Svend Erik Larsen#
| Email: | litsel 'at' hum.au.dk |
| Membership Number: | 2235 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Date of Birth: | 1946/09/01 |
| Username: | slarsen1894 |
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
- literary history
- literature and urban studies
- literary theory
- semiotics
- literature and history of ideas
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






