Literature in Society. Europe and Beyond (MA)
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Dr. E.A. op de Beek
Esther Op de Beek is a University Lecturer and project manager at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Her current research focuses on the representations of happiness (and literature) in modern literature. View her full profile here.
Dr. E.J. van Leeuwen
Evert Jan van Leeuwen is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. His research focus is the history, development and intertextual relations of gothic, horror, supernatural and science fiction from the British Isles, the Low Countries and North America. View his full profile here.
Dr. M.S. Newton
Michael Newton is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. He is a cultural historian, film critic, literary critic, editor and essayist, with a strong interest in our engagement with representations of the state of nature and with ‘the fantastic’, whether in art or in life. View his full profile here.
Dr. S.A. Polak
Sara Polak is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Her long-term research focus is on the cultural and media politics of image-making of US presidents, and on presidents and their use of media in a broad sense. View her full profile here.
Dr. A.E. Schulte Nordholt
Annelies Schulte Nordholt is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Her most recent book, Georges Perec et ses lieux de mémoire is on Perec’s experimental work ‘Lieux’, a multimedia project archiving his personal sites of memory through writing and photography. View her full profile here.