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Mads Sohl Jessen is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, affiliated with the Hans Christian Andersen Centre. His research expertise centers on Danish literary history and literary analysis, with a special focus on Hans Christian Andersen’s early fairy tales from the 1830s and 1840s, contributing to the developments in European children’s literature. He is currently engaged in writing a 150-page monograph on a Danish topic, expected to be published in late 2025 or early 2026, highlighting the influence of Andersen as a writer during the early 19th century. Jessen’s other ongoing project includes a monograph on Johannes V. Jensen’s novel 'Fall King', exploring themes of nihilistic thinking rooted in historical narratives of 19th-century Denmark. He has substantial expertise in the global reception of Andersen's fairy tales and has edited an important English language volume on Andersen’s influence on Russian culture and literature. His broader research interests include literary aesthetics, intertextuality, and the historical development of literary genres, alongside a keen dedication to the internationalization of Nordic Studies at SDU, particularly through the Erasmus Mundus EU framework.
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