Person Johan Schimanski

Johan Schimanski ist Associate Professor für Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft an der Arctic University of Norway (UiT) mit den Forschungsschwerpunkten arktische Diskurse und Grenzpoetik.

Johan Schimanski ist Associate Professor für Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft an der Arctic University of Norway (UiT) mit den Forschungsschwerpunkten arktische Diskurse und Grenzpoetik.

Johan Schimanski (Dr. Art.), born in 1963, is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Oslo and at present Head of Research at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages. He is also a visiting research professor of cultural encounters at the University of Eastern Finland. His research focuses on border poetics, Arctic discourses, and literary exhibition practices.