Education

2023-current M.A. in International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS

2011-2017 Ph.D. in Italian and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

2008-2009 M.A. in Italian, Columbia University

2008-2007 M.A. in Comparative Literature, Inter-University Program, K.U. Leuven

2005-2007 M.A. in French and Italian Literature and Linguistics, K.U. Leuven

2003-2005 B.A. in French and Italian Literature and Linguistics, K.U. Leuven

Work Experience

2022-2023 Career Break

2018-2022 Associate Lecturer, Lancaster University

2009-2011 Research Fellow, Research Foundation Flanders (F.W.O.)

Professional Development

2014 Curator, Wang Xu, What’s the Weather Like Today? solo exhibition

2013 Gallery Intern, Tyler Rollins Fine Art

2009-2011 Book Project Assistant, Nina Burleigh, The Fatal Gift of Beauty

2010-2011 Intern, International Studio and Curatorial Program

Awards and Fellowships

2016-2017 Mellon Humanities International Travel Award, Paris and Beijing

2014 Grant of the Institute for World Literature, Harvard University, Hong Kong

2008-2009 Francqui Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation

2005-2006 Université de Paris, Paris IV - La Sorbonne —Erasmus Exchange Programme

2003 French summer school program at Laval University, Canada awarded by the Quebec government and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

Languages

Dutch, English, French, Italian, Mandarin Chinese

Citizenship

British Citizen, Belgian Citizen