Prof. Dr Clemens Räthel

Clemens Räthel holds the Chair of Modern Scandinavian Literature at the University of Greifswald. In his research he focuses on Scandinavian theatre, opera and literature from the 19th century to today. He also looks at queer perspectives on the welfare state in literature and theatre, contemporary opera architecture, questions of body productions and Jewish-Scandinavian relations. Furthermore, he is Speaker of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO) and, together with Prof. Dr Marko Pantermöller, Festival Director of the annual Nordischer Klang.