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
New book: Why Horror Seduces (OUP, 2017)
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
On the Uses of Horror in the Classroom
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Communication
- Accepted/In press
"We Are Legion": Possession Myth as a Lens for Understanding Cultural & Psychological Evolution
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Accepted/In press
An Evolutionary Approach to Horror Media
Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Centre for Environmental Humanities
Project: Research
Climate | Culture | Catastrophe Network
Project: Research
De døde kroppes hemmeligheder
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Kunst som hjernegymnastik
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Monstre: Skurke, hekse og monstre - figurer fra kulturens skyggeside
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Transitional grant
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Best overall poster
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
For Michael og Søren er gyserfilm mere end en hårrejsende hobby
Press/Media: Press / Media
Fight or flight: How horror movies manipulate our brains for peak excitement
Press/Media: Press / Media
Derfor er vampyren allevegne
Press/Media: Press / Media
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