Prof. Dr. H.J. Selderhuis
Professor of Church History and Church Law
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Short cv
Herman Johan Selderhuis was born in Enschede on 21 May 1961. In that city he went to the Ichthuscollege, where he obtained the diploma Atheneum-A in 1979. After a two-year preparatory course in classical languages, he studied theology at the Theological University of Apeldoorn from 1981, where he passed the candidate exam. At the beginning of 1988, also in Apeldoorn, he took the doctoral exam (old style) in Church History. From 1987 to 1992 he was pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Hengelo. From 1992 to 1997 he was associated with the Christian Reformed Church of Zwolle. He received his doctorate on 21 January 1994 and was inaugurated on 23 January 1997.
Professor Selderhuis received honorary doctorates from the University of Debrecen and the University of Zurich.
Publications
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Positions
- Directeur Stichting Refo500
- President European Academy of Religion (EuARe)
- President Reformation Research Consortium (REFORC)
- Senioronderzoeker Nederlandse Onderzoeksschool voor Theologie en Religiewetenschap (NOSTER)
- Referent FWO-Brussel
- Editor-in-chief bookseries Reformed Historical Theology (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht)
- Editor-in-chief bookseries Refo500 Academic Studies (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht)
- Editor-in-chief bookseries Law & Religion (Brill/Schöningh)
- Editor-in-chief bookseries Kunst und Konfession (Schnell+Steiner)
- Redactielid Reformation and Renaissance Review
- Lid Deputaatschap Kerkorde en Kerkrecht
- Lid Advisory Board Zeitschrift der Savignystiftung für Rechtsgeschichte
- Lid adviesraad Research Center Puritanism and Piety (ReCePP)
- Member Renaissance Society of America
- Lid Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Melanchthon Akademie Bretten
- Member Advisory Board Theological Faculty of the University of Lund
- Member Executive Board ReIReS
- Member Executive Board RESILIENCE
- Editor Studies in Puritanism & Piety
- Kuratoriumsmitglied Martin Luther Stiftung Erfurt
- Lid Evaluationskommission Stiftung Leucorea Wittenberg
- Lid Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Theologische Fakulät Jena
- Member Advisory Board Davenant Trust
- Boardmember Dutch Reformed Translation Society