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Alexander Erik Larsen, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Faculty Appointments

Credentials

Education

2002
BA |
European Cultural Studies

2008
MA | Brigham Young University
Comparative Literature

2016
Ph.D. | University of Notre Dame
Literature

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

08/15/2016 - 05/15/2017
College of Arts and Letters Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of English, University of Notre Dame

Awards

2015
Notebaert Professional Development Grant
Sponsor: University of Notre Dame

2014
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
Sponsor: University of Notre Dame

2013
University of Notre Dame Graduate School Professional Development Grant
Sponsor: University of Notre Dame

2012
Nanovic Institute for European Studies Graduate Initiative Grant
Sponsor: University of Notre Dame

2010
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts' Graduate Professional Development Grant
Sponsor: University of Notre Dame

2010
Society for the Study of Language and Culture Summer Language Abroad Grant
Sponsor: University of Notre Dame

2006
FLAS (Foreign Language Area Study)
Sponsor: US State Department and Brigham Young University

2002
Summa cum laude
Sponsor: Brandeis University

2002
Phi Beta Kappa
Sponsor: Brandeis University

2002
Highest departmental honors
Sponsor: Brandeis University

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Publications

Journal Articles

2015
Larsen, Alexander Erik. "Entropy in the Circuits: McTeague's Apocalyptic Posthumanism". Nineteenth-Century Literature. 2015; 69(4).

2010
Larsen, Alexander Erik. "Parables of Exposure: The Il y a and Ethics in Kafka, Levinas, and Blanchot". Levinas Studies. 2010; 5.

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