Mees Kempenaers works as a doctoral researcher at the English Literature section of Ghent University. Their work focuses on trans poetries and poetics.

Projecten

Projecten als doctoraatsonderzoeker

Trans Poetries in the 2010s (2018 -

Publicaties

Belangrijkste publicaties

Queer discomfort : desire and heteronormativity in Richard Siken’s crush(2019)
- Mees Kempenaers

Meest recente publicaties

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Onderwijs

Seminar teacher on the course English Literature 1, which introduces students to literary analysis in English of prose, drama, and poetry (2017-2021)
Guest lecture "Transnarratieven in Amerikaanse Literatuur" ("Trans narratives in American Literature") in Context & Nuance: M/V/X (Dr. Jonas Roelens) - 2022
Guest lecture "(Queer) American Poetry: 1950s - 1980s" in English Literature III: American Literature (Prof. Gert Buelens) - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Guest lecture on Michael Field for Historische Engelstalige letterkunde III: "Gender and Sexuality in Nineteenth Century English Literature" (Prof. Marysa Demoor) - 2019
Co-teacher of a seminar on The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson in Historische Engelstalige Letterkunde I (Prof. Andrew Bricker) - 2018