I was born in Romania (1968) and received my primary and secondary education there. Since coming to Denmark (1990) I have taken an MA in English from Aalborg University, specializing in literary hermeneutics (1998). In 2002 I was awarded the PhD degree by The Institute of Literature, Culture, and Media Studies, University of Southern Denmark, for my work in comparative literature.

I was a visiting scholar at Columbia University, French Department, NY (2000, 2001). In 2003 I was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Lisbon, Center for Comparative Studies.

I've published a book on the concept of fragment, and another on the gaze in feminist, queer, and postcolonial films. I've has also edited books within cultural studies, poetry criticism, and a special volume on the work of Raymond Federman. A monograph on the poet Lynn Emanuel has just come out as well. Currently I'm working on a book on epistemologies of creative writing. On the creative side, I write prose poetry and fragments - I published a poetry collection, and maintain a blog - and I paint.

Before coming to Roskilde University where I'm currently associate professor of American studies, I was associate professor of English at Aalborg University.

 

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IN A NUTSHELL

 

I WRITE academic stuff with a poetic touch - Logic will get you from A to B; imagination will take you everywhere, said Einstein.

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I READ math books, and pretend to understand.

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I DREAM of early retirement on top of a mountain in Norway.

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I BLOG to understand culture. I write prose poetry and fragments to understand other things.

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I INVENT a practical thing a day to keep the brain going. - One should make things as simple as possible, but not any simpler, said Einstein again.

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I APPRECIATE visual art.

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I MAKE UP paradoxes with a command in them. Here's the latest: step on it while sleeping on it.