The Taming of the Turk: Ottomania, cartea 2

Bent Holm, born 1946, MA, Phil.Doc. Until 2014 associate professor, Institute for Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. Research travels to Italy, France and India. Doctoral dissertation 1991, Solkonge og Månekejser. Ikonografiske studier i Francois Fossards Cabinet ('Sun King and Emperor of the Moon. Iconographic Studies in Francois Fossard's Cabinet'), about the Comédie Italienne in an anthropological and iconographic context. Has published interdisciplinary studies on historical and dramaturgical issues in Danish, English, Italian, French and Polish. Dramaturg; published Holberg på tværs. Fra forskning til forestilling (2013; 'Provoking Holberg. From Study to Stage') about the interplay between scholarly research and artistic creativity. Translator of plays, among others by Dario Fo and Carlo Goldoni. Received the Holberg Medal 2000. Cavaliere della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana 2006.