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 and the Frankfurt school.

I have previously taught on August Strindberg, Henrik Ibsen, Knut Hamsun, Tarjei Vesaas, Karen Blixen, Dag Solstad, Lars Norén, Critical Theory and Modernist poetry, among other topics. 

In the autumn of 2025, I taught the course “Ibsen og Strindberg i lys av kritisk teori”, which explored seminal critical readings of Ibsen and Strindberg.

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