Eline Huygens works as a doctoral researcher and teaching assistant at the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender. She holds a master degree in History (2012) and Conflict & Development (2014). Her research interests include gender and religion/secularism, sexuality, and intimacies. In her doctoral research, she investigates how religious beliefs and teachings shape the experiences and practices of Roman Catholic women pertaining to intimate relationships and sexuality. Furthermore, she is book review editor of the journal Religion and Gender. She is also affiliated to KU Leuven, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Research Unit of Pastoral and Empirical Theology.

Projects

Projects as PhD researcher

Gender, relationships, and sexuality. An empirical study on the lived experiences of young Catholic women (2017 - 2023)

Publications

Key publications

Navigating the Catholic Church in Belgium: Catholic women on female authority, reforms, and sexual difference(2023)
- Eline Huygens
‘My dream is that I share the bed with only one man’: Perceptions and practices of premarital sex among Catholic women in Belgium(2022)
- Eline Huygens
Practicing religion during a pandemic : on religious routines, embodiment, and performativity(2021)
- Eline Huygens
Liefde als werkwoord : een verkenning naar seculiere en katholieke vertogen over liefdesrelaties(2020)
- Eline Huygens

Most recent publications

Full bibliography

Teaching

I provide educational support and/or guest lectures in the framework of the linking programme and master programme Gender and Diversity, in particular in the following courses:

Gender en diversiteit (A003030)
Onderzoekstaak (A004427)
Gender and intersectionality (A004400)
Reflectiestage (A004408) en Participatiestage (A004409)

I also supervise MA dissertations on topics related to my areas of interest.