PhD-candidate in Nordic Literature. The subject of my dissertation is negation and paradox in the authorship of Swedish poet and playwright Lars Norén. My research interests include Nordic Modernism, Critical Theory and the relationship between economy and literature.

I have lectured on Strindberg, Ibsen, Hamsun, Vesaas, Blixen, Critical Theory and modernist poetry. 

Ellen Stark Theander, ”Squaring the Circle. The Geometry of Lars Norén and Samuel Beckett’s Plays”, Comparative Critical Studies 23.1 (2026): 47–65, Edinburgh University Press, DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2026.0585