Stefan Helgesson

Professor of English with a focus on literary studies at Stockholm University.

Since my doctoral thesis in 1999, my research has mostly been based on African literature (especially Southern Africa), but has spanned a number of theoretical fields, including postcolonialism, translation, world literature and conceptual history. My approach is distinctly comparative and multilingual, which I see as a way of developing literary perspectives within and from within the dominant language of English.

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