Academic interests
- borders and literature
- national identity in literature
- postcolonialism
- Arctic discourses
- literature in Welsh
- literary forgeries
- science fiction
- genre theory
- literary museums
Courses taught
- LIT1302 Western literature from 1700 to 1900, seminar (Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016)
- LIT4300A / LIT4300B Literary theory: Borders, liminality, literature (Autumn 2014)
- LIT3000 Specialization with bachelor paper: Fantastic literature and science fiction (Spring 2015)
- EXFAC03-LIT / EXFAC03-EST Text and interpretation / Art and interpretation, Examen facultatum, lectures (Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016)
- LIT4360A / LIT4360B Literary texts: Immigration Literature (Spring 2016)
- LIT3000 Specialization with bachelor paper: The Literary Arctic (with Janicke S. Kaasa, Autumn 2016)
- Due to duties as Head of Research, no teaching 2017-2021.
Background
1963 born Stockholm
-1981 schools in England, Botswana, Zambia og Norway
1990 Magister degree in Comparative Literature, University of Oslo
1993 School of Criticism & Theory, Dartmouth College, USA
1994 visiting researcher at University of Wales Aberystwyth
1995, 1997 stand-in Associate Professor, University of Oslo
1997 Dr. art. degree, University of Oslo
1998-2014 Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Tromsø/UiT The Arctic University of Tromsø
2006 Visiting Professor of Border Studies, Centre for Border Studies, University of Glamorgan/Prifysgol Morganwg
2011 visiting researcher at Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis
2013 visiting researcher at Sogn og Fjordane University College
2014- Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Oslo
2014-2016 visiting Professor of Comparative Literature, UiT The Arctic University of Tromsø
2016-2019 visiting Professor of Cultural Encounters, University of Eastern Finland
2017 guest researcher at the University of Vienna
2017-2020 Head of Research, Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILOS), University of Oslo
Current Appointments
Co-leader "TRAUM - Transforming Author Museums" research project, Sogn og Fjordane University College in cooperation with the University of Oslo (Research Council of Norway, FRIPRO-programme, 2016-2019)
Leader “Temporalities and Subjectivities of Crossing: Contemporary Public Migration Narratives in Europe” workshop series, University of Oslo in cooperation with University of Eastern Finland, University of Jyväskäla og Dalarna University (NOS-HS, 2019-2021)
Member, editorial boards of Journal of Borderlands Studies, EyeCorner Press, Literary Geographies, Fafnir: The Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, Comparative Linguistics and Literary Studies / Tydskrif vir besondere en Vergelykende Taal- en Literatuurstudie (South Africa)
Member, advisory board for ERC Starting Grant project Reel Borders (2021-2026).
Partners
Research group Border Reading, ILOS, University of Oslo
Research group Migrations, Borders and Identities, ILOS, University of Oslo
Co-author Associate Professor Ulrike Spring, University of Oslo