Jens Erik Mogensen

Short biography

Jens Erik Mogensen is Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His research focuses on diachronic and synchronic German linguistics and lexicography. Recently, he has also taken up a cross-disciplinary research interest in the history of European occultism and popular culture.

He is currently leader of German Studies at UCPH. From 2011 to 2021, he was Associate Dean for Education at the Faculty of Humanities. Previous to this position, he headed the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, where he was also chairman of the board and co-founder of the Centre for Internationalization and Parallel Language, CIP.

- Since 2019, he has been a board member of Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.

Research areas

• German Grammar (all periods from 750 AD till today)
• Lexicography: Historical and modern; monolingual and bilingual
• Language change
• Languages and cultural history
• European occultism and popular culture, esp. 20th century
• Public innovation (educational sector; interpreting)

Teaching areas

• Grammar, phonetics & phonology, syntax
• Language history and language change
• Translation studies
• Lexicography
• Cross disciplinary subjects

EDUCATION

* PhD in German Linguistics and Philology, University of Copenhagen, 1995
* MA, University of Copenhagen, 1990
* Leadership courses in Denmark and the UK

 POSITIONS

* Associate Dean for Education, UCPH, Faculty of Humanities, 2011-2021
* Head of The Department for English, Germanic and Romance Studies, UCPH, 2001-2011
* Head of German and Dutch Studies, UCPH, 1996-1999
* Visiting professor, University of Zürich, 1999
* Associate professor, University of Copenhagen, 1995-
* Part-time lecturer, Universities of Copenhagen and Roskilde as well as Aarhus School of Business 1989-1992, Roskilde University again 1996-1999
* Research fellow, UCPH, 1992-1995
* Research assistant, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 1991
* Research scholar, University of Copenhagen/The Carlsberg Foundation, 1989-1990

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

* Member of the Danish Language Council, 2017 – 2020
* Chairman of the cross faculty committee on language strategy, 2011 - 2021
* Chairman of the steering committee for educational research, UCPH, Metropol, UCC, 2014 - 2021
* Chairman of the Faculty Board for Education Strategy, UCPH
* Board member, Taarnby & Herlev Gymnasium (vice chairman of the board), 2014 –
* Member of The Research Ministry’s committee concerning lecturers in Danish abroad, 2000 - 2008
* Member of numerous committees under The Ministry of Education, The Ministry of Research, and the Danish government since 1996 -
* Board member, Oslo Metropolitan University, since 2019 -
* Chairman of the board, The Paul Auster Research Library