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Prof. Dr. Maaheen Ahmed
Prof. Dr. Maaheen Ahmed
maaheen.ahmed@ugent.be
Department
Department of Literary Studies
Research group(s)
20cc - Twentieth-Century Crossroads
CMSI - Cultural Memory Studies Initiative
Research Focus
Literary studies
Media
Research Period
19th Century
20th Century
Contemporary
Research Region
Belgium
North America
Northern Europe
Western Europe
Research Language
English
French
Research Methodology
Comparative
Iconography and analysis of images
Language and text analysis
Additional tags
Comics / graphic novels
Comparative literature
Tabgroup
Projects
Projects as supervisor
The networked author. Rethinking contemporary authorship through comics after the digital turn
(
2023
-
2026
)
From Dale Arden to Valentina. Americanisation and gender representation in Italian comics, 1934-1965
(
2023
-
2025
)
Children’s periodicals from the Van Passen collection demanding interaction
(
2022
-
2023
)
Children in comics. An intercultural history from 1865 to today
(
2022
-
2023
)
Digital comics. Forms and functions
(
2019
-
2022
)
Projects as co-supervisor
Narrative, metaphor and metamorphosis. The ecological potential of contemporary children's literature
(
2022
-
2024
)
Projects as postdoc
Children in European comics from 1938 to today. Constructions, functions and transformations
(
2017
-
2018
)
Conjuring phantoms. A comparative study of trauma in comics
(
2014
-
2017
)
Publications
Most recent publications
Ahmed, Maaheen. “The Hug : Children in Comics Rewritings of History.”
CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES
, vol. 29, no. 2, 2025, pp. 186–202, doi:10.1080/17409292.2025.2488610.
Ahmed, Maaheen. “Editorial Communication : Letter Columns in the French-Language (Comics) Magazines (1934–1949).”
JOURNAL OF GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COMICS
, 2025, pp. 1–17, doi:10.1080/21504857.2025.2521120.
Van de Wiele, Eva, et al.
De Beste Strips Om in Te Lijsten: Onze Redacteuren Kiezen Hun Toppers van 2024
. 9ekunst.nl, 2024.
De Dobbeleer, Michel, and Maaheen Ahmed. “Sterker Dan Lord of the Flies : Carnavaleske Omkering in Jef Nys’ Favoriete Jommekealbum [Gesprek Met Maaheen Ahmed over ’Kinderen Baas’].”
Jommeke Op de Blandijn
, no. 31/03/2024, 2024.
Ahmed, Maaheen. “Lijnen, Platen, Cirkels : Ephamerons Nooit Meer Alleen.”
ZL (KESSEL-LO)
, vol. 23, no. 4, 2024, pp. 32–58, doi:10.5117/zl2024.4.004.ahme.
Full bibliography
Teaching
Master's Dissertation