Welcome to our very Own Hitchhiker’s Guide to
the English Degree Programme ... 02
Rus Week Guide... 03
9 Things to Remember at Stendis... 04
Teachers at the English Department... 05
Your Tutors, Who Are They?... 17
Study Guide... 27
Who is Who - and What is What?... 28
Introduction to Courses... 28
Guide to Living in Aarhus... 32
Welcome to our very own
Hitchhiker's Guide to the English Degree Programme:
This little gem is a collection of all the wisdom that our great tutors have gathered and we hope that you will find it useful in preparation for your Orientation Week.
This magical book will be your holy bible, a silent guardian to accompany you through the initial confusion, a watchful protector to guide you to the right classroom.
Because of the importance of this book, remember to keep it secret, keep it safe!
If the answers you seek cannot be found in this book, remember to check out our website and the accompanying Orientation Week
Programme 2013.
We look forward to seeing you August 26th! Marie Laursen Canter, Mikkel Hald Jensen, Sofie Simone Overgaard
Rus Week Guide:
It is important to be prepared!
• Get lots of sleep on the days prior to the week; sleep will be more of a luxury when the week begins.
• Stock up on food – you may not have time to shop during the week.
• Wash your clothes – we don’t want you running out of clean clothing mid-week.
• Bring a packed lunch – queues at the canteen are long.
• Bring cash – this is especially nice on nights out.
• Find your way around the university via Google Maps or the iPhone and Android app “AU Find”.
Getting to Nobelparken by bus:
Exit the bus at ‘RANDERSVEJ – NORDRE RINGGADE’. Bus 1A, 12, 13, 14 or 18 will take you there from Aarhus C.
Bus 5A till take you from Ringgaden to the university
On arrival look for the tutors – We are easy to spot due to the awesomeness radiating from us!
(and our t-shirts)
9 Things to Remember at Stendis (Hyttetur):
1. Get a good night’s sleep prior to Stendis 2. Cash – remember coins - the bar is
cheap!
3. Costume for ‘the theme party’ on Saturday
4. Aspirins - in case you party a little too hard
5. Water bottle – water is good for you 6. Sleeping bag – easy to bring and very
much needed
7. Clean clothes and a raincoat - The Danish summer is lovely
8. Snacks – chocolate, biscuits, fruit, and bread – you will get hungry between meals!
9. Playing cards – just for fun
Teachers at The English Department:
I am actually from Copenhagen, but after more than 10 years in Århus, hardly anyone notices that I am from overseas. Before coming to Århus, I used to be a real foreigner, as I was based at University College London, U n i v e r s i t é d e G e n è v e , a n d Universität Stuttgart from 1982 to 2001.
My particular field is syntax, that is, the structure of sentences. It so happens that I am the one giving the
lectures in "Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics", and I am also the seminar teacher for two of the groups. As this highly fascinating and very exciting class goes on for two semesters, you will have ample opportunity to get to know me.
I am particularly interested in comparing languages, and therefore my lectures may sometimes contain a reference or two to an obscure and exotic language spoken somewhere just below the Arctic Circle, called Danish. You have been warned.
I’m a native of south-west England and come from a small village called Bredon which was established as a Roman hill fort in the second century. Its claim to literary fame is as the subject of a pretty depressing poem by A.E. Houseman. As a teenager I couldn’t wait to leave this idyllic corner of rural England for the big cities, and moved to London, then Glasgow, and Sten Vikner
Munich, before settling in Arizona for 24 years, after which I recrossed the pond to Aarhus.
Despite having spent more years out of the country than in, I still sound very English, though if you listen c a re f u l l y m y p o s t - v o c a l i c ‘ r ’ pronunciation isn’t what you would expect from an RP speaker.
My teaching area is linguistics and my research is in language change. I
am responsible for the required third semester course in the history of the English language as well as electives in language change, sociolinguistics and language variation (dialects of English).
I have taught at English since 1994.
