Roy Eriksen


Professor Roy T. Eriksen is a Norwegian Renaissance scholar and Marlowe scholar teaching at University of Agder.

Education and Employment

Roy T. Eriksen studied at the University of Oslo with Maren-Sofie Røstvig. He wrote his Ph.D thesis on a structural analysis of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus.
Taught at University of Oslo 1977-1986:
Taught at University of Tromsø 1986-2003
Professor of Renaissance Studies, at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, 1997-2000
Taught at University of Bergen 1997-1999
Taught at University of Agder 2003-
Visiting Fellowships
Eriksen is head of the international research group Early Modern Research Group based at the University of Agder. He is general editor of the interdiciplinary journal Early Modern Culture Online and general editor of the bookseries Early Modern and Modern Studies.
Academic Awards
Festschrifts in honor of Eriksen were produced in 1998 and 2008.

Books