Svend Erik Larsen#
| Membership Number: | 2235 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2004 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1998 - present: Chaired Professor, Comparative Literature, Aarhus University
- 1997 Full Professor, Semiotics and Cultural Analysis, Southern Danish University
- 1992 - 1997 Center Director, Humanities Research Center: Man and Nature, Danish Researhc Council of the Humanities
- 1989 - 1992 Distinguished Associate Professor, Comparative Literature, Southern Danish University
- 1976 - 1989 Associate Professor, Comparative Literature, Southern Danish University
- 1973 - 1976 Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature, Southern Danish University
- 1974 PhD, Linguistics and Semiotics, Aarhus University
Fields of Scholarship
- Semiotics
- Literature and urban studies
- Literary theory
- Literature and history of ideas
- Literary history
Honours and Awards
- Member of Academia Europaea since 2004, chair of session for Literature and Theatre Studies (2010-2012)
- Member of the Danish Research Council for Culture and Communication since 2005, its vice-president from 2009
- Fyens Stiftstidendes Forskerpris, 1989