This fall, I will be teaching one first- semester course, Media and Culture Studies. I also teach electives in US media, advertising, and public relations; contemporary US politics and media; and US film courses.
My research interests include representations in a variety of media and contexts, ranging from tourism in the state of Florida from
the beginning of the twentieth century until today to American film and popular music. I also work with contemporary American culture and society more broadly.
As you read this, you will have noticed from my accent that I come from Georgia, in the USA but have lived in Århus since 1987.
English has a tradition of protecting its most vulnerable students from its most venerable (that is, outdated or obsolete) teachers. Since I have the dubious honour of being English’s longest-serving staff member, therefore, 1st year BA English hovedfag Johanna Wood
Jody Pennington
students won’t see much of me in the classroom for a while; the same goes for new ICE recruits. Good things don’t last forever, though: in the spring of 2013 new English BA tilvalg students will probably have to endure American History and Society in my company, and others are also likely to suffer relate cruelties. No justice!
My current research deals with obscure corners of American popular
music history. My on-going administrative responsibilities include serving as Director of the American Studies Center Aarhus (ASCA). My non- work-related activities focus on being an Englishman abroad, drinking tea, forming queues, and seeking new members for the Departmental Cricket Lovers’
Think Tank.
I'm a recent arrival to Denmark and the Department of English, arriving in the fall of 2008. I hail from Canada, where I finished my history PhD at The University of Western Ontario in 2007.
When it comes to research, my interests include Canadian history and politics, Canada's role in the world, and especially its relations with the United States and Great Britain, and
the ideas and norms that influence the behaviour of international actors. This fall I'll be teaching a course here in English entitled “Canada: A European or American Nation?”
My spare time is spent learning Danish, cooking (just bought my first Weber!), reading (just finished my 7th Henning Mankell “Wallander” novel), travelling (recently around the Danish countryside), and playing sport. Naturally, as a Canadian, I love hockey and I currently play for the Div. 2 “old boys” team at the Aarhus Ishockey Klub.
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Mark Eaton
I a m o n e o f t h e r e s i d e n t
“Americanists”, having done a PhD in American Studies at King’s College London and M.I.T. This means my interest are far-ranging but all within the field of American culture, by and large.
Courses I have taught range from cultural objects (including Marilyn Monroe, 19th century cook books,
Asian Americans, First Ladies) and literature (Thomas Pynchon, William Gibson, Toni Morrison), and I have a penchant for the history of technology.
If you’re thinking of writing on Thomas Edison, US space rocketry or the engineering of rides at Disneyworld ™ I’m your woman!
I graduated from University of Aarhus in 1979 and taught for 13 years at Lemvig Gymnasium. From 1986, I began a second career as a freelance with Danmarks Radio, producing radio programmes for P1 listeners.. In 1993, I left the gymnasium first teaching at Aarhus School of Business before returning, in 1998, to the Department of English at Aarhus University where I teach history, and Irish and Canadian studies.
In my research I have a particular interest in the history and theory of nations, national identity, nationalism and states. Apart from my research, I take part in public debates in books and articles.
In the severely limited free time I have left, I try to preserve my self-image as a rooted cosmopolitan acquainted with most of the world, but strongly attached to this particular corner of it. I am fond of mountain trekking, skiing, kayaking, snorkeling and gardening, but also spend hours in an armchair with one of my thousands of books – or at theatres or concert halls.
Inger Dalsgaard
Michael Böss
Like some of my colleagues, I’m a home-grown product of this fine department, although I did spend some years in the 1990s as a doctoral student at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Academically speaking, I specialize in British and American literature and culture of the 19th and 20th centuries, with special emphasis on romanticism and modernism. At
the moment, I’m particularly interested in understanding how literature and other cultural discourses have helped shape ideas of “nature,”
“naturalness” and “the natural life” throughout the modern period. More generally, I'm curious to explore how we can connect what we do in literary/cultural studies to larger social concerns about the environment, sustainability and climate change, under the rubric of what is nowadays called "the environmental humanities." In my spare time, I hang out with my family, try to exercise and (heeding Voltaire’s advice) cultivate my garden in the suburbs.
