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Research output per year
Personal profile
Primary fields of research
Cognitive film and media theory, including theories of ecological perception and affordances, emotion, metaphors, and narration
Danish cinema with a special focus on realism and genre films
Film Sound and Music
Art film and Theories of Genre
Current research
At present, I work on articles and projects within the following areas
Action film and affordances
Susanne Bier’s melodramas
Music and Lars von Trier
Quantitative and qualitative approaches to audience engagement in characters in TV-series (with the Danish Radio Corporation)
Experimental approaches to match-on-action editing
Foley sounds
Realism in Danish cinema
Fields of interest
Fiction films, TV/web-series, documentary, popular music
Teaching
This semester I teach Fiction Theory and Analysis (BA) and a seminar on how to write a MA-thesis. I have previously taught in Culture and Communication theory (BA), in Film and Audiovisual Aesthetics (MA), and in different specialized seminars and courses on MA.
I supervise on subjects within fiction film and TV/web-series as well as many different subjects related to audiovisual media, including theory, analysis, history and film scripts and production. Thesis supervision within most film and media related subjects.
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Birger Langkjær, lektor, ph.d.
CV
Academic Positions:
2009- Associate professor in Film Studies at Dept. of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen.
2002-2009 Associate professor in Media Studies at Dept. of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.
1999-2001 Assistant professor in Media Studies at Dept. of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.
1999 Full time lecturer (Amanuensis) in Film Studies at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1995-1998 PhD scholar at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1994 Part time lecturer (undervisningsassistent) at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1994 Part time lecturer at the BA-program in Humanities (HUM-BASIS), University of Roskilde (RUC).
Education:
1999 PhD in Film Studies.
1994 Cand. mag. et art.
1994 Cand. phil. Modern Culture (Moderne kultur og kulturformidling).
1991 Exam. art. Philosophy (Filosofi).
1989 Exam. art. Film Studies (Filmvidenskab).
Teaching and supervision:
2011- Pedagogical supervision of assistant professors
2007- PhD teaching and/or supervision
1999- MA-thesis supervision
1994- Teaching BA and MA-courses
Research organization and research dissemination:
2015- Co-organizer of the research group Cognition and Audiovisual Media (CAM) with Andreas Gregersen
2013-16 Head of the research network Film, eksperimentelle designs og kvantitativ analyse (Film, experimental designs and quantitative analysis).
2014 Co-organizer of Scandinavian Fiction in Film and Television, 3 days PhD-seminar, University of Copenhagen: 2014.
2013-16 Member of the working group on Urban Studies and member of the steering committee of Urban Culture Lab, Faculty of Humanities: 2013-
2011-12 Editor and member of board of SoundEffects – An Interdisciplinary Journal of Sound and Sound Experience: 2011-2012.
2010-12 Research member and co-organizer of seminars/conference in relation to the research
project of Audiovisual culture/Audiovisuel Kultur supported by the Danish Research Council.
2007-11 Editor-in-chief at MedieKultur. Journal of media and communication research.
2005-07 Editor and member of board of MedieKultur.
2007 Co-organizer of Sound, Music, and Media, 3 days PhD-seminar, FMJK PhD-school.
2002-04 Member of Board (and vice chairman) in the Society of Media Researchers in Denmark, SMID (Sammenslutningen af medieforskere i Danmark).
2007-09 Member of the Research Board at Dept. Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics
2004- Has been assigned as peer reviewer for the following publishers and journals: Oxford University Press, Anthem Press, Intellect Press, Philosophy Study, Music and the Moving Images, Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, Northern Lights, Norsk medietidsskrift, Musik online, Samfundslitteratur, Århus Universitetsforlag.
Educational administration, assignments and related organizational activities:
2010-13 Member of the Study Board and coordinator of the study program and teaching in Film and Media Studies at Dept of Media, Cognition and Communication.
Appointed as Pedagogical Supervisor at the Faculty of Humanities (the Teaching and
Learning in Higher Education Program): 2012-
Accreditation of BA in Film and Media Studies, MA in Film Studies and MA in Media
Studies (Dept. of Media, Cognition and Communication/Faculty of
Humanities/ACE Denmark): 2010-2011.
2006- Appointed as external examiner at Danish Studies (at the universities of Aalborg, Aarhus, Southern Denmark and Roskilde).
2006-2014 Appointed as external examiner at Media Studies, University of Aarhus, at Media Studies, University of Southern Denmark..
2002-2010 Appointed as external examiner at Aesthetics and Culture, University of Aarhus.
2009- Associate professor in Film Studies at Dept. of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen.
2002-2009 Associate professor in Media Studies at Dept. of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.
1999-2001 Assistant professor in Media Studies at Dept. of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.
1999 Full time lecturer (Amanuensis) in Film Studies at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1995-1998 PhD scholar at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1994 Part time lecturer (undervisningsassistent) at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1994 Part time lecturer at the BA-program in Humanities (HUM-BASIS), University of Roskilde (RUC).
Education:
1999 PhD in Film Studies.
1994 Cand. mag. et art.
1994 Cand. phil. Modern Culture (Moderne kultur og kulturformidling).
1991 Exam. art. Philosophy (Filosofi).
1989 Exam. art. Film Studies (Filmvidenskab).
Teaching and supervision:
2011- Pedagogical supervision of assistant professors
2007- PhD teaching and/or supervision
1999- MA-thesis supervision
1994- Teaching BA and MA-courses
Research organization and research dissemination:
2015- Co-organizer of the research group Cognition and Audiovisual Media (CAM) with Andreas Gregersen
2013-16 Head of the research network Film, eksperimentelle designs og kvantitativ analyse (Film, experimental designs and quantitative analysis).
2014 Co-organizer of Scandinavian Fiction in Film and Television, 3 days PhD-seminar, University of Copenhagen: 2014.
2013-16 Member of the working group on Urban Studies and member of the steering committee of Urban Culture Lab, Faculty of Humanities: 2013-
2011-12 Editor and member of board of SoundEffects – An Interdisciplinary Journal of Sound and Sound Experience: 2011-2012.
2010-12 Research member and co-organizer of seminars/conference in relation to the research
project of Audiovisual culture/Audiovisuel Kultur supported by the Danish Research Council.
2007-11 Editor-in-chief at MedieKultur. Journal of media and communication research.
2005-07 Editor and member of board of MedieKultur.
2007 Co-organizer of Sound, Music, and Media, 3 days PhD-seminar, FMJK PhD-school.
2002-04 Member of Board (and vice chairman) in the Society of Media Researchers in Denmark, SMID (Sammenslutningen af medieforskere i Danmark).
2007-09 Member of the Research Board at Dept. Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics
2004- Has been assigned as peer reviewer for the following publishers and journals: Oxford University Press, Anthem Press, Intellect Press, Philosophy Study, Music and the Moving Images, Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, Northern Lights, Norsk medietidsskrift, Musik online, Samfundslitteratur, Århus Universitetsforlag.
Educational administration, assignments and related organizational activities:
2010-13 Member of the Study Board and coordinator of the study program and teaching in Film and Media Studies at Dept of Media, Cognition and Communication.
Appointed as Pedagogical Supervisor at the Faculty of Humanities (the Teaching and
Learning in Higher Education Program): 2012-
Accreditation of BA in Film and Media Studies, MA in Film Studies and MA in Media
Studies (Dept. of Media, Cognition and Communication/Faculty of
Humanities/ACE Denmark): 2010-2011.
2006- Appointed as external examiner at Danish Studies (at the universities of Aalborg, Aarhus, Southern Denmark and Roskilde).
2006-2014 Appointed as external examiner at Media Studies, University of Aarhus, at Media Studies, University of Southern Denmark..
2002-2010 Appointed as external examiner at Aesthetics and Culture, University of Aarhus.
CV
Academic Positions:
2009- Associate professor in Film Studies at Dept. of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen.
2002-2009 Associate professor in Media Studies at Dept. of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.
1999-2001 Assistant professor in Media Studies at Dept. of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.
1999 Full time lecturer (Amanuensis) in Film Studies at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1995-1998 PhD scholar at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1994 Part time lecturer (undervisningsassistent) at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1994 Part time lecturer at the BA-program in Humanities (HUM-BASIS), University of Roskilde (RUC).
Education:
1999 PhD in Film Studies.
1994 Cand. mag. et art.
1994 Cand. phil. Modern Culture (Moderne kultur og kulturformidling).
1991 Exam. art. Philosophy (Filosofi).
1989 Exam. art. Film Studies (Filmvidenskab).
Teaching and supervision:
2011- Pedagogical supervision of assistant professors
2007- PhD teaching and/or supervision
1999- MA-thesis supervision
1994- Teaching BA and MA-courses
Research organization and research dissemination:
2015- Co-organizer of the research group Cognition and Audiovisual Media (CAM) with Andreas Gregersen
2013-16 Head of the research network Film, eksperimentelle designs og kvantitativ analyse (Film, experimental designs and quantitative analysis).
2014 Co-organizer of Scandinavian Fiction in Film and Television, 3 days PhD-seminar, University of Copenhagen: 2014.
2013-16 Member of the working group on Urban Studies and member of the steering committee of Urban Culture Lab, Faculty of Humanities: 2013-
2011-12 Editor and member of board of SoundEffects – An Interdisciplinary Journal of Sound and Sound Experience: 2011-2012.
2010-12 Research member and co-organizer of seminars/conference in relation to the research
project of Audiovisual culture/Audiovisuel Kultur supported by the Danish Research Council.
2007-11 Editor-in-chief at MedieKultur. Journal of media and communication research.
2005-07 Editor and member of board of MedieKultur.
2007 Co-organizer of Sound, Music, and Media, 3 days PhD-seminar, FMJK PhD-school.
2002-04 Member of Board (and vice chairman) in the Society of Media Researchers in Denmark, SMID (Sammenslutningen af medieforskere i Danmark).
2007-09 Member of the Research Board at Dept. Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics
2004- Has been assigned as peer reviewer for the following publishers and journals: Oxford University Press, Anthem Press, Intellect Press, Philosophy Study, Music and the Moving Images, Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, Northern Lights, Norsk medietidsskrift, Musik online, Samfundslitteratur, Århus Universitetsforlag.
Educational administration, assignments and related organizational activities:
2010-13 Member of the Study Board and coordinator of the study program and teaching in Film and Media Studies at Dept of Media, Cognition and Communication.
Appointed as Pedagogical Supervisor at the Faculty of Humanities (the Teaching and
Learning in Higher Education Program): 2012-
Accreditation of BA in Film and Media Studies, MA in Film Studies and MA in Media
Studies (Dept. of Media, Cognition and Communication/Faculty of
Humanities/ACE Denmark): 2010-2011.
2006- Appointed as external examiner at Danish Studies (at the universities of Aalborg, Aarhus, Southern Denmark and Roskilde).
2006-2014 Appointed as external examiner at Media Studies, University of Aarhus, at Media Studies, University of Southern Denmark..
2002-2010 Appointed as external examiner at Aesthetics and Culture, University of Aarhus.
2009- Associate professor in Film Studies at Dept. of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen.
2002-2009 Associate professor in Media Studies at Dept. of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.
1999-2001 Assistant professor in Media Studies at Dept. of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.
1999 Full time lecturer (Amanuensis) in Film Studies at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1995-1998 PhD scholar at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1994 Part time lecturer (undervisningsassistent) at Dept. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1994 Part time lecturer at the BA-program in Humanities (HUM-BASIS), University of Roskilde (RUC).
Education:
1999 PhD in Film Studies.
1994 Cand. mag. et art.
1994 Cand. phil. Modern Culture (Moderne kultur og kulturformidling).
1991 Exam. art. Philosophy (Filosofi).
1989 Exam. art. Film Studies (Filmvidenskab).
Teaching and supervision:
2011- Pedagogical supervision of assistant professors
2007- PhD teaching and/or supervision
1999- MA-thesis supervision
1994- Teaching BA and MA-courses
Research organization and research dissemination:
2015- Co-organizer of the research group Cognition and Audiovisual Media (CAM) with Andreas Gregersen
2013-16 Head of the research network Film, eksperimentelle designs og kvantitativ analyse (Film, experimental designs and quantitative analysis).
2014 Co-organizer of Scandinavian Fiction in Film and Television, 3 days PhD-seminar, University of Copenhagen: 2014.
2013-16 Member of the working group on Urban Studies and member of the steering committee of Urban Culture Lab, Faculty of Humanities: 2013-
2011-12 Editor and member of board of SoundEffects – An Interdisciplinary Journal of Sound and Sound Experience: 2011-2012.
2010-12 Research member and co-organizer of seminars/conference in relation to the research
project of Audiovisual culture/Audiovisuel Kultur supported by the Danish Research Council.
2007-11 Editor-in-chief at MedieKultur. Journal of media and communication research.
2005-07 Editor and member of board of MedieKultur.
2007 Co-organizer of Sound, Music, and Media, 3 days PhD-seminar, FMJK PhD-school.
2002-04 Member of Board (and vice chairman) in the Society of Media Researchers in Denmark, SMID (Sammenslutningen af medieforskere i Danmark).
2007-09 Member of the Research Board at Dept. Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics
2004- Has been assigned as peer reviewer for the following publishers and journals: Oxford University Press, Anthem Press, Intellect Press, Philosophy Study, Music and the Moving Images, Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, Northern Lights, Norsk medietidsskrift, Musik online, Samfundslitteratur, Århus Universitetsforlag.
Educational administration, assignments and related organizational activities:
2010-13 Member of the Study Board and coordinator of the study program and teaching in Film and Media Studies at Dept of Media, Cognition and Communication.
