Research output per year
Research output per year
Karen Blixens Plads 8, 2300 København S, 16 Bygning 16, 16-0-22
Karen Blixens Plads 8
2300 København S
Research activity per year
From 1/1-2020 to 30/6-2021 I am involved in a large-scale research project entitled The Sound of Copenhagen where a group of researchers from Centre of Dialectology (University of Copenhagen), Museum of Copenhagen, Moesgaard Museum and Danish Centre of Urban History (University of Aarhus/The Old Town: National Open Air Museum of Urban History and Culture) collaborate on examining and disseminating the prehistoric auditive cultures of Copenhagen with a focus on the role of sound for creating the spaces and communities of the city (soundscapes). Within this project, I focus especially on the role the surrounding dialects have to play in the soundscapes of Copenhagen from c. 1600 to c. 1950.
In addition to that, from 1/11-2017 to 30/6-2020, I occupy myself with a project on morphosyntactic changes, above all in the case system, in Middle Danish which is a subproject of the research project The Middle Danish language in the light of a modern theory of grammaticalisation funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark and managed by Professor Lars Heltoft.
Germanic and Nordic (incl. Danish) language history:
- Phonology
- Grammar, particularly nominal derivation and inflection as well as morphosyntactics
- (Socio-)dialectology (especially Danish, Swedish and the Dalecarlian Ovansiljan variants)
- Linguistic palaeontology (lexicon and semantics)
GENERAL INFORMATION
Main fields of teaching and supervision:
- History of the Germanic languages
- History of the Nordic languages
- History of the Danish language
- History of the Swedish language and literature (incl. Elfdalian)
- Gothic language, incl. language history
EXECUTED AND PLANNED TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
* = guest lecturing only
- 2020 Language and context (Swedish part) (BA-level in Danish)
- 2019 Germanic language history (BA-level in Linguistics with Indo-European)
- 2018 Supervision of MA thesis (MA-level in Indo-European Studies)
- 2018 Supervision of BA thesis (BA-level in Danish)
- 2018-2019 (x2) Norwegian and Swedish (Swedish part) (elective MA-course in Danish)
- 2018-2020 (x3) Language 4 (Swedish part) (BA-level of Danish/Danish OU)
- 2015-2019 (x2) Indo-European topics (MA-level in Indo-European Studies)*
- 2015 Indo-European phonology (BA-level in Indo-European Studies)
- 2015 Proto-Norse (BA/MA-level in Indo-European Studies + Danish)
- 2014-2015 (x2) Roots of Europe (elective BA-level course + BA/MA-level summer course)(*)
- 2014 Indo-European phonology (MA-level in Indo-European Studies)*
- 2014-2015 (x5) Supervision of BA thesis (BA-level in Indo-European Studies)
- 2013-2015 (x2) Indo-European morphology (MA-level in Indo-European Studies)*
- 2012-2013 (x2) Language 1(BA-level in Danish)*
- 2011-2016 (x4) Pre-Semester Danish Language Course (for exchange students)*
- 2010-2014 (x3) History of the Gothic language (BA-level in Indo-European Studies)
- 2010 Seminar on Germanic language history (MA-level in Indo-European Studies)
- 2009-2015 (x7) Methodology and terminology (BA-level in Indo-European Studies +Finnish)*
MISCELLANEOUS TEACHING
- 2018-2019 (x2) Danish and Nordic language history (series of lectures at University of Belgrade)
- 2016-2017 Danish for foreigners, NSI Sprog- og Integratíonscenter (Næstved, Denmark)
- 2007- Freelance Danish teaching, with Swedes constituting the greatest number of course attendants, for the Swedish company Aktivt Språk (Malmö, Sweden)
DIDACTIC TRAINING, COURSES AND SEMINARS
- 2020 Didactic conference Make a Difference: teach and learn with technology (participation with the workshop “How to build a flipped classroom”)
- 2018-2019 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
- 2018 MA thesis supervision seminar
- 2018 Workshop on audio files in teaching
- 2015-2019 (x3) Didactic conference Make a Difference: teach and learn with technology (participation without a paper)
- 2015 Workshop More visual and less linear presentations with Prezi
- 2015 Seminar Digital media in language classes (participation with the presentation ”Brugen af live-streaming og podcasting på Indoeuropæisk”)
- 2014 Didactic conference Make a Difference: teach and learn with technology (participation with the presentation “Online learning, blended learning and the flipped classroom”)
- 2014 Seminar Using Adobe Connect in teaching
- 2010 Ph.D. course Practical teaching skills
VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate professor
Nov. 2019 - Jun. 2021
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Postdoctoral fellow
Nov. 2017 - Oct. 2019
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Subproject of The Middle Danish language in the light of a modern theory of grammaticalisation dealing with morphosyntactic changes in Middle Danish.
Teacher of Danish for foreigners
Jun. 2016 - Oct. 2017
NSI Sprog- og Integrationscenter, Næstved, Denmark
Assignments: Teaching Danish to foreigners, testing, developping new teaching materials, leading projects on online and blended learning etc.
Postdoctoral fellow
Jul. 2014 - Jun. 2016
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Project title: Gender, kinship and life phases in Old Germanic society (subproject of Individual, kin and family in prehistoric Europe - what words can tell).
External lecturer
Mar. 2014 - Jun. 2014
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Assignments: Teaching a course on Gothic.
