Research
The staff of the Department of Literary Studies conduct research into a wide spectrum of literatures in modern and ancient languages.
People
Look up individual researchers in the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy research portal
Publications
UGent's academic repository Biblio offers easy access to recently added publications from our department.
Languages
Members of our department conduct research in theoretical and comparative literary studies and in the following languages: literatures in Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Swedish and Spanish.
Topics of expertise
Our research covers literatures from antiquity until today. Browse through some of our main approaches and topics of expertise.
Research Projects
Current and recent research projects in literary studies can be consulted on the faculty research portal.
Research Groups
The members of our department collaborate in a number of research groups.
Literary Studies Workshop
The Literary Studies Workshop provides literary scholars the opportunity to present their research to peers and to receive feedback.
Graduate Support Network
The Graduate Support Network aims to support PhD and postdocs working within the department through more informal get-togethers.