Krista De Jonge (born 1959) is a Belgian

architectural historian An architectural historian is a person who studies and writes about the history of architecture, and is regarded as an authority on it. Professional requirements As many architectural historians are employed at universities and other facilities ...

and full professor of architectural history at

KU Leuven KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Founded in 1425, it is the oldest university in Belgium and the oldest university in the Low Countries. In addition to its mai ...

Career

She received a master's degree in

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

and architecture at KU Leuven in 1982, a

Master of Advanced Studies A Master of Advanced Studies (MASt or MAS), or Master of Advanced Study, is a postgraduate degree awarded in various countries. Master of Advanced Studies programs may be non-consecutive programs tailored for "specific groups of working professio ...

at the Centre d'Études Supérieures de la Renaissance at François Rabelais University, Tours in 1983 and a PhD in engineering/architecture at KU Leuven in 1987. She was a French government grant holder from 1982 to 1984, a junior research fellow at the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) from 1984 to 1988 and an associate professor (''hoofddocent'') of architectural history at KU Leuven from 1988 to 1996. She was promoted to professor (''hoogleraar'') in 1996 and to full professor (''gewoon hoogleraar'') in 2001. Her research focuses on Netherlandish

Renaissance architecture Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of Ancient Greece, ancient Greek and ...

, the construction history of the Middle Ages and early modern period, and Burgundian/Habsburg court residences within a European context. She is a member of the

Royal Academy of Archaeology of Belgium The Royal Academy of Archaeology of Belgium (, ), founded in 1842, is a learned society in Belgium that works to promote research and education in the fields of archaeology and art history. In a federal country with most powers devolved to the regi ...

, the

Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (, , abbr. KVAB) is an independent learned society of science and arts of the Flemish Community in Belgium. It is one of Belgium's numerous academies and traces its origin to 1772 when ...

(since 2001) and

Academia Europaea The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of humanities, letters, law, and sciences. The Academia was founded in 1988 as a functioning Europe-wide Academy that encompasses all fields of scholarly inquiry. It acts as co-ordinator of Europe ...

(since 2013).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jonge, Krista De Architectural historians Belgian architects Members of Academia Europaea Members of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts 1950 births Living people