Primary fields of research

French-language literature – Literary history – Sociology of Literature - Methodological and theoretical aspects of literary history – Transnational approaches to literary history - International circulation of Texts and Ideas - Cultural transfer – Francophonie

Fields of interest

Language and educational policy - Organization and social relevance of modern language studies

Current research

• The international circulation of Francophone literatures
  
• Goals and means in university literature courses in a L2(3) context.

Teaching

French and Francophone literature and literary history – Francophonie as an historical, political and institutional phenomenon – Culture and Society – Literature and globalization - Intercultural relations (eg. French-Danish, reception of French-language literature in Denmark) - Translation.

Office hours: By appointment

CV

Academic Employment

• 2015 - :  Associate Professor in French & Francophone Studies. Dept. of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, UCPH
• 2009-14: Associate Professor in French Studies, Dept. of International Culture and Communication, Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
• 2007-08: Post.doc. in Language Policy. Dept. of International Culture and Communication, CBS
• 2002-06: Assistant Research Professor in French Literary Studies, Dept. of Romance Studies, UCPH
• 1997-2001: PhD Student, Dept. of Romance Studies, UCPH
• 1992-97 : Lecturer in Danish language and literature, Université Lille III, France

Leadership positions

• 2021+ : Head of Department, Dept of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, UCPH
• 2020-21: Deputy Head of Department for Education and Head of Studies (ad interim), Dept of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, UCPH.

Academic Education

• 2002: Ph.d. in French (Francophone Belgian) literature, University of Copenhagen
• 1995: DEA – Diplôme d’Études Approfondies. (Analyses littéraires et Histoire de la Langue, option Littératures comparées), Université Lille III, France.
• 1992: MA in French Studies, University of Copenhagen
• 1989-90: Romance Philology, (One year scholarship from Communauté française de Belgique), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium