Helle Kannik Haastrup

Primary fields of research

• film aesthetics and genres
• film and media culture
• cross media analysis & theory
• celebrity culture
• contemporary  TV series
  
  

CV

Education

2013 Education Management Course: (Module 1+ 2 (University of Roskilde)

2011 Head of Studies Management Course (CBS + University of Southern Denmark)

2009 Project Manager Course (Implement, University of Copenhagen)

2005 Ph.D. at the Depart. of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.

1994 MA (Cand. Mag.) in Nordic Studies & Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen

Employment

2014 - Associate Professor, Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, Copenhagen University

2009 - 2014 Associate Professor, Dept. of Culture and Identity, Roskilde University

2009 - 2011 2 year Post Doc. Financed by the Danish Research Council: Celebrity Culture- from Hollywood to Facebook

2008 - 2009 Assistant Professorship cont. (February -January 2009)

2007 - 2008 1 year Post Doc financed by Danish Research Council: A Question of Charater – intertextuality and engagement in computer games. (February – January)

2005 Ph.D. with the thesis : The Joy of Recognition – intertextuality and film at the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen

2004 - 2007 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Media, Cognition & Communication, University of Copenhagen. (February 2004- January 2007)

2003 - 2004  Amanuensis, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication.(February -January)

2000 - 2003  Part-time lecturer, Department of Film and Media Studies (September- January)

1998 Visiting Scholar at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

1996 - 2000 Ph.D.-fellow at the Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.

1995 Teaching Assistant at the Department for Nordic Studies, University of Copenhagen

1995 Teaching Assistant Department at the Centre for Cross-Aesthetic Studies. Aarhus University.

Management, administrative, editorial, assessment etc. experience

2015 Co-organizer of International Conference European Cinema – Intercultural Meetings, University of Copenhagen

2015 Member of the advisory board of the journal Kino – International Journal of Film and Media Arts

2013 Co-organizer of European Film Cultures: An International Conference. Interim ECREA conference, 8-9 November, Lund University

2013 - External examiner, University of Southern Denmark

2012 - Chair for Film Studies Section, ECREA

2011- 2014 Head of studies, Department of Culture and Identity (Danish Section)

2010 - 2012 Boardmember of The Association of Danish Media Researchers (SMID)

2009 Member of assessment committees at University of Aalborg

2010- External examiner, University of Copenhagen.

2001- Peer reviewer and on advisory board for Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, Kosmorama, peer reviewer for Akademisk Kvarter and Aalborg University Press.

Teaching

• film aesthetics and culture (art film, genre film, film aesthetics, film theory, documentary film, independent film)
• Media aesthetics and culture (contemporary  TV series - genre and aesthetics, digital media genres, social media, media events)
• cross media theory and analysis
• celebrity culture and media genres

Recent courses:

• Contemporary film narratives and the media culture (MA)
• Digital media fictions: Storytelling and media convergence (MA)
• Media analysis 1 + 2 (BA)