A Brief History of the Centre for Ibsen Studies

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Title A Brief History of the Centre for Ibsen Studies
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Abstract/Description The phenomenon of the academic center devoted to the study of a single influential cultural figure has largely been accepted without much notice. We take for granted the notion that there are good reasons to fund a Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham, a Hans Christian Andersen Centre at the University of Southern Denmark, or a Centre for Ibsen Studies at the University of Oslo. While there is increasing scholarly interest in the phenomenon of the author museum, with its strong association with tourism and the promotion of experiential connections with authors and texts in their presumed authentic contexts, research institutes dedicated to single authors have been taken at face value. There has been little interest in exploring how they shape the popular and scholarly receptions of the authors to whom they are dedicated. In this article, I trace the development of the Centre for Ibsen Studies (CIS) with special attention paid to strategic decisions made throughout the course of its thirty-year history and the influences these have had on the field as a whole.
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Publisher Ibsen Studies
Publisher Location Taylor & Francis Online
Volume 23
Issue 2
Page 182-198
Date Issued 1 November 2023
Language English
Citation Ellen Rees, A Brief History of the Centre for Ibsen Studies, Ibsen Studies, Taylor & Francis Online, 23, 2, 1 November 2023, 182-198
Resource Identifier 79168
Dataset AusStage