Personal profile

Primary fields of research

Den europæiske litteraturs og kulturs historie efter 1700

Moderne kulturteori

Current research

Kunsten som forum

Finance Fiction

CV

Born Dec 19, 1959 in Copenhagen

Education

  • 1979-80      Studies in Political Science, University of Copenhagen
  • 1980-89      Studies in Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen
  • 1985-86      Studies at Collège International de Philosophie, École des Hautes Études,  Université de Paris VII
  • 1989           Magister Artium, Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen (dissertation)

Employment

  • 1986 - 87     Teaching assistant, University of Aarhus
  • 1991 - 93     Assistant professor, Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen
  • 1993 - 2014 Associate professor, Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen
  • 1999            Visiting professor, University of Oslo
  • 2004 - 10     Professor II, University of Trondheim, Norway
  • 2009 - 11     Visiting Professor, Research Architecture, Goldsmiths Univ. of London
  • 2014            Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen

Knowledge of languages

engelsk (4), fransk (4), tysk (3)

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities