Johs Rasmussen

Pronouns: he/him/his

Email: jrasmussen8@wisc.edu

Year Admitted: 2020

Bio: 

Before coming to Madison, I was educated in Denmark and Germany. My dissertation project, tentatively titled “Fear, Loneliness, Greed: A Literary History of Far-Right Emotion,” explores the affective configuration of contemporary far-right ideology in the United States, as well as how right-wing extremism informs the reactionary animus within movement conservatism.

Interests:

Affect theory; political and aesthetic philosophy; contemporary literary fiction

Degree(s) and Institution:

  • BA, University of Southern Denmark
  • MA, University of Heidelberg
  • MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Selected Publications:

“Pragmatic Strategies of Resistance: Ralph Ellison’s Radical Second Act” in aspeers, Volume 13

“Ralph Ellison Travels to Denmark: Invisible Man/Usynlig Mand and the World Location of American Literature” in American Studies in Scandinavia, Vol. 55:2 (Fall 2023)