Anne Marie Hagen

Anne Marie Hagen holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh (2015). She has been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and is currently Associate Professor in English at the Norwegian Defence University College (NDUC), where she teaches English, academic writing, philosophy of science and scientific methodology, and employ humanities approaches to researching and teaching on issues related to narratives, power, influence, and communication.   

Hagen’s research interests are rooted in book history and the history and sociology of reading. She has published on editorial practices, publishing for the education market, and on the use of book history as epistemological approach to researching women’s history. 

At the NDUC, this research focus has manifested in the reading programme Literature and Leadership (LITLEAD) (LITTLED (litteratur og ledelse) - Forsvaret ), developed in collaboration with Johannes Kibsgaard (NDUC), and research into how reading fiction contributes to cadets developing a professional identity and judgment.   

Hagen’s focus on multidisciplinary humanities approaches was the impetus for establishing the research group Military Humanities (MILHUM) - Forsvaret at the NDUC in 2024. Inspired by the medical humanities, the goal is to develop military humanities into a new field of inquiry that can bring new insights about the military, war, and military practice and help develop military professional education.

The first international seminar on this topic, Military Humanities seminar 2024 - Forsvaret, became the foundation of a peer-reviewed edited collection which will be published in the Routledge Cass Military Studies series in 2026: Advancing Military Professional Practice through Military Humanities. Hagen is co-editor of this collection with Kjetil Enstad (NDUC). 

• English literature
• Humanities
• Reading
• History of the book
• Tverrfaglighet
• Military profession
• Military studies
• Military education

• ​​Book history and the history and sociology of reading 
• Military life writing 
• Military fiction since 1800: Invasion literature, future war and speculative fiction 
• Narratives, rhetoric, and narrative hermeneutics 
• Professional education 
• Philosophy of science