About the school
Mathias Clasen
Associate professor
School of Communication and Culture - English
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4
building 1481, 436
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Phone: +4587162631
Mobile: +4530957804
Director, Recreational Fear Lab
Associate Editor, Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture
TEDx Aarhus (2017): Lessons from a Terrified Horror Researcher
Research areas
- Art, Culture and Media > Literature > Text theory and analysis Literary Darwinism
- Art, Culture and Media > Literature > Literary genres Gothic Horror Science Fiction Fantasy Apocalyptic and postapocalyptic texts
- Education, teaching and philosophy > Philosophy of Science > Philosophy of science for the humanities
- Art, Culture and Media > Literature > Historiography of literature
- Art, Culture and Media > Computer Games, Digital Art and Culture > Computer games Survival horror Horror
- Art, Culture and Media > Film and video > Video genres Horror Film
- Art, Culture and Media > Film and video > Film theory Cognitive theory Evolutionary theory
- Published
Review of Brute Force: Animal Horror Movies by Dominic Lennard
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Literature review › Research
- Published
Pandemic Practice: Horror Fans and Morbidly Curious Individuals Are More Psychologically Resilient During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Published
"We Are Legion": Possession Myth as a Lens for Understanding Cultural and Psychological Evolution
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Recreational Fear Lab
Project: Research
Gys og gru på film
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Horror: Om horror, Halloween og haunted house-forskning
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Simulating the Apocalypse: On the Adaptive Functions of Scary Stories
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Transitional grant
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Best overall poster
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Why escapism benefits from a dose of pandemic reality
Press/Media: Press / Media
Har du hang til horror? Så er du bedre til at håndtere kriser, mener en ekspert
Press/Media: Press / Media
Study suggests the paradoxical enjoyment of horror media serves an evolutionary function
Press/Media: Press / Media
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