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Rune Graulund is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark specializing in American literature and culture, with a focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. His research interests include speculative fiction, particularly gothic and science fiction, as well as travel writing and ecocriticism. Graulund has conducted extensive examinations of speculative irrealist genres to address contemporary issues and crises, particularly exploring how imagined futures involving technology such as robots and AI relate to environmental disasters and their impact on current politics. He has a keen interest in the interplay between urban landscapes and human interactions, especially examining extremes such as wastelands and metropolises. Graulund's current projects include 'Planetary Political Grotesque' and 'Writing Travel in the Twenty-First Century: Mobility, Authenticity, and Planetary Emergency,' funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. He has also been involved in numerous research projects and initiatives addressing nostalgia in contemporary European culture and the impacts of the Anthropocene on literature.
University of Southern Denmark • Odense, Denmark
Teaching and research in American literature and culture.
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