In addition, I’m an avid and only somewhat sanctimonious cyclist.
Apart from being the faculty's undisputed expert on beers, I am the author of various books, including the poetry collection, Where Parallel Lines Meet, the study Babu Fictions:
Alienation in Indian English Novels, and the novels The Bus Stopped, and Filming: A Love Story. I co-edited and i n t ro d u c e d O t h e r R o u t e s , a n anthology of pre-modern travel texts by Africans and Asians (2005). The
Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness, was published in August 2009, and my latest collection of poems, A Man of Glass (based on H. C. Andersen's stories), was published by Harper Collins in 2010. My Peter Mortensen
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recent novel, The Thing about Thugs, has been short- listed for a number of awards, including Asia's Booker: the Man Asian Literary Prize. Reading Literature Today, co-authored with Sébastien Doubinsky of the French Section, was published summer 2011. My writing, academic and creative, has appeared in Indian, French, British, Danish, American, German, Italian, South African and Chinese publications.
I am a historian with a propensity for politics. (BA in History, MA, PhD Irish Politics). My work usually applies interdisciplinary analytical concepts such as ‘political culture’ and my special area of expertise is the conflict in Northern Ireland. If your interests lie within the fields of British and Irish history and society we will definitely cross paths.
I currently live in Copenhagen, but
for the past 15 years I have spent my time (academic and otherwise) between Copenhagen, London, Dublin and Belfast (where I did both my MA and my PhD).
Between 1999 and 2010, I reported for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation on British and Irish politics. I also worked as a professional dancer until I had my son in 2002, now I only teach the occasional class – Jazz and Pilates.
I have been at the English department since 1998 (when it actually was the English Department).
Before that I taught for short periods in England, Wales, Poland and Chicago, and before that I was a student in London. During my years at AU I have been forced to carry out various strange and demeaning duties, e.g. Head of Department for 5 years. More recently, I became Professor of Literatures in English, which means that I’m responsible for all of the good aspects of our obligatory literature courses, and none Sara McQuaid
of their defects. People get the impression that I am particularly interested in Charles Dickens.
Perhaps this is because I constantly lecture on Dickens, teach Dickens courses, read Dickens, write about Dickens, say that Dickens is the greatest writer in English since Shakespeare, and go to Dickens conferences (especially in 2012, his bicentenary year). But don’t let that
fool you. I am actually interested in most literature, from Homer to the present, and especially in the connections (or not) between literature and moral philosophy. I am also extremely fussy about punctuation. Nevertheless, you may like to know that work on this paragraph was interrupted for several minutes after a tomato exploded over my keyboard.
Let that be a lesson to all of you.
During the Fall 2013 Semester, I will be teaching two obligatory courses.
At bachelor level, I will be teaching a seminar in American History and Society and a seminar in Research Skills and Academic Methods. I will also be teaching the International Communication in English course Social Patterns in the English Speaking World.
My main areas of research and teaching fall within the broad field of
American Studies, including Native American Studies.
I also frequently teach courses on British history and society, as well as media studies and film.
With a name like “Ocke-Schwen”, you are always the odd one out. In Denmark, people will ask you whether this is a scrambled and misspelled version of Sven-Aage, in Germany you get to hear “and what’s your real name?”, and in the English-speaking world David Harding Dominic Rainsford
this name tends to be mutilated beyond recognition.
I was born In Kiel of North Frisian parents (that’s where the name comes from), spent my first 20+ years there and then became restless, spending several years in countries where English is spoken before I finally (?) settled in Denmark.
You will encounter me in the first semester course on the
sounds and the words of English (called Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology), and, if you share my interests, in courses you might choose. My research interests are language learning (no matter whether first, second or third language), bilingualism, psycholinguistics (i.e., how language is organized in our minds), and phonetics. I share my home with four women (three of whom are my daughters), so I don’t really need additional hobbies.
