Lieve Jooken is associate professor at the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication of Ghent University, where she teaches courses in British cultural history, area studies, literary translation studies and writing skills. Her research focusses on literary translation and on the translation and cultural transfer of French and British philosophical discourse in the eighteenth century, considering processes of acculturation, the role of paratexts and the discursive voice of the translator in disseminating ideas.
Email: Lieve.Jooken@UGent.be