Appointed as Pedagogical Supervisor at the Faculty of Humanities (the Teaching and
Learning in Higher Education Program): 2012-
Accreditation of BA in Film and Media Studies, MA in Film Studies and MA in Media
Studies (Dept. of Media, Cognition and Communication/Faculty of
Humanities/ACE Denmark): 2010-2011.
2006- Appointed as external examiner at Danish Studies (at the universities of Aalborg, Aarhus, Southern Denmark and Roskilde).
2006-2014 Appointed as external examiner at Media Studies, University of Aarhus, at Media Studies, University of Southern Denmark..
2002-2010 Appointed as external examiner at Aesthetics and Culture, University of Aarhus.
CV
Ansættelser
2009- Lektor i Filmvidenskab, MEF, Københavns Universitet
2002-2009 Lektor i Medievidenskab, INSS, Københavns Universitet
1999-2001 Adjunkt i Medievidenskab, INSS, Københavns Universitet
1999 Amanuensis, Institut for Film og Medier, Københavns Universitet
1995-1998 ph.d.-studerende Institut for Film og Medier, Københavns Universitet.
1994 Undervisningsassistent Institut for Film og Medier, Københavns Universitet
1994 Undervisningsassistent, HUM-BAS på RUC
Uddannelse
1999 ph.d in Filmvidenskab, Københavns Universitet
1994 Cand. mag. et art., Københavns Universitet
1994 Cand. phil. i Moderne kultur og kulturformidling
1991 Exam. art. i Filosofi
1989 Exam. art. i Filmvidenskab
Undervisning og supervision
2011- Pædagogisk supervision af adjunkter
2007- Undervisning og/eller vejledning af ph.d.-studerende
1999- Specialevejler
1994- Undervisning på BA- og KA-kurser
Vedr. forskningsorganisering, administration m.m., se engelsksproget CV (vedhæftet).
Education/Academic qualification
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
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Storytelling Schemes, Realism, and Ambiguity: Susanne Bier's Danish Dramas
Langkjær, B., 2018, The Films of Susanne Bier. Molly, M., Nielsen, M. & Shriver-Rice, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 19-35 17 p. (ReFocus: The International Directors Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Following the viewers: Investigating television drama engagement through skin conductance measurements
Gregersen, A. L., Langkjær, B., Heiselberg, L. & Lyng Wieland, J., Oct 2017, In: Poetics. 64, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Problems of Metaphor, Film, and Perception
Langkjær, B., 12 Oct 2015, Embodied Metaphors in Film, Television, and Video Games: Cognitive Approaches. Fahlenbrach, K. (ed.). New York: Routledge, p. 115-128 14 p. (Routledge research in cultural and media studies; No. 76).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Audiovisual Styling and the Film Experience: Prospects for Textual Analysis and Experimental Approaches to Understand the Perception of Sound and Music in Movies
Langkjær, B., Jul 2015, In: Music and the Moving Image. 8, 2, p. 35-47 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Realismen i dansk film
Langkjær, B., 2012, Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur. 522 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Action and Affordances: The Action Hero's Skilled and Surprising Use of the Environment
Langkjær, B. & Sun Jensen, C., 2019, Screening Characters: Theories of Character in Film, Television, and Interactive Media. Riis, J. & Taylor, A. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 266-283 28 p. (AFI Film Readers).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Dogme 95
Langkjær, B., Mar 2018, Medie- og kommunikationsleksikon (www.medieogkommunikationsleksikon.dk). Agger, G., Kristensen, N. N., Jauert, P. & Schrøder, K. (eds.). København: SamfundslitteraturResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Encyclopedia chapter › Research › peer-review
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Musical Marionettes: Sound and Music in Lars von Trier's Europe Trilogy
Langkjær, B., 2018, (Submitted) Music in European Postwar Cinema. RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Activities
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SCSMI 2016 at Ithaca
Langkjær, B. (Speaker)
4 Jun 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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SCSMI 2015 London
Langkjær, B. (Participant)
19 Jun 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Music and the Moving Image
Langkjær, B. (Speaker)
31 May 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Music and the Moving Image 2014
Langkjær, B. (Speaker)
1 Jun 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Realismen i dansk film
Langkjær, B. (Lecturer)
13 Feb 2013Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Symposium on Metaphor and Figurative Meaning in the Art Film
Langkjær, B. (Participant)
23 Jan 2013 → 24 Jan 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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SCSMI Annual Conference
Langkjær, B. (Participant)
11 Jun 2012Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Problems of Metaphor, Film, and Perception (and Maybe Some Solutions along the Way)
Langkjær, B. (Lecturer)
25 Jan 2012Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution