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Jasper Nicolaisen

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Born 1979.Student at Humboldt-University since 1999.Doing American Studies as a major and Educational Sciences and Sociology (at the Freie Universität) as minor subjects.Special interests are the mutually defining relations of author, reader and text and theories of normalization and power structures, especially in the context of the new media. Has happened to come across 'The Lord Of The Rings' in his local library when he was 12 and has enjoyed a relationship of enthusiastic ups and sceptical downs with the book ever since.

Paper: 'One Book To Rule Them All Out': The popular reception of J.R.R. Tolkien's work and the nightmare of normalization (Session II)