Heidi Leclaire-Karlsen

Heidi Leclaire-Karlsen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILN), Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo. Her work bridges Digital Humanities, Discourse Analysis, and Literary Studies, focusing on intersections between political/social transformations, gender, and computational methodologies.

• Education: Master in Philosophy, Master in French Literature, Ph.D. in Nordic Literature (all from University of Oslo)

Her research explores 19th-century Norwegian and French literature, contemporary public sphere dynamics, and power relations through digital tools like text mining and generative AI. She investigates how discourses on gender and social change emerge in literary and historical contexts.

Recent publications analyze Foucault-inspired methodologies, whistleblowing in Norwegian law, and computational approaches to minority discourses in digitized archives. She contributes to courses like ILN4100 and ILN2100, emphasizing digital scholarship.

Projects include NORSK ROMANTISKE NASJONALISMER (NORN) and collaborations in the Nordic Literary Studies in Flux research group.