Ansattbilde: Ken Runar Hanssen

Ken Runar Hanssen

Førsteamanuensis
Fakultet for lærerutdanning og kunst- og kulturfag
E-post
ken.r.hanssen@nord.no
Telefon
75517000
Studiested
Bodø
Kontor
CA3417

Dr. Ken R. Hanssen is an Associate Professor at Nord University, where he has been teaching since 2006. His primary area of research is the works of William Shakespeare, specifically the late plays (romances), but his scholarly interests are fairly eclectic and wide-ranging and he dabbles as an amateur in a number of adjacent and non-adjacent fields, lately Chaucer studies, Southern fiction, and the genre-defying work of W.G. Sebald. He is also highly concerned with the formative role of literature in education, including curriculum development, explorations of teaching practice, and educational policy.

2025
Estetiske læringsprosesser i grunnskolelærerutdanningens engelskfag 2025 Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift - Ken Runar Hanssen
2024
W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz and the Problems of Representation 2024 Journal of Modern Literature - Ken Runar Hanssen
2021
We Are Citizens of the World: A Defence of the American Literature Survey (in the Name of Cosmopolitanism) 2021 Nordic Journal of English Studies (NJES) - Ken Runar Hanssen
2020
"Kek kek! kokkow! quek quek!": The Glorious Cacophony of Chaucer's Parliament of Fowls 2020 The Chaucer Review A Journal of Medieval Studies and Literary Criticism - Ken Runar Hanssen
2019
English as Lingua Franca: Language and Formation in the Arctic Region Topical issues of linguistics and methods of teaching foreign languages : Proceedings of the interregional workshop conference with international participation, 26-28 november 2018 2019 - Ken Runar Hanssen
2018
"Behold, and say 'tis well": The Redemptive Moment in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale 2018 Studia Anglica Posnaniensia - Ken Runar Hanssen
2017
"Men are made of the dust of the earth": Time, Space, Matter, and Meaning in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian 2017 The Cormac McCarthy Journal - Ken Runar Hanssen
2016
Medusa's head: Boss rattlers, Rattlesnake queens, and goddamn true love in Harry Crews's a Feast of Snakes 2016 Studia Anglica Posnaniensia - Ken Runar Hanssen
2014
“I endow’d thy purposes with words that made them known”: Linguistic and Cultural Liminality in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest Jazykovoje i kulturnoje vzaimodejstvie v uslovijakh arktitsjeskogo regiona: Materialy mezjdunarodnoj konferentsii 23-25. sentjabrja 2014 goda 2014 - Ken Runar Hanssen
2013
Fantasy literature in the classroom : an introduction Krafttak for lesing i fag 2013 - Jessica Allen Hanssen, Ken Runar Hanssen
2008
Et in Arcadia Ego: Representation, Character, and Pastoral in Shakespearean Romance 2008 - Ken Runar Hanssen
Et in Arcadia Ego: Representation, Character, and Pastoral in Shakespearean Romance 2008 - Ken Runar Hanssen
2024
Transcultural Currents in Key West Writing 2024 ASANOR 2024 - Ken Runar Hanssen
2022
W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz 2022 Education, Arts, and Culture - Ken Runar Hanssen
Key West in American Literature 2022 America and the Sea: ASANOR 2022 - Ken Runar Hanssen
2021
Engelskfaget og estetiske læringsprosesser 2021 Estetiske læringsprosesser: Muligheter og utfordringer i lærerutdanningene - Ken Runar Hanssen
2018
“To Cheer Up Slaves and Horrify Despots”: American Literature and the Cosmopolitan Ideal 2018 The Past and Future of Cosmopolitanism - Ken Runar Hanssen
Historiespill for vår egen tid? 2018 Norsk Shakespeare- og teatertidsskrift - Ken Runar Hanssen
Naive Dreamer, Wise Poet: The Medieval Dream Vision as Epistemological Process 2018 Seminar, Centre for Practical Knowledge - Ken Runar Hanssen
2017
