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Beatrijs Vanacker

Associate Professor in French literature and Comparative literature, KU Leuven

I am an Associate Professor at KU Leuven, Belgium, where I teach courses on French and European literature and literary translation theory.

My research interests focus on the history of translation and multilingualism, (female) authorship, and the relationship between literature and cultural identity formation in the long eighteenth century. 

I am currently (co-)supervising two projects on multilingual periodicals and translators' visibilities, funded by the Research Foundation –Flanders and KU Leuven Research Fund. 

From 2019 until 2023 I was an elected member of the Flemish Young Academy. 

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Publications

Disciplines:

Comparative literature studies,

Early modern literature

Literary translation

Literatures in French

Teaching

I teach courses on literary history, comparative literature and literary translation, (mainly) in French, English and Dutch.

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Since 2021, I serve as the head of the French department at KU Leuven, with a specific commitment to collaboration with Flemish secondary education. 

Research events and lectures

This page contains a selective overview of research events (conference organization, invited lectures, research collaborations) in line with my research interests. 

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Beatrijs Vanacker
French, Italian and Spanish Literature, Leuven

beatrijs.vanacker@kuleuven.be
Blijde-Inkomststraat 21 - bus 3311
3000 Leuven

Room 03.12
T. +32 16 32 48 35

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