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Assistant Professor Mikkel Jensen lectures, teaches, and writes on American culture, society, and media at the Department of Culture and Learning, Aalborg University. His research explores how American media texts engage with contemporary historical tendencies, such as deindustrialization, anti-urbanism, and populism.
2024 will see the publication of Jensen’s first monograph, which explores how showrunner David Simon’s television series engage with historical realities in the American city. In 2022, he was named Teacher of the Year in the Humanities at Aalborg University.
Keywords
- History
- Contemporary American history
- Media Research
- American film and television
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Projects
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David Simon's American City
Jensen, M., Feb 2024, Manchester University Press. 240 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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"This is 1986. This isn’t like the 60s and 50s": Locating the Long Civil Rights Narrative in Just Mercy
Østergaard, J. & Jensen, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of American Studies. 19, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A Didactics of Cultural Readings
Jensen, M., 9 Jul 2023, In: Teaching & Learning Inquiry. 11, 15 p., e56853.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A Post-Apocalyptic Urban Crisis: The Omega Man
Jensen, M., Oct 2023, (Accepted/In press) Spekulativ fiktion. Aalborg Universitetsforlag, (Interdisciplinære kulturstudier).Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Game of Thrones
Jensen, M., 23 Oct 2023, Den store danske. Lex.dkResearch output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Encyclopedia chapter › Communication
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Prizes
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Årets Underviser i Studienævnet for Engelsk, Tysk og Kulturforståelse
Jensen, Mikkel (Recipient), 9 Dec 2022
Prize: Educational prizes
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Årets Underviser på Det Humanistiske Fakultet, 2022
Jensen, Mikkel (Recipient), 8 Apr 2022
Prize: Educational prizes
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Årets Underviser i Studienævnet for Engelsk, Tysk og Kulturforståelse
Jensen, Mikkel (Recipient), Nov 2021
Prize: Educational prizes
Activities
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Danish Association for American Studies Seminar
Marianne Kongerslev (Organizer), Mikkel Jensen (Organizer), Steen Ledet Christiansen (Participant), Clara Juncker (Participant), Anne Mørk (Participant), Anders Bo Rasmussen (Participant) & Kasper Grotle Rasmussen (Participant)
7 Dec 2023Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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Teksten i verden (LMS-seminar)
Mikkel Jensen (Organizer), Peter Stein Larsen (Participant), Gunhild Agger (Participant), Kim Toft Hansen (Participant), Louise Brix Jacobsen (Participant), Marianne Kongerslev (Participant), Louise Mønster (Participant), Claus Krogholm (Participant) & Emilie Dybdal (Participant)
23 Nov 2023Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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Aalborghus campus-dag
Mikkel Jensen (Lecturer) & Steen Ledet Christiansen (Lecturer)
29 Aug 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Byens kultur
Mikkel Jensen (Participant), Steen Ledet Christiansen (Participant), Jens Kirk (Participant) & Marianne Kongerslev (Participant)
13 Apr 2023Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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Sprogcamp 2023
Mikkel Jensen (Participant)
27 Jan 2023 → 29 Jan 2023Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar