Introduction
I am an Associate Professor of Intellectual and Cultural History at Aalborg University in Denmark, where I head the Language and International Studies programs. I have authored the books "13 Acts of Academic Journalism and Historical Commentary on Human Rights: Opinions, Interventions and the Torsions of Politics" (2017) and "Rights under Trial, Rights Reflections: 13 Further Acts of Academic Journalism and Historical Commentary on Human Rights" (2020), as well as a range of other books and articles on human rights, culture, and international politics. Seeing students and outreach as the focal point of my work, recent projects include a policy point-counterpoint with students in International Social Science Review (2021) on "Should Political Representation in a Nation-State be Reserved only for Citizens, or Should it Encompass all Residents Regardless of Status within a National Polity?"
Expert
With a doctorate in history, having specialized in modern European history of ideas, my focus has moved in recent years to human rights history, theory, and politics. Serving as associate professor of intellectual and cultural history at Aalborg University (and Head of Program of Language and International Studies), in the past years, I have authored two books addressing human rights issues in a range of cultural and political contexts, from historical reflections on Nuremberg and related contemporary issues such as Poland's debates over "Holocaust speech" to events around Charlottesville and human rights in Denmark's migration policy -- that in addition to articles on issues from the relation of January 6th to the human rights "age" and reembraces of the iterations of socialist internationalism. I maintain a broad view of the problem of rights in contemporary culture and am currently engaged in writing an essay collection on the history and consequences of human rights beliefs.
Fields of expertise: Culture, Social change / social transformations