Martin Aagaard Jensen
Lecturer
My research examines multiethnic North American literature, which I interpret in relation to critical theory, attending in particular to topics such as gender, race and class. I approach American studies from a materialist perspective, through the lens of historiographies of racial capitalism. I have a doctorate from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York, completed under the supervision of Eric Lott. I also have a Master's in Comparative Literature from the University of Copenhagen, and a Master's in English from the University of Virginia.
My book manuscript, Marginal Forms: Crisis, Possibility and Multiethnic Writing, examines the political meanings of the past in contemporary fiction.
Contact Information
maje234@uky.edu
1233 Patterson Office Tower
Education
Ph.D., City University of New York, 2023
M.A., University of Copenhagen, 2015
M.A., University of Virginia, 2014
M.A., University of Copenhagen, 2015
M.A., University of Virginia, 2014
Research Interests
- Twentieth and Twenty-First Century American Literature and Culture
- Multiethnic Literature
- Critical Theory
- Race and Ethnicity Studies
- Women and Gender Studies
- Energy Humanities
Affiliations
- English
- Social Theory
- U.S. Culture and Business Practices