Staff members with discipline Literature
Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.
Modernism, Post-Modernism, the Enlightenment, Theory and Philosophy, Post-Humanism, Imperialism, Cultural Geography, Poetry, Poetics and Publishing
![D.M. (David) Ashford, Dr](/staff/d.m.ashford/photo.png?unique=1583419428386.jpg)
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d.m.ashford rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
Scandinavian literature, culture, history, dance; cultural transfer and transmission studies; minority literature and culture
![prof. dr. P. (Petra) Broomans](/staff/p.broomans/photo-uploaded.png)
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p.broomans rug.nl
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Associate Professor European Languages and Cultures (Scandinavian studies) with ius promovendi
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Early modern Dutch textual culture; language criticism and language philosophy; digital humanities
![dr. L.A. (Lucas) van der Deijl](/staff/l.a.van.der.deijl/portret-lucas-van-der-deijl-crop-6wmwjk8kl.jpg)
Old English literature and language, Middle English literature and language, History of the English Language
![dr. C. (Kees) Dekker](/staff/c.dekker/kees.jpg)
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c.dekker rug.nl
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Senior Lecturer in Older English Literature and Culture
Field / Discipline
Santi Luca Famà is a PhD candidate at Stockholm University and lecturer at the University of Groningen; he graduated cum laude from the Research Master’s program in Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Groningen in 2019; in Fall 2018, he was... read more
![S.L. (Santi Luca) Famà, BA](/staff/s.l.fama/357383465-6346338625435563-2739324652909742508-n.jpg)
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s.l.fama rug.nl
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Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Early modern and medieval Anglophone literature and culture. Christianity in English literature.
![J. (John) Flood, Dr](/staff/j.flood/photo.png?unique=1603030570136.jpg)
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j.flood rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
From a combined background in Languages and Cultures of the Middle East (Arabic) and Translation Studies, I study literary, ideological and ideational exchanges between Western Europe and the Arabic Middle East; modern Arabic literature; literary... read more
![H. (Hisham) Hamad, MA](/staff/h.hamad/photo.png?unique=1496922859010.jpg)
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h.hamad rug.nl
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Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Literature, Modernism, Women's Travel Writing, and Migrant Fiction
![No picture available](/_definition/shared/images/silhouet-unisex-420x560.png)
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a.c.hoag rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Research interests:
Ancient Judaism in its Formative Phase
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Achaemenid Period
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Ptolemaic Period
Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian (Matrimonial) Law
Administration in Egypt... read more
Ancient Judaism in its Formative Phase
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Achaemenid Period
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Ptolemaic Period
Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian (Matrimonial) Law
Administration in Egypt... read more
![dr. R.N. (Ruwan) van der Iest](/staff/r.n.van.der.iest/nieuwe-profielfoto-mepa.jpg)
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r.n.van.der.iest rug.nl
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Lecturer Koinè and New Testament Greek
Field / Discipline
(long) nineteenth-century English literature and culture (esp. novel, gender, popularity, Empire, realism, Anglo-German relations); travel writing (often with a China/Hong Kong focus, theories of travel/ writing); literary and poetic theory (genre,... read more
![prof. dr. J.C. (Julia) Kühn](/staff/j.c.kuhn/jk-linkedin-changed.jpeg)
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j.c.kuhn rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
20th Century American Literature
English for Academic Purposes
English proficiency
Presentation skills
Writing skills
Holds: UTQ
English for Academic Purposes
English proficiency
Presentation skills
Writing skills
Holds: UTQ
![drs. J.R. (J.R.) van Loon](/staff/j.r.van.loon/25-september-2022.jpg)
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j.r.van.loon rug.nl
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English Lecturer
Field / Discipline
interdisciplinary modernism, modern and contemporary British literature (specializing in the literature of the mid-twentieth century), literature and politics, environmental humanities, the novel
![No picture available](/_definition/shared/images/silhouet-unisex-420x560.png)
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a.k.maher rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Global literatures in English; multi-ethnic US and hemispheric American literature; comparative Caribbean literatures and cultures; children's and young adult literature; the 20th- and 21st-c. Gothic; diaspora studies; gender studies; ecocriticism and the more-than-human; multilingualism and translanguaging; creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry writing; literature and creative writing pedagogy
![S.M. (Suzanne) Manizza-Roszak, Dr](/staff/s.manizza.roszak/smr-headshot-v3.jpg)
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s.manizza.roszak rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of English (tenured)
Field / Discipline
![A. (Amanda) Maraschin Bruscato, Dr](/staff/a.bruscato/amanda-bruscato.jpg)
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a.bruscato rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
The fiction and literary archives of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The prose of Indian writer Kiran Nagarkar and satire in modern Indian literature. Postcolonial Studies in Literature; diaspora fiction and transnational writing; genetic criticism in literary... read more
![P.G. (Pauline) Mc Gonagle, Dr](/staff/p.g.mc.gonagle/pauline-mcgonagle-01.jpg)
