Email: kasper.laegring@gmail.com
Phone: (+45) 25 88 30 85
ORCID: 0000-0002-8189-3386 
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General Co-Chair of EAHN 9th International Conference 2026 in Aarhus

I am a theorist and historian of architecture and the arts, holding degrees in both art history and architecture, from Denmark and the USA respectively, and am currently New Carlsberg Foundation Researcher in Art History at Aarhus University. I am also co-chairing the next major conference for the European Architectural History Network (EAHN), which will be held in Aarhus in June 2026.

This broad educational background and curiosity are reflected in both my research areas and my 15 years of teaching experience in Denmark and abroad. I have researched architecture for over a decade, focusing primarily on modern and postmodern architecture and urban planning. One key outcome of this research is the book Nelson Goodman and Modern Architecture: A Belated Encounter (Routledge, 2024).

Additionally, I have explored figures such as Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown, Rem Koolhaas and Bjarke Ingels across various articles and book chapters, emphasizing the complex intersections of visual culture and architecture since postmodernism. I have also been intrigued by the relationship between biology and architecture, which features prominently in my contributions to The Contested Territory of Architectural Theory (Routledge, 2022) and A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries Since 1975 (Brill, 2022). Furthermore, I am an expert in the relationship between architecture, monumentality and collective memory, having been awarded the Gold Medal of the University of Copenhagen for my 2007 prize dissertation on monuments and museums in Berlin. My studies and research have also been supported by the Fulbright Program, ZEIT-Stiftung, Thanks to Scandinavia, the New Carlsberg Foundation, the Danish Arts Council and the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, just to name a few.

Since 2021, I have added a new dimension to my research: emotions in art, including genre painting. One project involved a comparative study of genre painting from the Dutch Golden Age (1618–1672) and the Danish Golden Age (1801–1864). In collaboration with the Nivaagaard Collection, this project culminated in spring 2024 with Denmark's largest-ever exhibition of Dutch art and the most extensive genre painting exhibition in Danish history. Loans from institutions such as the Rijksmuseum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Royal Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Fondation Custodia, Nationalmuseum, Kremer Collection and Leiden Collection enabled an exceptionally rich exhibition featuring 117 works.

I have been an invited speaker and guest critic across Europe, and my articles have appeared in MDCCC 1800, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, Romantik. Journal for the Study of Romanticisms, Architecture and Culture, Cloud-Cuckoo-Land: International Journal of Architectural Theory, JOELHO - Journal of Architectural Culture, Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, Serbian Architectural Journal, Arkitekten, Passepartout, Baumeister, Bauwelt and Garten + Landschaft: Zeitschrift für Landschaftsarchitektur.