Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
CV
2010 PhD Scandinavian Literature
2006 MA Danish and German
Primary fields of research
18th and 19th century literature.
For the time being: Scandinavian Modernism i.e. 'The modern breakthrough' and the critic Georg Brandes.
Fields of interest
Literary & cultural history
The history of the book and the sociology of literature
DH, Digital literary studies, AI
Current research
My current research revolves around a digital exploration of the Modern Breakthrough in Scandinavia in an interdisciplinary framework between literature, language and computer science. This involves the development of statistical and computational methods for text reading and, not least, a discussion of their relevance and scope.
I am currently involved in the following research projects
- PI – Measuring Modernity (2021-25, funding: The Carlsberg Foundation) https://nors.ku.dk/english/research/projects/measuring-modernity/
- Co-PI (w. Daniel Herschcovich, DIKU) – Mining the Meaning (2022-25, funding: The Data+ Initiative) https://mime-memo.github.io/
- Co-Pi (w. Daniel Herschcovich, DIKU) – CuRe: Cultural Reasoning for Responsible Language Model Development (2026-29, funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark)
Teaching
Danish and Scandinavian literature, old and new
Research output
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From Sentiment to Interpretation: Teaching NLP for Literary Understanding Across Educational Contexts
Bilstrup, K.-E. K., Degn, K. N., Schultz, M. A., Conroy, A., Bjerring-Hansen, J. & Hershcovich, D., Mar 2026, Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Teaching Natural Language Processing (TeachNLP 2026). Association for Computational Linguistics, p. 118–128Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Modeling Textual Emotions in Literary Fiction
Degn, K. N., Conroy, A., Jiang, X., Al-Laith, A. M. A., Bjerring-Hansen, J., Christensen, T. K., Zettler, I. & Hershcovich, D., 2026, Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries, 10th Conference: Lost in Abundance – Encounters with the Non-Canonical,March 9-13, 2026, Aarhus Denmar. DHNB Publications, 21 p. (Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications; No. 1, Vol. 8).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Speaking on Their Behalf: Detecting Indirect Speech in Historical Danish and Norwegian Texts
Al-Laith, A., Conroy, A., Degn, K. N., Bjerring-Hansen, J. & Hershcovich, D., 2026, SIGHUM 2026 - 10th Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature, Proceedings of the Workshop. Alves, D., Bizzoni, Y., Degaetano-Ortlieb, S., Kazantseva, A., Pagel, J. & Szpakowicz, S. (eds.). Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), p. 157-163Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Annotating and Classifying Direct Speech in Historical Danish and Norwegian Literary Texts
Al-Laith, A. M. A., Conroy, A., Degn, K. N., Bjerring-Hansen, J. & Hershcovich, D., 2025, Proceedings of the Joint 25th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics and 11th Baltic Conference on Human Language Technologies (NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025. Stymne, S. & Johansson, R. (eds.). University of Tartu Library, p. 1-7 (NEALT (Northern European Association of Language Technology) Proceedings Series, Vol. 57).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Danske sprog- og litteraturmodeller?
Bjerring-Hansen, J. & Conroy, A., 2025, Årsberetning 2024-2025. Skovgaard-Petersen, K. (ed.). København: Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab, p. 11-15Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Dying or Departing? Euphemism Detection for Death Discourse in Historical Texts
Al-Laith, A. M. A., Conroy, A., Bjerring-Hansen, J., Pedersen, B. S., Levisen, C. & Hershcovich, D., 2025, Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics. Rambow, O., Wanner, L., Apidianaki, M., Al-Khalifa, H., Di Eugenio, B. & Schockaert, S. (eds.). Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), Vol. January. p. 1353–1364 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Guldet i guldalderen og T’et i GPT: Om H.C. Andersens sociale engagement og sprogmodellernes litterære beredskab
Bjerring-Hansen, J. & Conroy, A., 2025, Detaljer: Guldalder og kærligheden til ord. Rasmussen, K. S. G., Stewart, J., Schmidt, M. K., Duncker, D. & Skriver, S. (eds.). København: Forlaget Spring, p. 150-173Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Unhappy Texts? A Gendered and Computational Rereading of The Modern Breakthrough
Degn, K. N., Bjerring-Hansen, J., Al-Laith, A. M. A. & Hershcovich, D., 2025, In: Scandinavian Studies. 97, 1, 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Activities
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Quantity Still Matters!
Bjerring-Hansen, J. (Speaker), Degn, K. N. (Speaker) & Conroy, A. (Speaker)
16 Dec 2025Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Old Texts, New Tools, Changing Questions. Computational Literary Studies in the AI Era
Bjerring-Hansen, J. (Organizer) & Conroy, A. (Organizer)
15 Dec 2025 → 16 Dec 2025Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Data Sprint: Følelser, smag og litterær kultur
Degn, K. N. (Organizer), Bjerring-Hansen, J. (Organizer), Conroy, A. (Organizer), Hershcovich, D. (Organizer) & Bilstrup, K.-E. K. (Organizer)
6 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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AI, tekstlæsning og de danskstuderendes værktøjskasse
Bjerring-Hansen, J. (Speaker) & Conroy, A. (Speaker)
15 Jan 2025Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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“Why the hell not?” Om litteraturhistoriske læsemåder
Bjerring-Hansen, J. (Other)
16 Nov 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Eighteenth Century Research Forum (ECRF) (External organisation)
Bjerring-Hansen, J. (Member)
15 Aug 2023 → …Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Membership of research network
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Unhappy texts? A quantitative and gendered re-assessment of The Modern Breakthrough
Bjerring-Hansen, J. (Speaker) & Degn, K. N. (Speaker)
2 Aug 2023 → 5 Aug 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studier, Universitet i Bergen
Bjerring-Hansen, J. (Participant)
1 Aug 2023 → 31 Jul 2024Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Other period visiting other institutions
Press/Media
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Interview om digitalisering af kulturarven (Kr. Dagblad)
09/06/2016
1 Media contribution
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