Prof. Dr. Monique WEIS

Besides Master qualifications in Communication and in History, Monique Weis holds a PhD in History (2001). She was a Research Fellow of the Belgian Research Fund (FNRS) between 2005 and 2020. Monique Weis taught Early Modern History and the History of Christianity at the Free University of Brussels (ULB). She was the director of the CIERL, the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Religions and Secularism (ULB), between 2013 and 2016. She coordinated the ULB research team within the IUAP (Interuniversity Attraction Pole) (2007-2011) and co-supervised the CIERL research team within the ARC (Action de Recherche concertée) (2008-2013). City and Society in the Low Countries 1200-1800 La  Religion de l’Autre

Since April 2021, Monique Weis is Full Professor in Early Modern History at the University of Luxembourg (Department of Humanities, Institute for History). She teaches courses and seminars on Early Modern Europe in the BA program of the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. She also takes part in the activities of the Faculty’s doctoral school. Monique Weis is a member of several international networks in the field of Renaissance Studies, Early Modern Studies and the history of the Reformation(s). She intends to develop projects in collaboration with scientific and cultural institutions in Luxembourg and the Greater Region. She will also deepen the links with specialists of Early Modernity in other universities of this transnational area.

Research Areas and Topics

• Religious History of the Duchy of Luxembourg

• The Duchy of Luxembourg in the 16th and 17th centuries: on the periphery of the Habsburg Low Countries and in relation with the neighbouring territories

• Circulation of news in the 16th and 17th century politics

• Anthropology of the spoken and written word in 16th and 17th century politics

• The “Spanish Road”, a military itinerary with many repercussions

• The Low Countries and the Holy Roman Empire: a history of Early Modern mobilities

• History of marriage and the family

• History of mourning: discourses and practices

• Supra-confessional and transregional perspectives

• Interpretations and uses of the 16th-18th centuries in memory and