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Astrid Møller-Olsen is a Carlsberg Fellow at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Arts and Cultural Studies within the Faculty of Humanities. She is affiliated with the interdisciplinary Art&Earth research cluster and works as a literary translator from Chinese to Danish. Her institutional base is Karen Blixens Vej 1, 2300 Copenhagen S.
Her research program critically examines the intersection of more-than-human ecologies and postcolonial world literature, with particular focus on vegetal perspectives in contemporary Sinophone fiction. Key interests include:
- Plant-human relationalities in post-Anthropocene narratives
- Literary sensory studies of urban environments
- Queer and feminist posthuman frameworks
- Translation theory applied to nonhuman voices
- Chronotopic analyses of space-time in speculative fiction
- Ecocritical approaches to literary temporality
Analysis of her publication trajectory reveals a significant evolution from urban memoryscape studies (2020) toward vegetal ontologies (2022-2024). Recent work demonstrates increasing specialization in critical plant studies within Sinophone contexts, with notable emphasis on translating vegetal perspectives and challenging anthropocentric temporal frameworks. Her scholarship consistently bridges literary theory, environmental humanities, and cross-cultural analysis.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- IBP Ground-Breaking Subject Matter Accolade (2020)
Møller-Olsen's Carlsberg Fellowship supports her current book project Plant People: Posthuman Ecologies in Contemporary Fiction, which represents a significant contribution to post-Anthropocene literary studies. Her translation practice from Chinese to Danish constitutes an important dimension of her scholarly-creative work. Within the Art&Earth cluster, she contributes to interdisciplinary dialogues on planetary ecologies and cultural representation.