I come from the dark heart of southern Appalachia in the US, arriving in Aarhus in January 2011 via Chicago, Tokyo, and most recently Lancaster in northern England, having completed my PhD at Cardiff University in 2009.
Though American by passport, I left in 1993 and am nearing the tipping point where I will have spent more of my life out than in.
My overwhelming passion is for Shakespeare's plays and his world. So much of the world in which we now live was beginning to take shape during the centuries when Europe reeled from the explosive political, philosophical and religious effects of the Renaissance and Reformation--from our sense of ourselves as individuals, as family members, as citizens, subjects, consumers, as confessors of creeds Joseph Sterrett Ocke-Schwen Bohn
or of our questioning of belief itself. Shakespeare not only worked and shaped all of these issues in his plays, but also wrote some of the most beautiful and probing poetry in the English language. As Jacques Derrida said, he 'is everything... and the rest'.
I am a rather new (well, compared t o D a l e ) a r r i v a l t o Aa r h u s University, starting here in the English Department in the Fall of 2009, but have been living in and about Denmark for some years now. Originally from Southern California, I studied and taught in various places in the US and Italy before settling here in the North.
My research areas are rather
broad, based a bit on my roundabout education (which includes degrees in Philosophy and Italian Studies), and include European Romanticism, The Novel, Sci-Fi, Detective Fiction, and, my current long- term project, Postmodernism. I will be teaching various courses, in Literature, Research Methods, Adaptation, Fan Culture, and American Society this Fall, and you might see me in other contexts as well.
I spend much of my time (and energy) chasing after my 2 year old son (Tristan) and my nearly five year old daughter (Philippa) with my wife Maria and nearly the rest with my nose in a book (fancy that, liking books and teaching literature). So, if you see me around, on the bus, in a café (it happens occasionally), or walking down the street (reading, naturally), by all means say hej (please, you could keep me from getting hit by a bus).
I am a post doc researcher at English and I teach syntax, semantics and pragmatics seminars for first Matthias Stephan
year students. When I’m not t e a c h i n g , I c o n d u c t psycholinguistic experiments. The word “experiment” makes it sound very high tech, but in fact I use a normal laptop and let participants read and judge sentences appearing on the screen. The computer records their reaction times and then I spend hours analyzing the data – the most interesting pastime I know. To run
experiments, I need volunteers (i.e. students), and I use any occasion (like this one) to persuade students to participate. It is neither painful nor particularly time-consuming to participate, and I´ll even give you some chocolate for your trouble.
I specialize in horror fiction, p a r t i c u l a r l y A m e r i c a n t we n t i e t h - c e n t u ry h o r ro r literature. I've been trying to do research on horror video games also, but find that my nervous system isn't quite up to it. I recently managed to play Amnesia: The Dark Descent for a record-breaking fifteen
minutes before sympathetic arousal
reached precarious levels and I had to terminate the experience. The weird fact that so many people are attracted to horrible entertainment is one of my major research focus areas. Another is the way that biology and culture interact, particularly as this interaction inflects the structure, development and function of horror fiction. Apart from all the Stephen King novels and failed attempts at playing horror games on my son's PS2, I live a fairly peaceful life with my wife and our two kids, both of whom entertain a healthy interest in all things monstrous.
Johannes Kizach
Mathias Clasen
Although I adore Denmark and feel at home here, I am originally from the United States.
Since my father was in the military, I have lived many places. I was born in Nebraska, g r e w u p i n C a l i f o r n i a , graduated from high school in Hawaii, and spent most of my adult life in Ohio. Outside my home country, I have also lived
in Japan, Colombia, and Chile, and Spanish is my second language. So, my fascination with different accents, second languages, and how they are acquired started quite early. My research interests are in foreign accents in English, the factors that affect them, and their intelligibility in contexts where English is used as a lingua franca. Here at Aarhus University as part of the linguistics track in the English Degree Program, I teach courses in Second Language Acquisition, English as an International Language, Sociolinguistics, and Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology.
A f o r m e r s t u d e n t a t t h i s department, and a native of Aarhus, I have taught here on and off since 2007. Specifically, you may encounter me in courses on literature, research methods and, perhaps, communication. In other words, I may get the pleasure of subjecting you to everything from Shakespeare to Rage Against the Machine, or from fast food ads to a lengthy diatribe on the dangers of plagiarism.
My research interests are rather varied, and include the literature and theory of colonialism and postcolonialism, communication ethics, bioethics, persuasion and advertising, as well as my particular Jocelyn Hardman
Sune Borkfelt
pet interest, which is the portrayal of animals in representations, from literature and film to advertising.
When I'm not here at the university, I may be caught listening to 1990s rock music or trip-hop or, indeed, spending time with my wife and daughters.
I have worked in education and publishing in a number of countries for over ten years and this semester will be teaching Media and Culture Studies, Communication Theories and Strategies, and Academic R e s e a rc h a n d M e t h o d s . M y research interests include tragedy, A s i a n A m e r i c a n l i t e r a t u r e , transnationalism, and new media, although on weekends these take a
back seat to football, beaches, and The Arcade Fire.
I'm originally from Ireland but have spent most of my adult life working in Germany and Korea. This will be my first semester at Aarhus University.
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Your Tutors, Who Are They?
Marie Laursen Canter Semi-Soulful Ginger
I'm the small but loud head tutor and if you could bottle up my excitement and serve it to me, I'd grow a head taller. I'm a glass-half-full kind of girl and love to spend my time with friends, books, chocolate, coffee, wine, travel and my studies.
Sofie Simone Overgaard Lost in Committees I have taken it upon me to be part of all the committees at English. Ask me about UFU, SN, Anglia, Esperanto, or whatevs! Besides being veg and fan of b a d d a n c i n g , I l i ke l i t e ra t u re , anthropology and psychology. This is gonna be awesome, let’s dance.
Mikkel Hald Jensen Veni, vidi, vici
I’m a lover of all things nerdy and I spend my time reading books, playing video games or surfing the internet. I’m also a terrible dancer and got no moves whatsoever. But I won’t let that stop me and neither should you!
Anna Klein Black coffee, please!
Rainbows and unicorns, coffee and pineapples. Or just coffee in general. A good book helps as well. I also like dinosaurs and fun facts, and Adventure Time and silly children's stories. You know how every day of your life could be an episode of Friends?
Kristian Munk Eriksen I speak Esperanto!
If you’re addicted to American traditions and culture within music, Cold War history, spastic a d j e c t i v e s , P S - 1 , tornadoes and/or beer, t h e re ’ s p re t t y m u c h nothing I can do about it.
But here’s a flyer; join my
club! See you in August! Melissa Rebecca Hughes It’s fall y’all!
I love America and I've been to 30 states, so geography and culture is my thang! I'm half British so England has a special place in my heart. I love to dance, play foosball and watch TV-series. I'm a big fan of beers, partying and late night snacks.
Sara Risum Pedersen Faroe, house-rat, KAFFER I'm a gay, gay, gay (as in the old meaning) half-Dane with roots on the isles of the Atlantic and on the west- coast of Jutland. I live in a house with to other rats, a garden, and buckets of coffee. KAFFER!!! I like travels, languages and you guys!
Katrine Rosendal Brains, cats, broccoli At the moment, I am a grammar nerd stuck in a mathematician’s body. I enjoy reading (fantasy) books, growing vegetables and taking my cat for walks. I’m not a fan of footwear. I’m more than thoroughly looking forward to meeting you all!
Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen Munter, spekulativ, glemsom 2 6 - y e a r - o l d p e r p e t u a l student with a philosophical bend and an interest in lots of nerdy stuff. I like to work out, eat food and watch movies. I also like hanging out in the Friday Bar.
Margrét Sigurgeirsdóttir Gregarious, hilarious,
voracious!
I enjoy reading, gaming, a n d g e t t i n g n e w acquaintances over shots in the Friday bar. When I’ve spent my quota of awesomeness for the day, I recharge in my Bat cave.
