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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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FWOTM1293: ‘Afropemotions’: Emotional Entanglements in 21st-Century Afropean Women’s Fiction
Villanova, I. (Mandate) & Bekers, E. (Administrative Promotor)
1/11/25 → 31/10/28
Project: Fundamental
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EU696: Rethinking Emotions, Inequality, and Resistance through Afropean Women's Fiction
Bekers, E. (Administrative Promotor) & Villanova, I. (Mandate)
1/09/25 → 31/08/27
Project: Fundamental
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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. (Administrative Promotor), Dury, S. (Administrative Promotor), Van den Block, L. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Pivodic, L. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Donder, L. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Dierckx, E. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Smetcoren, A.-S. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Snoeck, C. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Backer, F. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Lombaerts, K. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Spruyt, B. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Moortel, D. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Bekers, E. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Aernouts, N. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Ryckewaert, M. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Van Droogenbroeck, F. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Beeckman, K. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Brosens, D. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Gieter, S. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Vanderstichelen, S. (Collaborator), Quintiens, B. (Collaborator) & Bakelants, H. (Collaborator)
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)
Van Hove, H. (Mandate) & Bekers, E. (Administrative Promotor)
1/09/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Fundamental
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OZR4349: OZR opvangmandaat aspirant Kayra Maes
Bekers, E. (Administrative Promotor) & Maes, K. (Mandate)
1/11/24 → 31/10/25
Project: Fundamental
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Diversifying Modes of National Identity and Belonging in Jackie Kay’s Fiery
Brusselaers, T. & Bekers, E., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Jackie Kay: Critical Readings. Alden, T. & Tolan, F. (eds.). London and New York: Routledge, p. 88 101 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Towards Inclusive Participation: The Heroic Community of Care in Patience Agbabi's Black British Children's Novel The Infinite
Bekers, E. & Maes, K., 2026, Participation in Postcolonial Wor(l)ds Literatures for, on, or against the Global Literary Market. Hinz, M. & Slopek-Hauff, C. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › 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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Twenty-First-Century Retreats from Realism: Genre Crossings Between Poetry and Drama in born bad, The Lamplighter, and Is God Is
Bekers, E., Hauthal, J. & Thomas, J., 14 Nov 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 › Research › peer-review
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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
Prizes
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Black Europe in Brussels (€21.500)
Dierickx, S. (Recipient), Bekers, E. (Recipient), D'Agostino, S. (Recipient), Imeraj, L. (Recipient), Verdoolaege, A. (Recipient), Demart, S. (Recipient), Amponsah, E.-L. (Recipient) & Nwabuzo, O.-V. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Postcolonial Rewritings
Maes, K. (Lecturer) & Bekers, E. (Lecturer)
16 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Unexplored Literary Territory: Brussels Through the Eyes of Outsiders (keynote lecture)
Bekers, E. (Speaker)
2 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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For the Children Who Care: A Childist Analysis of Care in Contemporary Black British Children's Literature
Maes, K. (Contributor), Bekers, E. (Supervisor) & Joosen, V. (Supervisor)
3 Mar 2025Activity: Other › Written proposal
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Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education (BAAHE) 2024 Conference
Oshitelu, O. (Member of programme committee), Hauthal, J. (Member of programme committee), Pirker, E. U. (Organiser), Deconinck, J. (Organiser), De Clercq, B. (Member of programme committee), Wang, Y. (Member of programme committee), Gruppelaar, P. (Member of programme committee), Ofei, J. (Member of programme committee), Pace Aquilina, M. (Member of programme committee), Housen, A. (Member of programme committee), Temurok, C. (Member of programme committee), Bekers, E. (Member of programme committee), De Cuypere, L. (Member of programme committee), Van Dijck, C. (Member of programme committee), Van Puymbroeck, B. (Member of programme committee) & Xu, J. (Member of programme committee)
13 Dec 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Carmijn Gerritsen
Bekers, E. (Host)
9 Sept 2024 → 17 Jan 2025Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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)
Bekers, E. & Vanclooster , L.
25/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Thesis
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Between Remembering and Forgetting: Postmemory and Entinnerung in Sharon Dodua Otoo's Adas Raum
Jaene, N. ((PhD) Student), Arteel, I. (Promotor) & Bekers, E. (Promotor), 2025Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Defiant Black Bodies in Black British Romance Fiction: Bolu Babalola's Honey and Spice and Love in Colour
Dessaint, L. C. N. ((PhD) Student) & Bekers, E. (Promotor), 2025Student thesis: Master's 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)
Verdonck, J. ((PhD) Student), Arteel, I. (Promotor) & Bekers, E. (Promotor), 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
Bekers, E. (Jury), De Graef, O. (Jury), McLouglin, K. (Jury), Codina , N. (Jury) & Ashraf, A. ((PhD) Student), D'hoker, E. (Promotor), 27 Jan 2020Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Magical Realism and Intergenerational Trauma in Irenosen Okojie’s Butterfly Fish
Diakité, M. ((PhD) Student) & Bekers, E. (Promotor), 2025Student thesis: Master's Thesis