Christa Lundberg is a historian of early modern Europe, with particular interests in the history of books, universities, and knowledge. After completing her PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2022, she took up a Junior Research Fellowship at St Catharine’s College in Cambridge (2022–2025). She has been a Fellow at the Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz and has studied in Gothenburg, Lyon, London, and Los Angeles.

Much of Lundberg’s research has focused on the intellectual culture of early sixteenth-century Paris. Her work on French humanism, academic ceremonies, and editorial practices has appeared in the Journal of the History of Ideas and Intellectual History Review. Her first book, under contract with Oxford University Press, explores how the emerging scholarly press contributed to reshaping conceptions of theological expertise – what theologians should know and how they contribute to broader society – during a period of institutional and religious upheaval.

As a Pro Futura Scientia Fellow, Lundberg will work on her next large-scale project, “Plagiarism Hunting in Early Modern Europe: Knowledge Circulation and its Limits”. This project investigates how early modern scholars grappled with plagiarism as a theoretical and practical challenge. Drawing on philosophical treatises about plagiarism, debated cases, and institutional responses, the research reveals how authors and educators negotiated the boundaries of intellectual ownership. In doing so, the project contributes to uncovering the entanglements of media, institutions, and authors in the long history of academic integrity. While working on this project, Lundberg is also establishing a network for plagiarism studies and welcomes contact from researchers with shared interests.

This information is accurate as of the academic year 2025-26.