P.S. Can be bribed with chocolate and ketchup.
Johanne Lykke Andersen Giggles, hugs, potatoes Fancy bonding over a mutual liking of literature, rainy days, British accents and spending too much time procrastinating on the internet? Then come find me. I’ll probably be in the Friday Bar. And I give free hugs!
Mette Bjerre Kind, caffeinated
Whovian
I live on the Internet, and otherwise 1.3km from Nobelparken. I am a part of Anglia and Esperanto, b u t m o s t l y I l o o k a t pictures of cats, drink beer, watch sitcoms, or read a book with a glass of red.
Oh, and bacon! Bacon...
Peter Milo Self Prefers it black!
I first got known amongst many fellow students as Peter the Wolf. (solely due to my parading around in a w o l f c o s t u m e o n Stendis). I am half Danish, half English and wholly Anglophile, especially fond of odd British humor.
Yes please. TTFN - Ta Ta For Now.
Maria Gjandrup Præst Awesomeness, enthusiasm,
‘hygge’!
Sy n t a x a n d P h o n e t i c s . Linguistics equals awesome.
The Strokes, Gavin DeGraw, M a c k l e m o r e f t . L e w i s , Backstreet Boys, Julian Casablancas, Muse, Fun, The Lonely Island,“The Hobbit”,
“The Amazing Spiderman”
and chocolate <3. I highly recommend the student organizations Anglia and Esperanto.
Charlotte Frølich
‘I am America’
I know everything there is to know about the USA - if I may say so myself. I am also crazy about the British monarchy. I can best be described as a countryside g i r l w i t h b i g c i t y tendencies.
Eva Kvorning Larsen Eat, party, love Chose to study English after backpacking in NZ and Australia, love English grammar and literature, a n d LO T R o f c o u r s e ! Member of the Friday bar and love a good excuse to go partying. I can’t wait to meet you guys.
Sofie Stjernholm Haugaard Snack-oholic, tea-
specialist, nerdy I’m a sugar sweet person with a terrible bad habit of cursing a lot. Knowing me and you’re in for a treat of nerdiness, lame humor, displays of awful d a n c e m o v e s , b a d d r i n k i n g h a b i t s , a shoulder to cry on and seriousness from time to time. Lucky you who get m e a s a t u to r ( ev i l laughter). I’ll be back.
Martin Christiansen Quality, chocolate, squared I am 20 years old (1992). I grew up in Svenstrup. Went to Aarhus and started university after the gymnasium. I do not drink alcohol and I am quite d o c i l e a t p a r t i e s , b u t generally good company. I am an atheist but I try not to bother people with it.
Anne Sophie Meyer Larsen Swag, shots, Shakespeare I am studying to become a gymnasium teacher, which I imagine is a great job! In my spare time I read more English books, work and hang out at my college. I a m a p a r t o f b o t h Esperanto and Anglia, which is really awesome.
Helene Boe Lorenz Love Mad Men I like to have fun (though I can be serious at times). I love to go to the cinema and concerts! I am a member of Esperanto and Anglia. Just come and have a chat that’ll be great!
Steingrímur Óttar Steingrímsson Spirit, brewer, discusser Icelander. 23 years old. I moved to Denmark with my family when I was 9, and never bothered moving back again. My hobbies are wasting irreplaceable time on the internet, playing video games, watching TV and drinking all my sorrows away.
Michael Toft Rasmussen Tilvalg-student, choir-boy,
party!
I am a tilvalgs-student here at English. My major is Musicology but I have grown very fond of English and that is why you can find my name on the list of tutors. By the way, I am a sucker for cheesy pop music (boy bands very much included).
Ann-Sophie Iversen Harry Potter Fan I am a huge bookworm. I speak English with an Australian accent. I have a deadly fear of sharks and I really hate cats. I can do handstands and cartwheels. You will find me in the Friday bar.