Modernism, James Joyce, periodicals, print culture, book history, publishing studies, typography, nationalism, internationalism, genre fiction, fanfiction, retellings, translingual and transcultural fiction, multilingualism, language ideologies, language... read more
![T.D. (Tekla) Mecsnóber, Dr](/staff/t.d.mecsnober/tekla.mecsnober.jpg)
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t.d.mecsnober rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Critical Discourse Studies
Gender studies
Rhetoric
Gender studies
Rhetoric
![M.P. (María Pilar) Milagros Garcia, PhD](/staff/m.p.milagros.garcia/photo.png?unique=1632308433500.jpg)
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m.p.milagros.garcia rug.nl
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Lecturer of English
Field / Discipline
20/21C American literature; literary theory; American Studies
![No picture available](/_definition/shared/images/silhouet-unisex-420x560.png)
Old English language and literature; Middle English language and literature; Old Norse language and literature; early Irish literature
![K.E.E. (Karin) Olsen, Dr](/staff/k.e.e.olsen/photo.png?unique=1592565274215.jpg)
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k.e.e.olsen rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Late-medieval literature
Wycliffite/ lollard and Hussite writings
Central European religious controversy
Medieval medicine
The Piers Plowman Tradition
Sermon studies
Medieval law
Palaeography, codicology and history of the book
Wycliffite/ lollard and Hussite writings
Central European religious controversy
Medieval medicine
The Piers Plowman Tradition
Sermon studies
Medieval law
Palaeography, codicology and history of the book
![P.J. (Patrick) Outhwaite, Dr](/staff/p.j.outhwaite/photo.png?unique=1655890706258.jpg)
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p.j.outhwaite rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
![No picture available](/_definition/shared/images/silhouet-unisex-420x560.png)
U.S. Literature and Culture (1900-present); history of cultural institutions; artist residencies; creative work; the middlebrow; aesthetics and politics; podcasts
![K.S. (Kathryn) Roberts, Dr](/staff/k.s.roberts/img-6402.jpeg)
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k.s.roberts rug.nl
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Senior Lecturer in American Studies
Field / Discipline
Nederlandse literatuur van de twintigste en eenentwintigste eeuw in internationale context; literatuur en ecologie; hedendaagse poëzie
![prof. dr. M.P.J. (Mathijs) Sanders](/staff/m.p.j.sanders/foto-mepa.jpg)
![No picture available](/_definition/shared/images/silhouet-unisex-420x560.png)
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j.k.schauble rug.nl
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Assistant Professor Data Science
Field / Discipline
Latin American Literature and Art
Gender Studies
Global Modernism
Literary Theory
Gender Studies
Global Modernism
Literary Theory
![C.G. (Camilla) Sutherland, Dr](/staff/c.g.sutherland/photo.png?unique=1613125807804.jpg)
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c.g.sutherland rug.nl
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Assistant Professor European Culture and Literature: Spanish
Field / Discipline
Victorian Literature and Culture; Occult and Gothic Fiction; Nineteenth-Century Science Fiction; The Supernatural; Alchemy.
![M. (Marijke) Valk, MA](/staff/m.valk/foto-rug.jpg)
History of Ideas (Ancient, Medieval and Early-Modern), history of botany (amateur)
![prof. dr. A.J. (Arjo) Vanderjagt](/staff/a.j.vanderjagt/photo.png?unique=1462294729620.jpg)
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a.j.vanderjagt rug.nl
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Professor emeritus of the history of ideas
Field / Discipline
![D. (David) Veltman, PhD](/staff/d.veltman/photo.png?unique=1523352586767.jpg)
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Keeper digital special collections
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Institutional Approach to Dutch Modern Literature, professionalization and internationalisation of the literary Field, reading Culture and book Science.
![dr. S. (Sandra) van Voorst](/staff/s.van.voorst/sandra-van-voorst-portret-3-2023.jpg)
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Oscar Wilde
Victorian Literature and Culture
Neo-Victorian Literatre / contemporary appropriations of 19th century literature
Literary Theory
Postmodernism
Word and Music Studies
Victorian Literature and Culture
Neo-Victorian Literatre / contemporary appropriations of 19th century literature
Literary Theory
Postmodernism
Word and Music Studies
![dr. K. (Kees) de Vries](/staff/kornelis.de.vries/rug-let-rzeemering-web-0312.jpg)
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kornelis.de.vries rug.nl
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Lecturer in English Language and Culture
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Classical reception studies, Minoans in modern literature, J.R.R. Tolkien, fantasy literature, historical fiction, genre studies, utopianism in literature, hospitality narratives, sublime narratives, the sea, mythmaking.
![H.G.D. (Hamish) Williams, BA](/staff/h.g.d.williams/photo.png?unique=1644876861008.jpg)
Latin literature of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period, Classical knowledge in Dutch colonialism, history of ideas and religion, European drama, visionary literature and Hildegard of Bingen, dialogue and debate literature
![dr. D. (Dinah) Wouters](/staff/dinah.wouters/profielfoto.jpeg)
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dinah.wouters rug.nl
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Postoctoral researcher
Field / Discipline
PhD Media Law, University of East Anglia, Master of Research, University of East Anglia
Master of Laws, University of East Anglia
Bachelor of Arts, University of Warwick
Master of Laws, University of East Anglia
Bachelor of Arts, University of Warwick
![J.A. (Jennifer) Young, Dr](/staff/j.a.young/photo.png?unique=1646988102321.jpg)
Satire, Humor, Environmental Humanities, Ecocriticism, Identity
![No picture available](/_definition/shared/images/silhouet-unisex-420x560.png)
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s.m.zekavat rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
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