the religious sphere have been considered charismatic, thereby addressing …
Making Sense of Stigmata: How Victorians Explained the Wounds of Christ
The nineteenth century witnessed a dramatic rise in occurrences of stigmata, the wounds of Christ crucified, across Europe and in the British Isles. As allegedly supernatural manifestations of devotional enthusiasm, stigmata complicated notions of an emerging science and a rationalizing religion, and could even upset the fragile religious status quo. Because of this, this article argues, Victorians adopted different ways of understanding and vari…
Johann Chapoutot, Greeks, Romans, Germans. How the Nazis Usurped Europe’s Classical Past
Charismatic women in religion. Power, media and social change
‘Charisma’ can be a catch-all term that obfuscates more than it reveals. What it does reveal often says more about the historical and cultural context in which ‘charisma’ was deployed than about its subject. In this introduction we trace the concept’s contextual shifts across its intersections with gender, religion and power. We explore the different ways in which women in the religious sphere have been considered charismatic, thereby addressing …
Making Sense of Stigmata: How Victorians Explained the Wounds of Christ
The nineteenth century witnessed a dramatic rise in occurrences of stigmata, the wounds of Christ crucified, across Europe and in the British Isles. As allegedly supernatural manifestations of devotional enthusiasm, stigmata complicated notions of an emerging science and a rationalizing religion, and could even upset the fragile religious status quo. Because of this, this article argues, Victorians adopted different ways of understanding and vari…
Johann Chapoutot, Greeks, Romans, Germans. How the Nazis Usurped Europe’s Classical Past
A Christ in curls: The contested charisma of Mary Ann Girling (1827-1886)
In May 1871 Mary Ann Girling, an itinerant preacher of Suffolk, set her first firm step to public, charismatic leadership. Through apocalyptic prophecies, mystical visions, stigmata, and gospel events that encompassed ‘dancings, prophesyings and trance utterances’, and through fashioning a public persona with a complicated relationship with the media and an elaborate appearance—the curls in the title are part of that appearance—she gathered a flo…
Charismatic women in religion. Power, media and social change
‘Charisma’ can be a catch-all term that obfuscates more than it reveals. What it does reveal often says more about the historical and cultural context in which ‘charisma’ was deployed than about its subject. In this introduction we trace the concept’s contextual shifts across its intersections with gender, religion and power. We explore the different ways in which women in the religious sphere have been considered charismatic, thereby addressing …
Jan Luiten van Zanden (red.), Gevleugelde geschiedenis van Nederland: De Nederlanders en hun vogels
Economic myth-making in twentieth-century Belgium
sponsorship: An earlier version of this paper was delivered at the conference 'Enchantment in the History of Capitalism,' King's College, London in 2023. I thank the organisers and participants for their feedback, and the anonymous reviewers for their invaluable suggestions. Special thanks to the late Alfons Verplaetse. (History of Capitalism,' King's College, London in 2023)
Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Charisma (2 works) · Charismatic authority (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works)