1987: MA by Research in Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen

1 CURRICULUM VITAE: Anne-Louise Sommer Associate professor of Design Theory and Design History Work: Denmark s Design School & Danish Centre for Design Research, Strandboulevarden 47, DK- 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Tel. office, direct: + 45 3527 7623 Private: Anne-Louise Sommer Carlsmindevej 12, Søllerød, DK- 2840 Holte, Denmark Tel. private: + 45 4556 6161 Cell phone: + 45 2032 4215 Email: als@dkds.dk Born: June 30, 1961 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Education 1987: MA by Research in Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen 1981-82: Maternity leave 1979-1981: Basic studies in Humanities, Roskilde University Career summary 1988-2007 2004- Associate professor of Design Theory and Design History at Denmark s Design School and Danish Centre for Design Research, Royal Academy of Architecture, Copenhagen 1998-2004 Associate Professor of modern architecture and design, University of Aarhus 1

2 1995-1997 Senior Research fellow at Man & Nature, Humanities Research Center, Odense University. Project: The modern Elysium the modern international metropolitan cemetery since 1800 1994 Senior Research fellow, University of Copenhagen, Department of Art, Literature and Theatre. Project: The classic modern architecture examples of a radical reception of antiquity 1993-1995 Lecturer in modern culture, University of Copenhagen, Department of Art, Literature and Theatre. Cultural studies 1989-1993 Assistant professor of modern architecture, University of Aarhus, Department of Art History 1988 Lecturer, University of Copenhagen, Department of Art History (part-time) and Department of Literature (part-time) Lectures, keynotes and papers (a selection): Golden Age Revisited Danish Design - an ideological construction, 2007 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Boston, Massachusetts, April 4 7, 2007 Golden Age Revisited The creation and sustaining of a myth. Danish Design in the 1950es and on Connecting, International Committee of Design History and Studies, ICDHS 5 th Conference, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, August 23-25, 2006 Den moderne død. Etik & Æstetik [The modern Death, Ethic and Aesthetic], festforedrag på Københavns Rådhus i anledning af Dansk Ligbrændingsforenings/Liv & Døds 125 års jubilæum, April 21, 2006 Operaen på Dokøen Arkitekturhistorikerens udfordringer i mødet med en kontroversiel bygning [The Copenhagen Opera house The architectural critic s meeting with a controversial building], Department of Art History, Faculty of Humanities, University of Tromsø, Norway October 4, 2005 Kirkegården som mødested [The cemetery as meeting place], keynote at Nordic Congress for Cemeteries and crematories, Reykjavik, Iceland August 25-27, 2005 The battle of the good Taste Diversity in the Danish 50s and 60s interior decoration from cool modernism to a nostalgic longing for homeliness, NTNU Network for Modern architecture and design, Pärnu, Estonia, May 25-27, 2005 2

3 Kirkegården som udtryk for fælles kulturel erfaring [The cemetery: A collective cultural experience], Seminar arranged by Forrest & Landscape, Research Centre, University of Copenhagen and The Danish Association of Danish Cemetery Leaders, Nyborg Strand March 15, 2005 Modern Metropolitan cemeteries in Northern Europe from 1800 in relation to landscape architecture and the art of gardening at the conference All Ombra de cipressi e dentro l urne.. Bologna, Italy November 24 26, 2004 Linier i dansk arkitektur i det 20. århundrede [Movements and currents in Danish Architecture in the 20 th century], Askov Højskole, Denmark October 19, 2004 Il moderno cimitero metropolitano nell Europa del Nord ved konferencen Memoria e Futuro nell architettura dei cimiteri europei, Genova, Italy September 24, 2004 Fraværets iscenesættelser om storkøbenhavnske bykirkegårde 1870-1950 [The staging of absence The cemeteries in metropolitan Copenhagen 1870-1950], Dansk Center for byhistorie [The Danish centre for urban history], Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen October 31, 2003 De dødes haver, [The gardens of the dead] foredrag på Dansk Arkitektur Center, Gl. Dok, København October 27, 2003 Design, Craft and the question of identity, keynote lecture at WCC (World Craft Council) Europe GA 2003, Museum of Arts and Craft, Copenhagen September 6, 2003 De dødes Haver, foredrag ved Foreningen for Kirkegårdskulturs årskongres 2003, Hotel Tønderhus, June 2, 2003 Modernitetens billedstormere. De Stijl og den rensede flade [Modern iconoclasts. De Stijl and the purified surface] foredrag ved Ikonoklasme konferencen på Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Department for Art History, University of Aarhus, April 11, 2003 Arkitektur & Globalisering. Identitet sted flygtighed [Architecture & globalization. Identity Place the ephemeral] ved seminaret Globalisering, kunst, fællesskabsfølelser og offentlighedsformer, Research group Aesthetic Seminar, University of Aarhus, December 3, 2001 Spredte betragtninger om design & kunst på foranledning af en bilreklame foredrag ved Kunsthistoriker foreningens debatdag om designforskning, University of Copenhagen, Department of Art History, February 2001 De dødes have mellem land og by, foredrag ved Foreningen af danske Kirkegårdsledere, Danske krematoriers Landsforening Årskongres 2000 i Svendborg, May 22, 2000 Landskaber og betydninger et historisk rids [Landscape and meaning a historical perspective), gæsteforelæsning ved Arkitektskolen i Århus, April 26, 2000 3

4 "Modernismens Elysium" Foredrag i Dansk Sociolog Forening. DJØF, Copenhagen, January 25, 2000 "Modernismen i Kunsten" [Art and modernism] Torsdagsforelæsning i Arkitekturhistorisk Forelæsningsrække, Guest lecture at Aarhus School of Architecture January 13, 2000 "Modern Architecture A process of radical rethinking" Paper ved symposiet "Around Paul Engelmann - Architecture, language, critique" arranged by Institut of Art History, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Architecture and Forschungsinstitut 'Brenner-Archiv', Universität Innsbruck. Aarhus School of Architecture September 30 October 1, 1999 "Postmodernistisk arkitektur" [Postmodern architecture]. Forelæsning på Århus Katedralskole d. September 29, 1999 "Byplanlægning i det 20. århundrede" [20 th century Urban planning]. Forelæsning på Det Jydske Kunstakademi, Århus September 9, 1999 "Linier i moderne arkitektur og design fra 1851 til i dag" [Currents and trends in modern architecture and design from 1851 until today]. Lecture at Odder Højskole June 28, 1999 "Arkitektur og sted - om den fænomenologiske analyse" [Architecture and place A phenomenological analysis] Foredrag ved seminaret "Stedsanalyse - metodiske tilgange til beskrivelse af arkitektur" arrangeret af Statens Byggeforsknings Institut (SBI) og Arkitektur & Design, Ålborg Universitet March 17-18, 1999 "Det moderne" [The modern] Guest lecture at Aarhus School of Architecture December 8 1998 "Krop og rum" [Body and space] Guest lecture at Aarhus School of Architecture January 13 1998 "The notion of Death - and a scenic concept of Nature" Paper at the conference Nordic Interarts studies in theory and practice, NORSIS, Lysebu, Norway April 24-27, 1997 Rejsen, rum & tid At se det nye i det velkendte, [Travel, Space & time The appearance of the New embedded in the familiar] Guest lecture at Denmark s Design School, January 1997 Rum og arkitektur som betydningsfelt [The space of the cemetery Architecture and landscape as bearer of meaning], Paper at the seminar Phenomenology and Space Center for Urbanity and Aesthetic, October 24 25, 1996 "Linier og forskydninger i arkitekturhistorien - bidrag til metodidske overvejelser omkring arkitekturforskningens status" [Currents and displacements in architectural history A contribution to the methodological consideration of architecture & research]. Paper ved NORDIK V-konference, Turku, Suomi Finland June 13-16, 1996 4

5 The Victorian Necropolis, paper ved North-East Victorian Studies Association konference, Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 1996 Rummet i fladen eller når fladen bliver til rum. De Stijls eksperimenter, Guest lecture at Aarhus School of Architecture, January 16, 1996 "Campus sét udefra" [Campus seen from outside], Foredrag ved debatdag om udbygningen af Odense Universitet, University of Odense, December 4, 1995 "Jørn Utzon between regionalism and universalism, Paper at EASA (European Association for Studies on Australia) Conference, University of Copenhagen, September 6 9, 1995 "Den deplacerede plads" [The deplaced square], lecture at a seminar, Centre for Urbanity and Aesthetic, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen October 31, 1994 "Arkitekturen som mulighedernes sted - betragtninger over den aktuelle arkitektoniske praksis" [Architecture and contingency considerations on the actual practise of architecture]. Paper at NORDIK IV-Conference, Geilo, Norway, May 7 10, 1993 Publications: Books: 1. Sommer, Anne-Louise The Copenhagen Opera House. Cultural History The Project The Architecture. Interview with Henning Larsen, Copenhagen, Gyldendal, 2007 (English translation of no. 3: Operaen på Dokøen 276 pages) 2. Sommer, Anne-Louise Kaare Klint, Danske Designere, Aschehoug, 2007 (84 pages) 3. Sommer, Anne-Louise Operaen på Dokøen Kulturhistorien, projektet, arkitekturen, København, Gyldendal, 2005 (276 pages) 4. Sommer, Anne-Louise De dødes Haver. Den moderne storbykirkegård [The gardens of the dead. The modern metropolitan Cemetery], Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense 2003 (296 pages) 5. Sommer, Anne-Louise Arkitektur og Design. København: Politikens Forlag, 1995 (198 pages) 6. Sommer, Anne-Louise, Stedets arkitektur - en forankring i rum og tid [The Architecture of Place. Time & Space], MA thesis by research, May 1987, AIL 164. Arbejdspapirer fra Institut for Litteraturvidenskab [Working papers from the Department of Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen] Copenhagen 1988 (254 pages) 5

6 Editor: 1. Sommer, Anne-Louise (in collaboration with Hans Jørgen Frederiksen) Kunsthistoriske Kontakter Tværfaglige dialoger [Art history and contacts Interdisciplinary Dialogues], Århus Universitetsforlag, Århus 2003 (284 pages) 2. Sommer, Anne-Louise (in collaboration with Annelise Ballegaard Petersen) Dødens Rum [The space of Death], Odense Universitetsforlag, Odense 1998 (203 pages) 3. Sommer, Anne-Louise (in collaboration with Judith Bakacsy and Anders Valdemar Munch) Architecture, Language, Critique Around Paul Engelmann, Studien zur Österreichischen Philosophie, herausgegeben von Rudolph Haller, Band XXXI, Rodopi, Amsterdam Atlanta, GA 2000 (177 pages) 4. Sommer, Anne-Louise (in collaboration with L. K. Bertelsen and H.H. L. Jørgensen) Mytologi & Modmytologi 7 oplæg fra en konference på kunsthistorie, Århus Universitet Århus 2002 Articles: 1. Sommer, Anne-Louise Død og iscenesættelser i en flygtig tid in HELIOS Danske bedemænd i Centrum Tid og rum til samtale om døden, pp. 35-40, København, Danske Bedemænds jubilæumsskrift, 2007 2. Sommer, Anne-Louise Da Danske Møbler Blev Moderne Historien om Dansk Møbeldesigns Storhedstid Book Review in Business History, vol. 49, No. 2, March 2007 pp. 258-259, Routledge 3. Sommer, Anne-Louise Rationelt Storbydesign De storkøbenhavnske bykirkegårde 1870-1950 in Christensen, Søren Bitsch og Mette Ladegaard Thøgersen (ed.) Den moderne by. Danske bystudier 3 pp. 215-237. Århus, Aarhus Universitetsforlag 2006 4. Sommer, Anne-Louise Den moderne død. Etik & Æstetik [The Modern Death. Ethic & Aesthetic] in Kirkegårdskultur 2006, Westergaard, E. Sommer, A-L et al (eds.), pp. 50-65, Jelling Bogtrykkeri, 2006 5. Sommer, Anne-Louise: Sublime Svalbard [Sublime Svalbard] in Produktive paradokser Festskrift til Svend Erik Larsen, Møller, Lis og M. Rosendahl Thomsen (eds.) pp. 199-216, Århus, Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2006 6. Sommer, Anne-Louise Livets træer og dødens... [The trees of life and death] in Livets Træer Kunst, Kultur & Natur From, Iben & L. Laigaard Andersen (eds.), pp. 108-113 Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad, Forlaget Rhodos, 2006 6

