Mathias Clasen

Mathias Clasen

Clasen in 2012.
Born 1978 (age 3738)
Residence Aarhus, Denmark
Fields Horror studies, biocultural theory
Institutions Aarhus University
Influences Joseph Carroll
Website
horror.dk/mathias

Mathias Clasen (born 1978) is a Danish scholar of horror fiction and the author/editor of three non-fiction books on the horror genre as well as two horror anthologies.[1] He is assistant professor in literature and media at Aarhus University, his alma mater, from where he received his PhD in 2012.

Mathias Clasen’s research integrates horror study with the natural and social sciences, in particular human behavioral biology and evolutionary and cognitive psychology. His academic work builds on the evolutionary, or biocultural, approach of literary scholars such as Joseph Carroll, Brian Boyd, Brett Cooke, and Jonathan Gottschall.

Major works

References

  1. Clasen, Mathias. "Mathias Clasen's website". Retrieved January 8, 2014.


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