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Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

Overview of all disciplines

Modernism, Post-Modernism, the Enlightenment, Theory and Philosophy, Post-Humanism, Imperialism, Cultural Geography, Poetry, Poetics and Publishing
D.M. (David) Ashford, Dr
Contact
d.m.ashford rug.nl
Function
Scandinavian literature, culture, history, dance; cultural transfer and transmission studies; minority literature and culture
prof. dr. P. (Petra) Broomans
Contact
p.broomans rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor European Languages and Cultures (Scandinavian studies) with ius promovendi
Early modern Dutch textual culture; language criticism and language philosophy; digital humanities
dr. L.A. (Lucas) van der Deijl
Contact
l.a.van.der.deijl rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Old English literature and language, Middle English literature and language, History of the English Language
dr. C. (Kees) Dekker
Contact
c.dekker rug.nl
Function
Senior Lecturer in Older English Literature and Culture
Points of interest: Institutional approach to literary history, Editions, Intermedial relations Music and Poetry
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Contact
g.j.dorleijn rug.nl
+31 50 36 35853
Function
Professor (Chair) of Dutch Literature, in particular Modern Dutch Literature
Early modern and medieval Anglophone literature and culture. Christianity in English literature.
J. (John) Flood, Dr
Contact
j.flood rug.nl
+31 50 36 35852
Function
Assistant Professor
From a combined background in Languages and Cultures of the Middle East (Arabic) and Translation Studies, I study literary, ideological and ideational exchanges between Western Europe and the Arabic Middle East; modern Arabic literature; literary translations; history and poetics of translation in the Middle East.
H. (Hisham) Hamad, MA
Contact
h.hamad rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Literature, Modernism and Women's Travel Writing
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Contact
a.c.hoag rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Research interests:
Ancient Judaism in its Formative Phase
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Achaemenid Period
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Ptolemaic Period
Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian (Matrimonial) Law
Administration in Egypt during the Achaemenid and Ptolemaic Periods

Further interests:
Comparative Semitics
Ancient Greek and Latin (Historical) Linguistics
Ancient Greek and Latin Documentary Papyri
Aramaic, Demotic and Ancient Greek Scribal Practices
dr. R.N. (Ruwan) van der Iest
Contact
r.n.van.der.iest rug.nl
Function
Lecturer Koinè and New Testament Greek
Field / Discipline
20th Century American Literature
English for Academic Purposes
English proficiency
Presentation skills
Writing skills

Holds: UTQ
drs. J.R. (J.R.) van Loon
Contact
j.r.van.loon rug.nl
+31 50 36 35802
Function
English Lecturer
Environmental humanities, contemporary Anglophone literature, Victorian literature, novel theory, food studies, literature and science, critical animal studies
M.R. (Molly) MacVeagh, PhD
Contact
m.r.macveagh rug.nl
Function
interdisciplinary modernism, modern and contemporary British literature (specializing in the literature of the mid-twentieth century), literature and politics, environmental humanities, the novel
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Contact
a.k.maher rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Modern and contemporary US literature; multi-ethnic US and hemispheric American literature; world literatures in English; Italian American literature and culture; children's and young adult literature; the 20th- and 21st-c. Gothic; contemporary ecoliterature; diaspora studies; gender studies; critical race theory; multilingualism and translanguaging; trauma studies; creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry writing; literature and creative writing pedagogy
S.M. (Suzanne) Manizza-Roszak, Dr
Contact
s.manizza.roszak rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of English (tenured)
manuscript studies, book history, paleography, codicology, Middle English literature, medieval French literature
J.R. Mattison, Dr
Contact
j.r.mattison rug.nl
Function
Modernism, James Joyce, periodicals, print culture, book history, publishing studies, typography, cultural memory, multilingualism, nationalism, internationalism, transnational phenomena, genre fiction, fanfiction.
T.D. (Tekla) Mecsnóber, Dr
Contact
t.d.mecsnober rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Critical Discourse Studies
Gender studies
Rhetoric
M.P. (María Pilar) Milagros Garcia, PhD
Contact
m.p.milagros.garcia rug.nl
Function
Lecturer of English
Field / Discipline
Old English language and literature; Middle English language and literature; Old Norse language and literature; early Irish literature 
K.E.E. (Karin) Olsen, Dr
Contact
k.e.e.olsen rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Late-medieval literature
Wycliffite/ lollard and Hussite writings
Central European religious controversy
Medieval medicine
The Piers Plowman Tradition
Sermon studies
Medieval law
Palaeography, codicology and history of the book


P.J. (Patrick) Outhwaite, PhD
Contact
p.j.outhwaite rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
U.S. Literature and Culture (1900-present); Sociological and Institutional approaches; Creative and reproductive labor; Artist communities; Podcasts
K.S. (Kathryn) Roberts, Dr
Contact
k.s.roberts rug.nl
Function
Senior Lecturer in American Studies
Nederlandse literatuur van de twintigste en eenentwintigste eeuw in internationale context; literatuur- en cultuurtheorie
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Contact
m.p.j.sanders rug.nl
Function
Latin American Literature and Art
Gender Studies
Global Modernism
Literary Theory
dr. C.G. (Camilla) Sutherland, PhD
Contact
c.g.sutherland rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor European Culture and Literature: Spanish
Field / Discipline
History of Ideas (Ancient, Medieval and Early-Modern), history of botany (amateur)
prof. dr. A.J. (Arjo) Vanderjagt
Contact
a.j.vanderjagt rug.nl
Function
Professor emeritus of the history of ideas
Field / Discipline
Institutional Approach to Dutch Modern Literature, professionalization and internationalisation of the literary Field, reading Culture and book Science.
dr. S. (Sandra) van Voorst
Contact
s.van.voorst rug.nl
+31 50 36 35868 geen voic emai l
Function
Assistant Professor
Oscar Wilde
Victorian Literature and Culture
Neo-Victorian Literatre / contemporary appropriations of 19th century literature
Literary Theory
Postmodernism
Word and Music Studies
dr. K. (Kees) de Vries
Contact
kornelis.de.vries rug.nl
Function
Lecturer in English Language and Culture
Lord Byron, British Romanticism, English-Language Romanticism, European Romanticism, Reader Response Theory, Aesthetic Philosophy, the Sublime, Affect, Welsh Language/Cymraeg, Celtic Studies, Gothic Literature, Ecocriticism, Fantasy, Creative Writing
A.G.J.C. (Aubrey) Williams, MA
Contact
a.g.j.c.williams rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Classical reception studies, Minoans in modern literature, J.R.R. Tolkien, fantasy literature, historical fiction, genre studies, utopianism in literature, hospitality narratives, sublime narratives, the sea, mythmaking.
H.G.D. (Hamish) Williams, PhD
Contact
h.g.d.williams rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Satire, Humor, Environmental Humanities, Ecocriticism, Identity
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Contact
s.m.zekavat rug.nl
Function
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