7 7. Sommer, Anne-Louise Symboler in Skriftlære for Stenhuggere af Poul Søgren, pp. 106-117, Odense: Erhvervsskolernes Forlag, 2006 8. Sommer, Anne-Louise Moderni cimiteri metropolitani in Danimarca e Svezia. La rappresentazione profane della morte nella prima metà del XX secolo in Gli spazi della memoria Architettura dei cimiteri monumentali europei M. Felicori (ed.), pp. 257-266, Roma, Luca Sossella editore 2005 9. Sommer, Anne-Louise Middelhav og maskinæstetik [The Mediterranean and the machine aesthetic] in Sfinx, 27. årgang nr. 4, Århus Universitet 2004 10. Sommer, Anne-Louise Two papers on modern metropolitan cemeteries, Danmarks Designskole, København 2004 11. Sommer, Anne-Louise Mellem tradition og fornyelse [Between tradition and innovation] in Kirkegårdskultur 2004, Årsskrift for Kirkegårdskultur, Jelling, Jelling Bogtrykkeri, 2004. 12. Sommer, Anne-Louise Ornamentale eskapader [Ornamental escapades] in Passepartout Skrifter for Kunsthistorie Nr. 23, Århus: Århus Universitet, 2004 13. Sommer, Anne-Louise Modernitetens billedstormere. De Stijl og den rensede flade [Modern iconoclasts. De Stijl and the purified surface] in. Ikonoklasme, M. Bolt & J. Wamberg (eds.), Århus: Århus Universitet, 2004. 14. Sommer, Anne-Louise og Lis Møller Haven i romanen Goethes Valgslægtskaberne og den naturlige have [ The garden in the novel Goethes Wahlvervandschaften and the natural garden] in. Kunsthistoriske Kontakter Tværfaglige dialoger, Frederiksen, H.J. & Sommer, A.-L. (eds), Århus Universitetsforlag, Århus 2003. 15. Sommer, Anne-Louise I dialog med historien [A Dialogue with History] in Utopi og virkelighed i det 20. århundredes kunsthåndværk og design, H. Most m.fl. (eds.), Kunstindustrimuseet, København 2002 16. Sommer, Anne-Louise Modern Design Icons in Louisiana Revy Arne Jacobsen Absolutely Modern p. 72-76, 2002 17. Sommer, Anne-Louise Mytologi & mod-mytologi et par introducerende bemærkninger in Mytologi & Modmytologi 7 oplæg fra en konference på kunsthistorie, Bertelsen, L.K., A.-L. Sommer m.fl. (eds.), Århus 2002 18. Sommer, Anne-Louise Marokkopudens genkomst in Sfinx, 24. årgang nr. 2, 2001 19. Sommer, Anne-Louise Modern Architecture a process of radical rethinking. in. Around Paul Engelmann: Architecture, Language, Critique, Studien zur Österreichischen 7

8 Philosophie, Band XXXI, J. Bakacsy, A.V. Munch og A-L Sommer (eds), pp. 16-25, Rodopi Verlag, Amsterdam Atlanta 2000 20. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Kirkegårdens rum - Arkitektur og landskab som betydningsfelt" [The space of the cemetery Architecture and landscape as bearer of meaning] in. Fænomenologi og Sted, Frederik Stjernfelt og Anders Michelsen (eds.), Forlaget Spring, København 2000 21. Sommer, Anne-Louise Fugl Fønix iklædt hestekræfter En ikon i det 20. århundredes italienske design, Informazioni 60, Viborg 2000 22. Anne-Louise Sommer Introduction in. Industrial and Crafts Design, Modern Nordic Design Series, Denmark, Zhu Hui Ping (ed.), Heilongjiang Science and Technology Press, Beijing, China 1999. 23. Anne-Louise Sommer Introduction samt Interior Design in. Furniture and Interior Design, Modern Nordic Design Series, Zhu Hui Ping (ed.), Heilongjiang Science and Technology Press, Beijing, China 1999. 24. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Kunstrum - rumkunst - Alvar Aaltos Villa Mairea, Noormarkku 1938-39" [Space for art art space. Alvar Aaltos Villa Mairea, Noormarkku 1938-1939]. Passepartout - Skrifter for Kunsthistorie. Nr. 12, 6. årg. Tema: Arkitektur-rum-teori. Århus. 1999 25. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Linier og forskydninger i arkitekturhistorien - bidrag til metodiske overvejelser omkring arkitekturforskningens status" [Currents and displacements in architectural history A contribution to the methodological consideration of architecture & research] in. Konsten efter 1945, Taidehistoriallisia Tutkimuksia / Konsthistoriska Studier 19, Björkqvist, L og A. Vihervaara (eds.), Helsinki 1998. 26. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Kirkegårdens natur" [The nature of the cemetery]. Årsskrift for Kirkegårdskultur. Jelling 1998. 27. Sommer, Anne-Louise "De Elysiske marker - 1800-tallets storbykirkegårde" [Elysian Fields The Metropolitan Cemetery of the 19 th century] in. Annelise Ballegaard Petersen og A-L. Sommer (eds.) Dødens Rum. Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag. 1998 28. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Vandringer mellem to verdener" [Wanderings between two worlds] in. Kritik 132, København: Gyldendal. 1998 29. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Fra Folkevogn til Kultbil" [From peoples car to design icon] in. Passepartout - Skrifter for Kunsthistorie. Nr. 10, 5. årg. Tema: Design. Århus. 1997. 30. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Sted og Hus. Det regionale og det universelle i arkitekturen" [Place and house. The regional and the universal in architecture] in. Elberg, K. og J, 8

9 Guldberg (eds.) Hjemstavn. Studier i det regionales betydning i kultur og kunst. Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag. 1998. 31. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Identitet - mellem lighed og forskel-lighed" in. Arne Karlsen (ed.), Dansk Design ved årtusindskiftet, København: Christian Ejlers' Forlag. 1997. 32. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Identity - between sameness and difference" in. Danish Design at the Millennium. Arne Karlsen (ed.), København: Christian Ejlers' Forlag. 1997 [English version of no. 30]. 33. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Kirkegården - Stille have eller temapark?" [The Cemetery A quiet garden or a theme park?] Kritisk Forum for praktisk Teologi nr. 69. København: Forlaget Anis. 1997. 34. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Hvor klippen møder havet" [Where the rock meets the sea]. Sfinx Om Mallorca og naboøer. Nr. 2, 20. årg. Århus. 1997. 35. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Erindringshaven og det menneskeskabte Arkadia" [The garden of remembrance and the incarnation of Arcadia] in. Naturminder, Guldberg, J. og M. Ranum (eds.) Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag. 1997. 36. Sommer, Anne-Louise Fra monument til naturrum, Arbejdspapir 101. Humanistisk Forskningscenter: Menneske & Natur, Odense Universitet. 1997. 37. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Samtale med Hennning Larsen" in Niels Ole Lund Arkitekt Henning Larsen. København: Gyldendal. 1996. 38. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Naturens Wide-screen". Menneske & Natur. Arbejdspapir 96. Humanisten i naturen. Humanistisk Forskningscenter, Odense Universitet. 1996. 39. Sommer, Anne-Louise The Spectacular Staging of Death, The Victorian Necropolis. Menneske & Natur. Workingpaper 86. Humanistisk Forskningscenter, Odense Universitet. 1996. 40. Sommer, Anne-Louise. "Den deplacerede plads" [The deplaced square] in. Byens Pladser. Martin Zerlang (ed.), København: Borgens Forlag. 1996. 41. Sommer, Anne-Louise "De Dødes By - et memento mori." [The city of dead a memento mori] In. Memento Metropolis. Annesofie Becker m.fl. (eds.). København: Victor B. Andersens Maskinfabrik. 1996. 42. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Det klassiske i det moderne" in. Humaniora 3, København, 1995. 43. Sommer, Anne-Louise Den deplacerede plads [The deplaced square], in. Arbejdspapir nr. 6, Center for Urbanitet og Æstetik, Københavns Universitet. København. 1994. 9

10 44. Sommer, Anne-Louise. "L'Esprit Nouveau - L'Esprit Ancien - Le Corbusier og rejsen", in. Passepartout - Skrifter for Kunsthistorie 4, 2. årg. Århus Universitet. Århus: 1994. 45. Sommer, Anne-Louise, Vitale forbindelser - et dansk svensk mellemspil. [Vital connections a Danish Swedish interlude] PROCES 3, Det Kongelige danske Kunstakademis Arkitektskole. København. 1994. 46. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Byrummets æstetik - mellem orden og kaos" [The Aesthetic of the city between order and chaos] in. Syn for Rum. Om byens og landskabets æstetik. Bek, L., G. Algreen-Ussing og J. Schjerup Hansen (eds.), Århus Universitets Forlag. Århus: 1993. 47. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Viljen til Stil - De Stijls vej ind i 20'ernes formalisme", in. Sanseligheder. Christensen, Ch. L. (eds.) m. fl., Kulturstudier 18. Århus Universitets Forlag. Århus. 1993. 48. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Aalto & det nordiske - mellem regionalisme og universalisme" [Aalto & the Nordic between regionalism and universalism], in. Nordisk tidskrift for vetenskap, konst och industri, häfte 5, 68. årg. Stockholm. 1992. 49. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Kracauer" - omtale af H. Reehs "Storbyens ornamenter - Siegfried Kracauer og den moderne bykultur, in. K & K 71. Forlaget Medusa. København. 1992. 50. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Arkitektur og tradition, brud og korrespondancer" [Architecture and tradition, ruptures and correspondences], in. Kunsthistoriske Synsvinkler, Wang Hansen, A. (ed.). Århus Universitets Forlag. Århus. 1991. 51. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Byen som drøm - mellem abstraktionens forenkling og overbydningens mangfoldighed" [The city as a dream between the simplification of abstraction and the complexity of surpass], in. Argos - Tidsskrift for kunstvidenskab 7. Odense. 1991. 52. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Alvar Aalto - Paimio Sanatoriet" [Alvar Aalto The Paimio Sanatorium] in. Skala - Nordisk magasin for arkitektur og design 23, København, 1990. 53. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Den poetiske konstruktion - Le Corbusier og geometriens tid" [The poetical construction Le Corbusier and the era of geometry], in. UNDR - Nyt Nordisk Forum 59. Århus. 1990. 54. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Arkitektur og Livsverden" [Architecture and lifeworld (Lebenswelt)] in. Litteratur og Samfund 45. Tema: Livsfilosofi. København 1989. 55. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "D. Porphyrios og typen", in. UNDR - Nyt Nordisk Forum 56. Tema: Nordisk stil og design. Århus. 1989. 10

11 56. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Romanen som værn mod værensglemsel - om Milan Kunderas Romankunsten ", in. Tid/Skrift for Kultur- og Tekstanalyse 9. København. 1988. 57. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Storbyen som scene - den modernistiske avantgarde" [The metropolis as a stage the modernistic avant-garde], in. Tid/Skrift for Kultur- og Tekstanalyse 9, København. 1988. 58. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Bauhaus arkitekturen - den institutionaliserede avantgarde" [Bauhaus architecture The institutionalized avantgarde], in. Kultur og Klasse 61. Forlaget Medusa. 1988. 59. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Forvandlinger i rum og tid - betragtninger over arkitektur og tradition", in- NSU-Arbejdspapirer (Nordisk Sommeruniversitet. 1988. 60. Sommer, Anne-Louise, "Forskellighedens dynamik - om ikke-identitet og de mangfoldige diskurser" in. Tidsskrift for Semiotik, København. 1988. 61. Sommer, Anne-Louise "Tvetydighedens dæmoniske gehalt - en læsning af Thomas Manns Doktor Faustus", in. Litteratur og Samfund 41, København 1986. Miscellaneously: From 2007 member of the editorial board for Design and Culture, a peerreviewed journal published by Berg From 2006 member of the editorial board for the peer reviewed journal Passepartout Skrifter for Kunsthistorie [Passepartout Writings on Art History], University of Aarhus From 1997 editor of the Årsskrift for Kirkegårdskultur [The year book from the Association of Cemetery Culture] From 1994-2002 freelance critic and reviewer for the newspaper Politiken 1998-1999 Consultant for the MEMO encyclopaedia (design and craft), Gyldendal Publishing House From 1993 contributor to Den store Danske Encyklopædi [The Great Danish Encyclopaedia] including several large articles on modern architecture 11