Kristian Breinholt Iversen 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit I'm basically a huge dork, and I wish I were the secret lovechild of Kate Bush and Wayne Coyne. Random stuff I dig: Tequila, cheese, Joss Whedon, (>'.')>, GIFs, 8 0 s m o v i e s , J a k o b Stegelmann, books, Xena’s chakram and ohhh just about anything nerdy.
Martin Ehlers Words, roleplaying, Lovecraft An avid lover of literature, especially sci-fi, and an a u d a c i o u s a d vo c a t e of a g g r e s s i v e l y a l l i t e r a t e aberrance. First person to discern the meaning of that last sentence gets a beer. See you over a deep literary discussion and/or beer.
Pernille Holm Jensen I Heart Darcy!
I love reading, especially romantic novels – Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre are my particular favourites. I also like to watch movies and series, and have fun with my syntax trees. I look ve ry m u c h fo rw a rd to meeting you!
Nicklas Seested Andersen Quadratic, practical, good My name is Nicklas and I’m 21 years old. I’m an energetic, confident and down-to-earth young man.
I’ve lived 3 years in the US, w h i c h i s w h e r e m y ambition to study the English language sprouts from. The thing I enjoy d o i n g m o s t o f a l l i s traveling.
Trine S. Nygaard Thomsen Little Miss Chatterbox I am a chatty 22-year-old s t u d e n t w i t h l o t s o f different interests to talk about, such as running, music, literature and so on.
If you have any questions I will be happy to answer them – maybe in the friday bar with a beer in each hand- your choice. When Yo u m e e t m e Yo u ’ l l understand the title: Little Miss Chatterbox.
Andreas Muurholm Dam Eat yellow snow!
When life gives you lemons, punch it in the face. I am interested in history, politics, books, and movies. So I am clearly very special. I was born in the area around Aarhus, so if you need to know something about the city I probably don’t know.
Jonas Oldenburg Christensen Fly White Guy I’m a very outgoing and all- round happy kind of guy who loves doing creative stuff and drinking coffee.
Lots of coffee. I love sunshine and I’m not a huge fan of cats, mostly because I’m pretty allergic to them.
Study Guide
Books are expensive; just be prepared. It is also worth researching where the books are cheapest before buying them all. Buying them online or second-hand can save money. (We have a conference for second-hand books on FirstClass that you will be able to access shortly after your arrival at the university)
You will need to print out stuff from time to time, so we advise you invest in a printer, but can also inform you that there are printers scattered around the different campuses and that the cost of printing varies.
The first period at university is bound to be confusing, but fret not, you will have your tutors close at hand to help you, and you will also join a study group, which means you will in no way feel alone.
It is important to remember that in some subjects you will have active participation; this means you will be required to attend the lectures and seminars and also hand in some written material on time, therefore try and avoid missing classes. More information on this in particular shall be given once you begin.
Who is Who – and What is What?
A lecture is a session where the lecturer talks about a certain subject and a large number of students attend and take notes. At a lecture you are not supposed to ask questions and should therefore not put up your hand and interrupt the lecturer. Instead if you do have a question write it down at ask at the seminars.
A seminar is what we think of as normal teaching in a room with a blackboard. About 20-30 people in a room with a teacher where you will talk further about the contents of the lecture that took place prior.
Instructor sessions are led by senior students working with more specific areas of a certain subject; at these sessions you will be in smaller groups of approximately 10-15 students.
Introduction to Courses
Phonetics, phonology and morphology
This course introduces English phonetics, phonology and morphology. Students learn to use basic tools for describing and analysing English word structure as well as the sound systems of the main variants of English. The aim
of the course is to give students basic knowledge of the tools and skills required to work with the phonetic, phonological and morphological aspects of the English language.
Teachers: Ocke-Schwen Bohn, Jocelyn Hardman, Camilla Søballe Horslund and member of staff.
3 hours weekly for 13 weeks and 1-hour Instructor sessions weekly for 8 weeks.
The teaching is primarily in the form of large group lectures supplemented by seminars. The seminar sessions emphasise work involving oral contributions by the students.
