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Personal profile
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I am an associate professor in American Studies.
My research focuses on U.S. literature and culture with a particular interest in representations of 9/11 and the "War on Terror" in film, photography and literature. I am currently writing a monograph on "military masculinities" in contemporary U.S. literature, film, and photography.
I have published widely on these topics in Men and Masculinities, Women's Studies, Journal of War and Culture Studies, Orbis Litterarum, and Økonomi & Politik - as well in the edited volumes Mediating War and Identity (Edinburgh UP, 2020), Visualizing War (Routledge, 2017), and Visuel historie (SDU Press, 2018).
With Torben Huus Larsen, I co-wrote the first Danish book about the American Western—Cowboynationen (2009)—and I have also published widely on southern literature and film in journals such as Mississippi Quarterly, The Appalachian Journal, and American Studies in Scandinavia - as well as in edited volumes like Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash (2018), and Rough South, Rural South (2016). I have also co-edited Southern Exposure (2017) and The Scourges of the South (2014).
I am part of the American Studies research group at the Department of Culture and Language, and also affiliated with SDU's Center for War Studies.
Research Interests
- War in American popular culture
- The literature of the American South
- The Western - literature and film
- Masculinities Studies
- Contemporary U.S. literature and film
- The American Civil War
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Research output
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The “Most Dangerous Thing Around”? Representations of Women Soldiers in US War on Terror Novels: Sand Queen, Be Safe I Love You, and Spoils
Bjerre, T. Æ., Aug 2025, In: Women's Studies. 54, 5, p. 554-572Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Unmanned? Military Masculinities in Filmic Representations of U.S. Drone Operators
Bjerre, T. Æ., 26. Apr 2023, In: Men and Masculinities. 26, 1, p. 24-43Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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International Scholarship
Cristian, R. M., Ðurić, D., Kušnír, J., Šesnić, J., Zygadło, G., Clary, F., Francellini, C., Nabae, H., Bjerre, T. Æ., Jaquette, B., Linzie, A. & Nyman, J., 1. Sept 2022, In: American Literary Scholarship. 2020, 1, p. 381-457Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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International Scholarship
Vizcaíno-Alemán, M., Francellini , C., Clary , F., Löffler , P., Bjerre, T. Æ., Jaquette, B., Linzie , A. & Nyman, J., Dec 2021, In: American Literary Scholarship. 2019, 1, p. 411-462Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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International Scholarship
Bollobas, E., Cristian, R. M., Duric, D., Kusnir, J., Zygadlo, G., Loeffler, P., Francellini, C., Nabae, H., Tsujimoto, Y., Bjerre, T. A., Jaquette, B., Linzie, A. & Nyman, J., 1. Sept 2020, In: American Literary Scholarship. 2018, 1, p. 365-434 70 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
Activities
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Alfahanner og beta-boys: Maskuliniteter i amerikansk politik
Bjerre, T. Æ. (Lecturer)
5. Nov 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Alfahanner og beta-boys: Maskuliniteter i amerikansk politik
Bjerre, T. Æ. (Lecturer)
5. Nov 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Alfahanner og beta-boys: Maskuliniteter i amerikansk politik
Bjerre, T. Æ. (Lecturer)
22. Oct 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Maskuliniteter i amerikansk politik
Bjerre, T. Æ. (Lecturer)
11. Oct 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Alfahanner og beta-boys: Maskuliniteter i amerikansk politik
Bjerre, T. Æ. (Lecturer)
8. Oct 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
Press/Media
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”Den store Gatsby” har forvirret og fascineret i 100 år
27/09/2025
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”Den store Gatsby” har forvirret og fascineret i 100 år
10/04/2025
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”Den store Gatsby” har forvirret og fascineret i 100 år
10/04/2025
1 Media contribution
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”En mytisk og også en ret misforstået roman”: I 100 år har Den store Gatsby fascineret og forvirret
09/04/2025
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Trump elsker Nascar, Superbowl og wrestling. Hvorfor mon?
28/02/2025
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Teaching & Supervision
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American Literature and Culture
Wohlmann, A. & Bjerre, T. Æ. 01/09/2025 → 31/01/2026
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Adaptations
Wohlmann, A., Klausen, M., Bjerre, T. Æ. & Simonsen, P. 01/09/2023 → 31/01/2024
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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American Literature and Culture
Yazell, B., Bjerre, T. Æ. & Graulund, R. 05/09/2023 → 07/12/2023
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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American Cities in Popular Culture: From “City upon a Hill” to “War Zones”
Bjerre, T. Æ. 01/02/2023 → 31/08/2023
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Thematic course: American Cities in Popular Culture: From “City upon a Hill” to “War Zones”
Bjerre, T. Æ. 01/02/2023 → 31/08/2023
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching