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Claus Elholm Andersen

clauselholm@ucla.edu

About

Claus is an occassional lecturer in the Scandinavian Section here at UCLA and teaches courses on Scandinavian culture and literature. He is currently a professor of Danish Language and Literature at the University of Helsinki. Previously, he has taught at the University of Minnesota and at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published academically in various periodicals in the United States, the Netherlands, and Denmark within the field of Scandinavian studies. He is a regular contributor to Danish newspapers on cultural and political topics and currently writes the blog “Seen from a Sauna” for the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten. He is also a cultural and political commentator for Danish National Television.

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UCLA Courses

Spring 2011

• Hans Christian Andersen (SCAND 147A)
• Voices of Women in Nordic Literature (SCAND C244A)

Winter 2011

• Hans Christian Andersen (SCAND 147A)
• Søren Kierkegaard (SCAND 147B)

Fall 2010

• Contemporary Nordic Literature (SCAND 157)
• Popular Culture in Scandinavia (SCAND C180)

Summer 2010

• Introduction to Scandinavian Literatures and Cultures (SCAND 50W)

Spring 2010

• Hans Christian Andersen (SCAND 147A)
• Theory of the Scandinavian Novel (SCAND C141A)

Winter 2010

• The Modern Breakthrough (SCAND 155)
• Popular Culture in Scandinavia (SCAND C180)

Summer 2009

• Introduction to Scandinavian Literatures and Cultures (SCAND 50W)

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Academic Publications

• “Node 17: Literature and Jazz” I. In: Timothy Tangherlini and John Lindow (ed.): A Comparative History of Nordic Literary Cultures, Vol 1, International Comparative Literature Association, Forthcoming 2012.
• Tankestreger og ironi. En læsning af Kierkegaard og Paul de Man. In: TijdSchrift voor Skandinavistiek, Jargang 31, number 2, Amsterdam 2010.
• Sygelig splittethed og sund harmoni. Adam Oehlenschläger og romantisk ironi. In: TijdSchrift voor Skandinavistiek, Jargang 28, number 2, Amsterdam 2007.
• Exile and Naturalism. Reading Georg Brandes Reading Emil Aarestrup. In: Scandinavian Studies, Winter 2006, Vol. 78, No 4, 2006.
• Lyset, længslen, Lissabon. Læsninger i Morten Bloks digte. In: Nordica, no. 26, Univiersity of Southern Denmark Press, 2006.
• Poul Martin Møller In: Marianne Stecher-Hansen (ed.) Dictionary of Literary Biography 300: Danish Writers from the Reformation to Decadence, 1550 - 1900, Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2004.
• Ironiens uendelig frihed. En læsning af En dansk Students Eventyr. In: Jørgen Holmgaard (ed.) KandK 96, Medusa, 2003.
• Asiatisk i vælde er Angsten. En agonistisk læsning af forholdet mellem Tom Kristensens Hærværk og Joyces' Ulysses. Co-written with Morten E. Nørskov. In: Morten Brøndsted (ed.): Nordica 19, University of Southern Denmark Press, 2002.

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Television & Newspapers

Television

• Claus appears occassionally as a commentator on the Danish National Television station DR2.

Blogs

• “Seen from a Sauna”, Jyllands Posten
• “American Perspectives”, Jyllands Posten (June 2009 – June 2011)

Selected Newspaper Contributions

• Derfor tog Samuel Huntington fejl Weekendavisen April 20, 2011
• Tamme tigermødre brøler bedre Jyllands Posten February 3, 2011
• Folkeafstemning om Obama Jyllands Posten November 2, 2010
• Historiens aflyste afslutning Kristeligt Dagblad July 10, 2009
• Skulle jeg afskrive Danmark Weekendavisen May 20, 2009
• Obamas krig mod terrorisme Information April 20, 2009
• Sådan en rigtig dansk-amerikansk amerikaner Kristeligt Dagblad January 15, 2009
• Vagthunden er død. Kristeligt Dagblad August 8, 2008
• At føde på amerikansk Kristeligt Dagblad July 1, 2008
• Oplysning, dogmatik og debatten om islam Kristeligt Dagblad June 12, 2007
• Den eksistentialistiske kop kaffe Jyllands Posten February 24, 2003

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