Roy Eriksen

Education

Roy T. Eriksen studied at the University of Oslo with Maren-Sofie Røstvig.

Career

He wrote his Doctor of Philosophy thesis on a structural analysis of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. Taught at University of Oslo 1977-1986:

Research Fellow in English Literature, 1977

Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature, 1986

Taught at University of Tromsø 1986-2003

Professor of English Literature 1986-2003

Professor of Renaissance Studies, at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, 1997-2000 Taught at University of Bergen 1997-1999

Appointed Professor of English Literature

Taught at University of Agder 2003-

Professor English Renaissance Literature and Culture

Visiting Fellowships

British Council Fellow, Cambridge University, 1982–1983

NAVF Research Fellow, Cambridge University, 1986

Visiting Professor, Villa I Tatti, Florence, 1990–1991, 1994, 1996

Eriksen is head of the international research group Early Modern Research Group based at the University of Agder. He is general editor of the interdiciplinary journal Early Modern Culture Online and general editor of the bookseries Early Modern and Modern Studies.

Academic

A festschrift in honor of Eriksen was produced in 2008.

Guest, Clare Lapraik (2008) Rhetoric, theatre and the arts of design: essays presented to Roy Eriksen Oslo: Novus Press.

Achievements

• Eriksen received Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters"s award for outstanding research in 2007.