Hans Vandevoorde

Hans Vandevoorde (°1960) taught Dutch literature at VUB until 2025. He was one of the coordinators of the Centre for the Study of Experimental Literature (CEL/SEL), member of the Steering Committee of ENAG (an international research community on European Neo-Avant-Garde) and editor-in-chief of the journal Cahier voor Literatuurwetenschap (CLW). In 2014-2015 and 2021-2022 he was granted sabbatical leaves and was appointed the Breughel Chair of Flemish Studies for the History and Culture of the southern Low Countries at the University of Pennsylvania in 2016. He supervised PhDs on—among other topics—documentary literature, diaries in the second world war, art and literature, the creative art critique of Hugo Claus, and travel stories.

He has published widely on nineteenth-century, fin-the-siècle -and interbellum literature and culture, and on post-war poetry. Recent publications include the co-edited volumes Creatieve kunstkritiek/Critique d'art créative 1945-1985 with Stefan Clappaert (with Stefan Clappaert, 2022) and a forthcoming collection on the art critical texts by Jan Walravens (with Katrien Vanhamel, 2025), and the biography Stil verzet. De oorlogsjaren van August Vermeylen, 1939-1945 (2024). 

For the press release of Stil Verzet, please click here.