Carsten Meiner

Carsten Meiner serves as Professor of French Literature and Culture at the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, a position held since 2011. His international academic profile includes visiting scholar appointments at Oxford University, Columbia University, and Stanford University.

His educational background comprises:

• MA in Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen (1997)
• PhD, University of Paris VIII (2002), supervised by Jacques Rancière

Meiner's research investigates French literary history from the late seventeenth century through Proust, focusing on literature's critical engagement with cultural phenomena including gastronomy, fashion, intellectualism, revolution, and gallantry. His theoretical framework centers on literary topos theory, developed through publications on clarity, catastrophes, horse-carriages, and the beach. Current work explores 'gastro-skepticism' to deconstruct France's self-congratulatory gastronomic discourse.

Analysis of his 2022-2025 publications reveals consistent methodological innovation in topological poetics, with increasing intersection of gastronomy, gender theory, and cultural critique. His scholarship systematically deconstructs national cultural myths while examining marginal aspects of celebrated French traditions through historical literary analysis.

No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials.

Meiner secured significant research funding as principal investigator for the Independent Research Fund Denmark project 'French Literary history: cultures of topology' (2014-2019). While specific PhD students aren't named, he teaches undergraduate/graduate courses and participates in departmental PhD supervision within French literary studies.