Lieve Jooken is an associate professor at the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication, where she teaches courses in British culture and society as well as writing skills. Her PhD research studied linguistic concepts in the context of the eighteenth-century origin-of-language debate, involving works by James Burnet and Adam Smith. Her current research explores the translation and cultural transfer of French and British philosophical thought during the Enlightenment (including figures like Locke, Hume, La Mettrie, and Rousseau), with a particular focus on acculturation, the translation of text and paratext, and the translator’s role as a cultural mediator.
Contact: Lieve.Jooken@UGent.be
