Peter Larsen (media scholar)
Peter Larsen (born 1943) is professor of media studies at the University of Bergen, Norway. Larsen's research areas include textual and sociohistorical studies of older as well as newer visual media. His theoretical and analytical work is informed by linguistics, semiotics, psychoanalysis and recent advances in rhetoric. Larsen was director of "Photography in Culture", a national research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council (2003–2007). In recent years, he has published a number of books and articles on photo theory and photo history. Biography. Peter Larsen is a Danish citizen, born in Elsinore in 1943 . He studied Scandinavian Languages and Literature at the University of Copenhagen (1962–1972) and has a degree in Film Studies as well. After graduation, he worked as associate professor in textual studies at Roskilde University. In 1978, he became associate professor at Department of Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen, with special responsibility for media studies. In 1988, he moved to Norway to become professor of mass communication and media studies at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen. He has been professor emeritus in Bergen since 2013. In addition to his scholarly works, Larsen has written extensively  for the general audience. He worked as columnist for Danish newspapers in the 1980s and he has been a music critic and columnist at the Norwegian newspaper "Bergens Tidende" since 1993. He is married to Karin Grüner Larsen, former Head Librarian at Bergen Academy of Art and Design.