Background
Houe, Poul was born on February 4, 1946 in Snedsted, Denmark. Arrived in United States, 1979, permanent resident, 1981. Son of Christen Houe and Mary Bangsgaard.
writer language and literaure educator
Houe, Poul was born on February 4, 1946 in Snedsted, Denmark. Arrived in United States, 1979, permanent resident, 1981. Son of Christen Houe and Mary Bangsgaard.
Cand.mag., Aarhus University, Denmark, 1970.
Instructor Marselisborg Training College, Aarhus, Denmark, 1969—1970, Royal Danish School of Education, Aarhus, Denmark, 1971—1973. Research associate Aarhus University, 1971—1973. Visiting associate professor Uppsala University, Sweden, 1973—1978.
Assistant professor University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1978—1981, associate professor, 1981—1984, professor, since 1984. Organiser Society Advancement of Scandinavian Study Annual Meeting, 1983. Chair International Isak Dinesen Conference, 1985, International Søren Kierkegaard Conference, 2006.
Visiting professor University Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1988. Advisory board member Wiener Studien zur Skandinavistik, Vienna, since 1997. Consultant Encyclopedia British, Chicago, 1999—2000.
Co-chair International August Strindberg Conference, 2000, International HC Andersen Conference, 2006, International Astrid Lindgren Conf, 2007.
Member of Wiener Studies fur skaudinavistik (advisory public board), Johannes V. Jensen Center, Aarhus University, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, International Association of Scandinavian Studies, Universitetsjubilæets danske Samfund.