English as Lingua Franca: Language and Formation in the Arctic Region (Master Class) 2017 Development of Arctic Territories: Experiences, Problems, and Perspectives - Ken Runar Hanssen
Discordia Concors in Chaucer's The Parlement of Foules 2017 International Conference on Middle English - Ken Runar Hanssen
“God Does Not Lie and These Are His Words”: The Humanities and the Authority of the Natural World 2017 Connections: A Conference on Critical Thinking - Ken Runar Hanssen
2016
Intimt og episk: Shakespeares fire eventyrspill på Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 2016 Norsk Shakespeare- og teatertidsskrift - Ken Runar Hanssen
Reversing the Renaissance: A Vindication of English as a Formative Subject 2016 Humanities as Subjects and Professions between Politics and Society - Ken Runar Hanssen
“To perform an act whereof what’s past is prologue”: Being and Time in Shakespeare’s Late Plays 2016 Renaissance Prototypes: Tensions of Past and Present in Early Modern Europe - Ken Runar Hanssen
2015
"Shakespeare and the Theatre: An Introduction to the Works" 2015 Fagdag for de videregående skoler i Nordland - Ken Runar Hanssen
“Grandpa Eaten by the Hogs While Brother is Seducing Sister in the Splashing Swill”: On the Many Joys (and Occasional Pitfalls) of Teaching Southern Fiction North of the Arctic Circle 2015 Keynote Address: Conference of the Georgia Philological Association - Ken Runar Hanssen
"The Art of Persuasion: How to Structure an Academic Paper" 2015 Forskningsdagene 2015 / Lån en forsker - Ken Runar Hanssen
2014
“À travers une brèche d’incompréhension”: W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz and the History of Suffering 2014 Forskningsforedrag, Kultur og dannelse - Ken Runar Hanssen
“I endow’d thy purposes with words that made them known”: Linguistic and Cultural Liminality in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest 2014 Languages and Cultures in the Arctic Region - Ken Runar Hanssen
2013
"Hav og vann på pøbben: En samtale med Arne Torp" 2013 Forskningsdagene 2013 - Ken Runar Hanssen
The Viking Impact on Anglo-Saxon Literature 2013 Fagdag for pedagogisk ansatte ved Bodø VGS og Bodin VGS - Ken Runar Hanssen
"I know Tuffy wishes to God he would": Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddam True Love in Harry Crews's Feast of Snakes 2013 The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900 - Ken Runar Hanssen
Shakespeare og sannhet 2013 Dag og Tid - Ken Runar Hanssen
2012
“To sing a song that old was sung”: Narrative Liminality in Shakespeare’s Pericles 2012 2012 International Conference on Narrative - Ken Runar Hanssen
“They rode on”: Chronotopic Arrangement in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian 2012 The Louisville Conference on Language and Literature Since 1900 - Ken Runar Hanssen
“As you will live, resolve it you”: Riddles and Recognition in Shakespeare’s Pericles 2012 Conference for the Nordic Network for Renaissance Studies - Ken Runar Hanssen
2011
W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz and the Politics of Pastoral Desire 2011 The Louisville Conference on Language and Literature Since 1900 - Ken Runar Hanssen
”’Behold, and say ‘tis well’: The Idea of Order in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale.” 2011 Conference in Early Modern Studies - Ken Runar Hanssen
”’A garment nobler than that it covers’: Ethical Ambiguity in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline.” 2011 Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference - Ken Runar Hanssen
2009
Shakespeare midt på treet 2009 Avisa Nordland - Ken Runar Hanssen
"Fantasy Literature" 2009 Lesekonferansen - Ken Runar Hanssen
2004
“For his love and for his disease”: Humanity in Isaac Babel’s Red Cavalry 2004 The Louisville Conference on 20th Century Literature - Ken Runar Hanssen