Lars Jensen

Lars Jensen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Arts at Roskilde University, Denmark, affiliated with the Intercultural Studies Centre for Arctic Studies. He holds a PhD from the University of Leeds (1997) in Postcolonial Studies and has taught at Roskilde University since 1996. His research focuses on postcolonial analyses of cultural encounters, globalization, and national identity formation in Denmark, Australia, South/Southeast Asia, and the Lusophone world. He supervises projects across African, Latin American, and Asian studies, working in English, Danish, Italian, and Portuguese.

• Education: MA in English/Mass Communication (University of Århus, 1990), PhD in Postcolonial Studies (University of Leeds, 1997)

Research interests include postcolonial Denmark’s colonial ties, Australia’s indigenous/settler dynamics, and post-imperial European frameworks. He edits the KULT journal and leads projects like A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures (ongoing since 2010) and ENCARC: Arctic Encounters (2013–2016). Recent work addresses Greenlandic sovereignty and Indigenous Australian cultural politics.

Publications span 89 outputs, including books analyzing postcolonial Australia and journal articles on truth-telling movements. His media engagements (24 items) address contemporary issues like Australia’s political landscape and vaccination policies. Editorial roles include peer reviewing for Journal of the European Association for Studies on Australia and The International Spectator.