Ferdinand de JONG

Academic Year:
2023/ 2024

Field of Study:
Critical Heritage Studies
Anthropology of Religion

Research Program:
NEC International

Affiliation:
Independent Scholar

Country:
The Netherlands

ORCID: 0000-0001-9499-2546

Research project: The Vitality of Ruins: Care and Repair in Religious Heritage

The relics of Saint Edmund have been lost since the Reformation, but recently a rumour ran that the bones of Edmund lie buried in the ruins of St Edmundsbury Abbey. This led to the foundation of the Heritage Partnership, which aims to restore and reinterpret the legacy of St Edmund. Converting the ruins of an Abbey into a religious heritage, this process of heritagisation seeks to reclaim a Pre-Reformation legacy to repair relations. This project produces a monograph on the subject.