Ph.D. fellow
Sep. 2010 - Mar. 2014
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Project title: Archaisms and innovations: four interconnected studies on Germanic historical phonology and morphology.
Research assistant
Jul. 2009 - Aug. 2010
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Assignments: Research, dissemination, and administration at the research centre Roots of Europe - Language, Culture, and Migrations.
Student assistant
Jul. 2008 - Jun. 2009
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Assignments: Project secretary of the research centre Roots of Europe - Language, Culture, and Migrations.
Tourist guide and ticket vendor
Mar. 2008 - Jun. 2008
DFDS Canal Tours A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
Assignments: Tourist guiding in Danish, English, German, French, and Swedish at the Copenhagen harbour and canal tours; administrative database tasks in addition.
Secretary of SPS (special paedagogical support)
Sep. 2007 - Jun. 2008
Bruger- og hjælperformidlingen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Assignments: Special tuition of a student of Indo-European Linguistics with special needs.
Freelance teacher of Danish
Jan. 2007 -
Aktivt Språk, Malmö, Sweden
Assignments: Teaching Danish language and culture, with Swedes and Germans constituting the greatest number of course attendants; lessons for individuals as well as for groups.
Student assistant
Jan. 2007 - Feb. 2008
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Assignments: Digitalisation of the book stock at the former Library of Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.
Tutor
Aug. 2004 - Jun. 2005
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Assignments: General, introductory, and professional guidance of first-year students of General and Indo-European Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. programme at the Faculty of Humanities
Sep. 2010 - Apr. 2014
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Academic degree: Ph.D. (Jun. 2014).
Indo-European Linguistics
Sep. 2003 - Jun. 2009
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Academic degrees: Mag.art./MA (Jun. 2009) and BA (Jul. 2006).
Swedish and Icelandic
Sep. 2005 - Jun. 2006
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Description: Degree courses of 60 ECTS points altogether in Icelandic and in Swedish for international students; these courses constitute the mandatory elective element of my Danish bachelor's degree programme.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Nomination for 'Årets Harald'
Jun. 2015
Description: Nominated for the prize for the best lteacher of the year at the University of Copenhagen.
University of Copenhagen's gold medal for price dissertation
Nov. 2007
Description: Entry of a price dissertation issued by the University of Copenhagen on the subject of Proto-Germanic phonology (Nov. 2005 - Jan. 2007). The entry was awarded with the university's gold medal.
Title of the price dissertation: Protoindoeuropæiske laryngaler i germansk - en oversigt over laryngalernes udvikling fra protoindoeuropæisk til protogermansk.
History of the Germanic and Nordic languages, incl. Danish:
- Phonology (Umlaut and Auslaut processes in particular)
- Grammar, escpecially morphosyntactics
- Lexicon/etymology
- Internal grouping/branching of the Germanic languages
Languages/dialects of particular interest:
- The early Runic language of Scandinavia (~ "Proto Norse")
- Old West Norse
- Elfdalian (Övdalska)
- Gothic, incl. Crimean Gothic
Indo-European historical and comparative linguistics:
- Phonology
- Grammar
- Lexicon/etymology
- Morphonology and internal reconstruction
Genetic kinship and classification of languages, incl. long-range comparison
Linguistic variation:
- Dialectology
- Sociolinguistics
Norse mythology
Indo-European and other types of prehistoric culture
Molecular anthropology (genetics)
The applicabilty of knowledge on the history of languages to society
Danish
- Mother tongue
English
- Fluent, orally as well as in reading/writing
German
- Almost fluent, orally as well as in reading/writing
French
- Decent proficiency in reading and writing; oral proficiency only rudimentary
Swedish
- Fluent, orally as well as in reading/writing
Norwegian
- Decent receptive proficiency, orally as well as in reading
Icelandic
- Decent proficiency in reading and writing; oral proficiency only rudimentary
Elfdalian
- Decent proficiency in reading and writing
Ancient Indo-European languages (Latin, Ancient Greek, Gothic, Old Norse, Old High German, Old Saxon, Old English, Old Frisian, Sanskrit/Old Indic, Avestan/Old Iranian, Old Irish, Hittite etc.)
- Decent proficiency in reading
Ph.d. programme of the Faculty of Humanities , Ph.D., University of Copenhagen
1 Sep 2010 → 11 Apr 2014
Award Date: 20 Jun 2014
Indo-European Linguistics, MA (Mag.Art.), University of Copenhagen
1 Jul 2006 → 30 Jun 2009
Award Date: 30 Jun 2009
Indo-European Linguistics, BA, University of Copenhagen
1 Sep 2003 → 30 Jun 2006
Award Date: 11 Jul 2006
Bachelor's elective in Swedish, Icelandic and Old Norse, Lunds University
1 Sep 2005 → 30 Jun 2006
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (Other)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (Organizer)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (Other)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (Other)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (Other)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (Other)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (Lecturer) & Pia Quist (Lecturer)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (Consultant)
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen
20/03/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen
06/06/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen
22/09/2015
1 Media contribution
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Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen
07/05/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen
05/05/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen
04/05/2015
1 Media contribution
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Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen
09/03/2015
1 Media contribution
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Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen
19/12/2013
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Hansen, Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard (Recipient), 15 Nov 2007
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Hansen, Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard (Recipient), 17 Jun 2015
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions