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- Research fields: Literatures in English, Postcolonial Literatures, African Literatures, Black British Literature, African-American Literature
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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IRP24: Studying the complex role of the environment in shaping practices and experiences of serious illness, caregiving, dying and grieving through interdisciplinary research and innovation in Compassionate Communities (COCO_ENV)
Cohen, J., Dury, S., Van den Block, L., Pivodic, L., De Donder, L., Dierckx, E., Smetcoren, A., Snoeck, C., De Backer, F., Lombaerts, K., Spruyt, B., De Moortel, D., Bekers, E., Aernouts, N., Ryckewaert, M., Van Droogenbroeck, F., Beeckman, K., Brosens, D., De Gieter, S. & Vanderstichelen, S.
1/11/24 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1178: Identity, Gender and Embodiment in Neo-Avant-Garde Fiction and Art by Women in the United States (1970-1982)
1/09/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Fundamental
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CONO737: The 8th Biennial Afroeuropeans Network Conference “Intersectional Challenges in Afroeuropean Communities"
Bekers, E., Dierickx, S., Hauthal, J., De Puysseleir, E. & Top, S.
5/05/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Fundamental
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21st-Century Retreats from Realism: Genre Crossings between Poetry and Drama in born bad, The Lamplighter and Is God Is
Hauthal, J., Thomas, J. & Bekers, E., 2024, Women Experimenting in Theatre: Early Modern to Contemporary. Aughterson, K. & Philips, D. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 287-307 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Light of Literature (3): “Regarding the Question of Women’s Writing, Women Can’t Seem to Win”
Bekers, E., Van Hove, H. & Van Puymbroeck, B., 8 Mar 2024Research output: Other contribution
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“Life is for the living”: Surveillance and gender freedom in the refugee camp’s non-place in Sulaiman Addonia’s Silence Is My Mother Tongue
Aledavood, S. P. & Bekers, E., 18 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Postcolonial Writing. 60, 5, p. 591-603 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Voices of Compassion: An Evening of Mourning and Healing
Bakelants, H., Bekers, E., Vandepitte, S., Brusselaers, T., Corley, M. K. & Königstetter, A., 2023, (Unpublished)Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
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Contemporary Black British Women's Writing: Experiments in Literary Form
Bekers, E. & Cousins, H., 2022, In: Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 41, 2, p. 211-222 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Black Europe in Brussels (€21.500)
Dierickx, Susan (Recipient), Bekers, Elisabeth (Recipient), D'Agostino, Serena (Recipient), Imeraj, Lena (Recipient), Verdoolaege, A. (Recipient), Demart, S. (Recipient), Amponsah, E. (Recipient) & Nwabuzo, O. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Carmijn Gerritsen
Elisabeth Bekers (Host)
9 Sep 2024 → 17 Jan 2025Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Recentring Form(s) in and of the Margins
Katrijn Van den Bossche (Organiser), Jade Thomas (Organiser), Janine Hauthal (Organiser), Elisabeth Bekers (Organiser) & Pieter Vermeulen (Organiser)
24 Apr 2024 → 26 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Research Day of the Centre d’Enseignement et de Recherche en Etudes Postcoloniales - Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings
Elisabeth Bekers (Organiser), Delphine Munos (Organiser), Bénédicte Ledent (Chair), Janine Hauthal (Participant), Arvi Sepp (Participant), Diana Castilleja (Chair), Marcela Scibiorska (Participant), Hannah Van Hove (Participant), Cedric Van Dijck (Participant), Tara Brusselaers (Participant), Jade Thomas (Participant), Yanrong Wang (Participant), Yu Wang (Participant) & Hayat Boutarbouche (Participant)
21 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education (BAAHE) 2024 Conference
Janine Hauthal (Member of programme committee), Eva Ulrike Pirker (Organiser), Julie Deconinck (Organiser), Bastien De Clercq (Member of programme committee), Yanrong Wang (Member of programme committee), Paula Gruppelaar (Member of programme committee), Josephine Ofei (Member of programme committee), Olutola Oshitelu (Member of programme committee), Maria Pace Aquilina (Member of programme committee), Alexis Housen (Member of programme committee), Ceydanur Temurok (Member of programme committee), Elisabeth Bekers (Member of programme committee), Ludovic De Cuypere (Member of programme committee), Cedric Van Dijck (Member of programme committee), Birgit Van Puymbroeck (Member of programme committee) & Jianwei Xu (Member of programme committee)
13 Dec 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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“Solidarity and Experimental Form in Black British Women's Literature”
Elisabeth Bekers (Speaker)
31 Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
Press/Media
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Abdulrazak Gurnah wint Nobelprijs Literatuur 2021
7/10/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Abdulrazak Gurnah wint Nobelprijs Literatuur 2021
7/10/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Professors prepare for exams: Elisabeth Bekers (VUB Today)
19/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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300 jaar Robinson Crusoe (VRT NWS)
Elisabeth Bekers & Lucas Vanclooster
25/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Thesis
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De zoektocht naar ‘Heimat’ in Afro-Duitse hedendaagse literatuur: Een literaire analyse van Sharon Dodua Otoo’s Adas Raum (2021) en Olivia Wenzels 1000 Serpentinen Angst (2020)
Author: Verdonck, J., Arteel, I. & Bekers, E., 31 May 2023Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Literary Testimonies of War and Conflict of Twentieth-Century British and Pakistani Women Writers
Author: Bekers, E., De Graef, O., McLouglin, K., Codina , N. & Ashraf, A., 27 Jan 2020Supervisor: D'hoker, E. (External person) (Promotor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Tender Is the Night That Ends Heroically. A Comparison of F. Scott Fitzgerald's NovelWith Malcolm Lowry's Film Treatment
Author: Bekers, E. & Doyen, V., 1993Supervisor: Doyen, V. (External person) (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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The Representation of Female Circumcision in Recent African and African-American Literature
Author: Bekers, E. & Booth, J., 1995Supervisor: Booth, J. (External person) (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master-after-master