12 Supervision and administrative experience, Members of boards and committees: In general: Member of several PhD. assessment committees at the University of Aarhus, University of Southern Denmark and Denmark s Design School & The Danish Centre for Design Research, The Royal Academy of Art Member of several assessment committees for employing associate professors and assistant professors at the University of Copenhagen, University of Aarhus, University of Southern Denmark and Denmark s Design School & The Danish Centre for Design Research, The Royal Academy of Art A broad and standing experience of supervising university students of all levels from BA, MA, MA thesis and MA thesis by research as well as PhD students within the fields of aesthetic studies, cultural studies, modern architecture, landscape architecture, architectural theory, design theory and design history Pedagogical supervisor for assistant professors as part of their teaching education For shorter terms: From 2006 Coordinator for the Design Theory education at Denmark s Design School From 2004 representative for the academic staff from Denmark s Design School at the Skoleråd (Academic authority // Institutional Council) 2001-2004 Member of the Academy Council of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Aarhus 2001-2004 Director of Studies and vice director of Board of Studies, Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Department of Art History, University of Aarhus 2001-2004 Vice head of Department, Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Department of Art History, University of Aarhus 2001-2004 Member of the committee for the innovation of academic regulations of studies chairman from 2001-2003, Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Department of Art History, University of Aarhus 1998-2002 Chair of the committee for research and seminars, Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Department of Art History, University of Aarhus 12

13 1995-1997 Member of the board for Man & Nature, Humanities Research Center, Odense University (a representative for the academic staff) 1991-1993 Member of the board of studies, Department of Art History, University of Aarhus 1992-1993 as chairman 1990-1992 Member of the Open University committee, University of Aarhus 1990-1992 Member of the IT committee, University of Aarhus Research networks, organisational experience, planning of conferences and seminars: Co-organiser of the congress for Nordic art historians on Tradition and Visual culture, Department of Cultural Studies and Art History, University of Bergen, Norway September 22. 24. 2006 (including introduction to key-note speakers and chairing several sessions) Since 2006 Danish member of the work group for the interdisciplinary research network: Scandinavian design: past, present, future. (Coordinator Dr. Art. Head Librarian, Astrid Skjerven, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway) 2004-2007 Board member of The Danish Association for Art Historians 2004-2005 Danish representative at the Nordic Baltic research network The impact of Modernism on Architecture in North European countries after 2 nd World War (Project coordinator: Professor Wenche Findal, Department of Art History, University of Trondheim, Norway) Since 2004 Danish representative at the Scandinavian research network Architectur in North Norway (project coordinator: associate professor Ingebjørg Hage, Department of Art History, University of Tromsø, Norway) Since 2003 Danish member of the board of NORDIK (the Nordic association of art historians). From 2003-2006 chairman of the board Co-organiser of the congress for Nordic art historians on Exhibition aesthetics and museology, Department of Art History, University of Aarhus, Danmark August 15. 18, 2003 (including introduction to key-note speakers and chairing several sessions) Co-organiser of the conference Mythology and counter-mythologies, Department of Art History, University og Aarhus, October 2001 13

14 Co-organiser of the international symposium "Around Paul Engelmann - Architecture, language, critique" in collaboration with The School of Architecture, Aarhus and Forschungsinstitut 'Brenner Archiv', Universität Innsbruck. The School of Architecture, Aarhus September 30 th October 1 st 1999 From 1998 Member of the interdisciplinary research group for Aesthetic Studies at the University of Aarhus Organiser of the Nordic seminar Nature and memory at Man & Nature, Humanities Research Centre, University of Odense (Now University of Southern Denmark), May 27-28, 1997 Co-organiser of the Nordic seminar The Space of Death at Man & Nature, Humanities Research Centre, University of Odense (Now University of Southern Denmark) in collaboration with the Forest and Nature research institute and the Ministry of Environment, October 31 November 1, 1996 Organiser of the international seminar Spatial Figurations at Sandbjerg Castle (University of Aarhus) March 22 23, 1993 in collaboration with Network for Architectural Research 1992-1994 member of the network for Architectural Research, The Danish Research Council Co-organiser of the symposium Nordic Identity in Art? September 6 9, 1991 as a joint venture between University of Aarhus and the exhibition project Nordic Art, Aarhus Art Museum External examiner: From 2004: Member of the body of external examiners at Institute for Aesthetic Studies, Department of Art History, University of Aarhus From 1998: Member of the body of external examiners at Department of Art History, University of Copenhagen From 1994-2002: Member of the body of external examiners at The Danish Teachers Colleges (art- and design studies) 14

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