Research Skills and Academic methods
The course introduces students to basic concepts and issues within academic research and methodology. Students are taught information retrieval using a number of essential academic tools and are also taught how to present written academic work. Students learn to delimit a subject area, to formulate work hypotheses and assumptions and to assess the reliability of materials and arguments.
Teachers: David Harding, Matthias Stephan, Sune Borkfelt and member of staff.
The course is taught 2 hours weekly as seminar sessions. In the sessions, students work individually and in groups on information searches and compositional problems.
Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics
The aim of the course is to give students fundamental knowledge of the tools and skills required to work with the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic aspects of the English language.
The material used to explain the concepts and techniques taught on the course is taken from various currently predominant models, and special emphasis is placed on a description of English syntax, semantics and pragmatics based on appropriate analytical and theoretical tools.
Teachers: Sten Vikner, Johannes Kizach and member of staff
Taught 3 hours weekly. Instruction is in the form of a combination of large group lectures and seminar teaching. The classroom lessons emphasise work involving oral contributions by the students.
Media and Culture Studies
The aim of the course is to give students fundamental knowledge and understanding of and skills in analysing various (audio) visual media texts, the historical development of the media as well as their social context. The course is based on the auditive, visual and audiovisual media and introduces fundamental concepts within media analysis as well as various media and culture theories. The course also deals with the practical use of theory and methodology in specific analyses of media and culture.
Teachers: Jody Pennington and member of staff.
This course is taught 2 hours weekly through seminar sessions. Emphasis is placed on work that involves close readings of various media texts, group work and oral contributions from the students.
Literature 1 – Form and Genre
The course introduces literature as an overall broad concept; key genres in English literatures;
and representative works from English literary tradition including works of poetry, novels and drama. In addition, students are introduced to important issues within literary history as well as practical literary analysis.
Teachers: Peter Mortensen, Tabish Khair, Joseph Sterret, Susan Yi Sencindiver, Sune Borkfelt and Matthias Stephan.
3 hours weekly for 13 weeks. Instruction is in the form of large group lectures combined with some seminar sessions in small groups.
Guide to Living in Aarhus
Living in Aarhus is not only studying. In your spare time, Aarhus has numerous offers, out of which we have picked a few of our favourites for you...
In want of coffee, go to... Great Coffee. Street Coffee. Løves Bog- og VinCafé.
Cocktail: Herr Bartels: Half price on Wednesdays and Thursdays. ZenZa: Half price on Thursdays.
Cultural offers: AROS. Godsbanen, Ambassaden, Den Gamle By.
In want of breakfast and brunch, go to... The banks of the creak downtown: Café Cross, Ziggy Sidewalk, Café Faust, and so on; they are plenty.
In want of dinner, go to... Olinico, Slap Af, Sct.
Oluf.
In want of a park, go to... The University Park. The Botanical Garden.
In want of a place to tan, go to... Strandbaren.
Den Permanente.
I n w a n t o f a p l a c e t o l i v e , g o t o . . . www.kollegie8000.dk or www.boligportal.dk.
The dormitories are as a rule much cheaper than
apartments.
In want of a job, go to... www.jobbank.au.dk In want of a beer, go to... Tir Na Nóg. Peter Gift.
Peder Wessel. HQ Headquarters.
In want of a flirt or a dance, go to... Shen Mao.
Skru Ned. Bernhardt. Australian Bar.
In want of books, go to... Stakbogladen. Amazon (also Kindle ed.). Older students are often willing to sell their books.
In want of a place to study, go to... both Taasingegade and the Nobel park have got places for you to study. Bring your study group!
In want of a cheap meal at campus, go to... The canteen down at Math is both cheap, and has long opening hours and a wide variety of food. It is situated in 1530. The State Library has the possibly best cakes on campus.
In want of the greatest student gatherings, go to...
The christmas party for the English department.
Kapsejlads. Danmarks Største Fredagsbar.
In want of help or further advice, go to... Your tutors. This is what we are here for, and we would love nothing more!
