Academic interests
My research is focused on Scandinavian literature from the 19th century up till today, with a main focus on Henrik Ibsen. My main research interests include the reception and translation history of Scandinavian authors like Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, August Strindberg and Knut Hamsun in Europe (especially England, France, Germany and Italy). In connection to these areas I have also developed an interest in copyright history and how it can be used for a better understanding of literary history. My first monograph, Domesticating Ibsen for Italy, was published in 2013. More recently, I have developed an interest in the academic study of Western esotericism and how it has influenced selected Scandinavian authors. In 2020 I wrote Tilbake til fremtiden (Back to the future), the first academic monograph on Scandinavian retrogardism and the poetry of Håkan Sandell. At the moment I am working at a book project on spectrality in Ibsen's plays.
Courses taught
Ibsen Studies (master's 2-years)
IBS2101/4101 – Ibsen's works: History, Text, Performance
IBS2205/4205 – New Perspectives in Ibsen Studies
IBS2210/4210 – Ibsen i praksis
IBS2220/4220 – Ibsen og det moderne drama
Appointments and other projects
Director of the Centre for Ibsen Studies (2023-2027)
Co-editor of Ibsen Studies (2018-)
Secretary and member of The International Ibsen Committee (2018-2020, 2023-2027)
Teaching coordinator at the Centre for Ibsen Studies (2018-2020)
Background
Associate professor of Scandinavian literature, University of Oslo (2017-2023)
Associate professor of Scandinavian literature, NTNU (2015-2017)
Associate professor of Scandinavian literature, Volda University College (2012-2015)
Post-doc, University of Oslo (2011-2012)
Ph.D. in comparative literature, University of Oslo (2008-2010)
Teacher of Scandinavian literature, University of Milan (2009-2011)
Teacher of Norwegian language and literature, University of Turin (2006-2011)
Visiting scholarships
Ca' Foscari University of Venice (2022)
University of Strasbourg (2017)
University of Palermo (2010)
University of Turin (2008-2010)
Partnerships
Research project Made Abroad: Producing Norwegian World Literature in a Time of Rupture, 1900-50 (National Library of Norway)
