Person
Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor
- Church History
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Deputy Dean
- Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Contact information
E-mail alexander.mauritsctr.luse
Phone +46 46 222 03 23
Room LUX:B222
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Internal post code 30
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Alexander Maurits (born 1978) is an Associate Professor of Church History. Maurits teaches within Studies in Christianity at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies. He currently serves as the dean of the Faculty of Theology and as dean for PhD programs at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology. He is also an academic staff representative on the University Board.
During the period 2015-2023, Maurits served as chair of the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies. During the fall semester of 2022, he was a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
His latest book, co-authored with Frida Mannerfelt, is The first ordained women in the Church of Sweden. Narratives of vocation and recognition (2026).
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- Chairperson, Forskarutbildningsnämnden, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
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- Member, Fakultetsstyrelsens arbetsutskott, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Alexander Maurits received his doctorate degree in 2011 and specializes in the European church history of the 19th and 20th Centuries. His PhD-thesis, Den vackra och erkända patriarchalismen (in English Splendid Establishment Patriarchalism. Lund High Church Ideals of Clerical Manliness) dissects the connection between secularization, defense of the established normative social and religious culture and Christian gender ideals during the second half of the 19th Century. For his thesis, Maurits was awarded the Nils Karleby Prize (50,000 SEK) in 2012.
Maurits has been part of different research projects, for example Christian Manliness. A Paradox of Modernity, which was financed by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. He is a member of the Swedish Ecclesiastical History Society, and has been editor of the review section of its yearbook Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift.
Maurits teaches and supervises at all levels within Studies in Christianity. He has initiated the interdisciplinary courses “Religion and Sports” (first offered in spring 2014) and “After #MeToo – Struggles for Recognition in Past and Present” (first offered in 2019).
From time to time, he undertakes review assignments for both national and international academic journals. He also occasionally gives more popular lectures in various contexts.
In addition to working as a researcher and teacher, he has held several academic leadership positions at both the departmental and faculty levels. Previously, he has also worked as Program Director at the Faculty Office for Humanities and Theology.
Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor
- Church History
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Deputy Dean
- Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Contact information
E-mail alexander.mauritsctr.luse
Phone +46 46 222 03 23
Room LUX:B222
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Internal post code 30
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund