Dr Jesper ( Jesper Gulddal ) Sorensen

Biography

Jesper Gulddal has a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Copenhagen (2005). He completed his postdoctoral work in Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge (2005-2010), and took up his present job as senior lecturer in English at the University of Newcastle in 2010. Main research interests: anti-Americanism in European literature, borders and passports in literature, new developments in literary theory and criticism.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Copenhagen - Denmark, 2005
• Cand Mag (MA) in Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen - Denmark, 2000
• Diploma in Higher Education (Learning & Teaching), University of Copenhagen - Denmark, 2010

Research

Research keywords

• 19th-century literature
• 20th-century literature
• Anti-Americanism in European literature
• Movement control and passports in literature

Research expertise

• 19th century literature - the novel
• Literary Theory and Literary Criticism after "Theory"
• Anti-Americanism in British and European Literature
• Movement Control and Borders in literature

Languages

• French
• German
• Scandinavian

Fields of Research

Centres and Groups

Centre

• Humanities Research Institute

Teaching

Teaching keywords

• 19th-century literature
• 20th-century literature
• Comparative literature
• Detective fiction
• History of the novel
• Literary theory and criticism
• World Literature