Dr. N. Lübecker
Nikolaj Lübecker, D.E.A. and Ph.D. (Université Paris 7 – Denis Diderot), M.A. (University of Copenhagen)
University Lecturer in French (CUF), Fellow of St John’s College
Address: St John’s College, St. Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JP
Email: nikolaj.lubecker@sjc.ox.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1865 611 810
Research
My research interests include avant-garde literature and culture, intellectual history, and contemporary European cinema. My first book was a monograph on the writings of Stéphane Mallarmé, a second book studied ideas of community in texts by André Breton, Georges Bataille, Jean-Paul Sartre and Roland Barthes. My current research project - on ‘The Contemporary Feel-Bad Film’ - focuses on European directors such as Bruno Dumont, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Michael Haneke and Lars von Trier.
Teaching
19th and 20th century French literature, European cinema.
Graduate Teaching
I welcome applications from students wishing to work in the fields of film studies (in particular, contemporary film and European avant-garde cinema), 20th century intellectual history, avant-garde culture, French and comparative literature.
Selected publications
Books
Community, Myth and Recognition in 20th Century French Literature and Thought. London: Continuum. (2009)
Le Sacrifice de la sirène - « Un coup de dés » et la poétique de Stéphane Mallarmé. Copenhagen: Copenhagen University Press/Museum Tusculanum. (2003)
Editor, Europe and it’s Others – Xenophobia in European Culture. Eds. Bogh, Bruhn, Madsen & Lübecker. Copenhagen: Tiderne Skifter. (2005, in Danish)
Some Recent Articles
'Camus, Bataille et la morale de la révolte'. 38-51 in Présence d'Albert Camus no. 3. (2012).
'Bruno Dumont's Twentynine Palms: The Avant-Garde as Tragedy?'. 235-47 in Studies in French Cinema 11:3. (2011)
'Lars von Trier’s Dogville, A Contemporary Feel-Bad Film'. 157-68 in Kendall & Horeck (Eds.): The New Extremism in Cinema: From France to Europe. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. (2011)
'The Politics of Desire in Paul Nizan's La Conspiration'. 19-39 in Contemporary French Civilization 34:1. (2010)
'Can I take you for a ride, Miss? - On the Titles of Wilhelm Freddie'. 173-83 in Aagesen (ed.): Wilhelm Freddie. Stick the Fork in your Eye! Copenhagen: The National Museum of Art. (2009)
'Sartre's Silence – The Limits of Recognition in Why Write?'. 42-57 in Sartre Studies International 14:1. (2008)
'L'incarnation éclatée - André Breton entre deux siècles', 125-38 in Joergensen & Ruth (eds.): Les Défis de l'œuvre. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. (2007)
'The Dedramatization of Violence in Claire Denis's I Can't Sleep'. 17-33 in Paragraph 30:2. (2007)