Dr R. Dijkstra (Roald)

Assistant professor - Latin Language and Literature
Assistant professor - Radboud Institute for Culture and History

Contact

roald.dijkstra@ru.nl
0243611502

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Visiting address

Erasmusplein 1
6525 HT NIJMEGEN

Postal address

Postbus 9103
6500 HD NIJMEGEN

Working days Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

I investigate the rise of Christianity within the traditional cultural practices of Roman Empire. My research focuses on the interaction between Christianity and classical culture and the rise of Christian art and poetry. Other fields of interest arethe role of humour and the perception of weather in early Christian society.

Tags: early Christianity, poetry, humour, weather

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Key publications

Humour in the Beginning: Religion, humour and laughter in formative stages of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism. 2022. Topics in Humor Research 10. Roald Dijkstra & Paul van der Velde (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Includes two personal contributions: “Converting comedians. The role of humour and laughter in the early Christian mime reports” (pp. 117-135) and “Humour in religion: a Protean phenomenon” (pp. 273-300).
The Anchor of the Fisherman. The early reception and appropriation of the apostle Peter from an interdisciplinary perspective (60-800). 2020. Roald Dijkstra (ed.). Leiden/Boston: Brill. Includes one personal contribution: “Peter, popes, politics and more: the apostle as anchor” (pp. 3-25). Full text
Humor in de oudheid (special issue of Lampas). 2019. Roald Dijkstra & Stephan Mols (eds.). Two personal contributions: “Tijd om te lachen? Op zoek naar humor in de vroegchristelijke wereld” (pp. 214-227) & “Humor in de oudheid” (with S.T.A.M. Mols; pp. 121-125). Lampas 52(2). Full text
Dijkstra, R., Poppel, S. van & Slootjes, D. (Ed.). (2015). East and West in the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century. An End to Unity? (Radboud Studies in Humanities, 5). Leiden/Boston: Brill doi: 10.1163/9789004291935. Full text
Dijkstra, R. (2016). The Apostles in Early Christian Art and Poetry (Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements, 134). Leiden/Boston: Brill.

Dr R. Dijkstra (Roald)

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