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Karen Blixens Plads 16
2300 København S
My research investigates the social spaces produced in church-historical contexts. I specialize in the period from around 1600 to 1800, and the areas of France, New France (Québec/Canada), Denmark, and the Danish West Indies. I am particularly interested in female mysticism, spiritual intimacy, and letter writing, as well as religiously conditioned labor and slavery practices in pre-industrial society.
My current research project is financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and explores the place of religion in the production of social spaces stemming from the Herrnhut sugar plantation Posaunenberg on the slave island of St. Thomas, and in the pre-industrial village of Hellebæk in North Zealand, which was owned by the Schimmelmann family and produced weapons for the Danish king, among other things.
All aspects of my research are informed by the interdisciplinary approach to historical studies developed at the Centre for Privacy Studies, where I am the leader of the research theme BELIEF (read more here).
I hold a Master's degree in Theology (Copenhagen, 2018) and a dual PhD-degree (2023) in church history and French literature from the University of Copenhagen and Université Rennes 2, respectively. I have taught church history at all levels, from bachelor's to Ph.D.
I give public talks on women in church history, mysticism, Christianity and slavery, Christians' Church on Christianshavn, as well as the Schimmelmann family and other slave-trading elites in 18th-century Denmark.
PhD , French literature, Université Rennes 2
Oct 2018 → Dec 2022
PhD, Theology, Faculty of Theology
Aug 2018 → Dec 2022
Cand.theol., Faculty of Theology
2015 → 2018
Ba.theol., Faculty of Theology
2011 → 2015
Philosophy (120 ECTS), University of Copenhagen
2009 → 2011
Postdoc, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3
May 2024 → Feb 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
1 Aug 2023 → Apr 2024
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Vaucanson, B. F. (Organizer)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
Vaucanson, B. F. (Participant) & Christensen, M. F. (Organizer)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
Vaucanson, B. F. (Invited speaker), Ehlers, J. (Invited speaker) & Hodges, V. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Vaucanson, B. F. (Organizer)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
Vaucanson, B. F. (Other)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Vaucanson, B. F. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Vaucanson, B. F. (Workshop leader), Vaillancourt, L. (Member of organizing or programme committee) & Régent-Susini, A. (Organizer)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
Vaucanson, B. F. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Vaucanson, B. F. (Recipient), 15 Dec 2024
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Vaucanson, B. F. (Recipient), 27 Feb 2020
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Vaucanson, B. F. (Recipient), 29 Jun 2023
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Vaucanson, B. F. (Recipient) & Hjorth, H. K. (Recipient), 6 Jun 2025
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