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Ben Dhooge is a Research Professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures (Slavic section) at Ghent University. He is actively involved in multiple research groups including 20cc - Twentieth-Century Crossroads, CCROC - Critical and Comparative Research on Culture, GCSEES - Ghent Centre for Slavic and East European Studies, and MAPS - Centre for Media and Periodical Studies. Since April 2014, he has been a member of the Jonge Academie (Young Academy), and since January 2016, he has served on Ghent University's Russia Platform steering group and its knowledge center on Russia, Cerise.
Professor Dhooge's research focuses on early twentieth-century (Modernist) Russian literature, both Soviet and émigré, with central themes including language experimentation, discourse on language and cultural identity, poetics, literary criticism, émigré culture, and civic poetry. He has particular expertise in the works of Andrei Platonov, Skit Poetov, Veshch'-Gegenstand-Objet, and Vladimir Nabokov. His current research projects examine topics such as word-based art by silenced youth, the instrumentalization of Russia's literary heritage, and writing the past in exile through interwar Russian émigré historical novels.
His publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly output across multiple languages, with significant contributions appearing in 2018 including chapters on Nabokov's reading practices, émigré literature, and civic poetry in Russian Prague. His research spans literary analysis, cultural history, and linguistic studies, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to Russian literary studies.
As an educator, Professor Dhooge coordinates the webclass 'Russian Cultural History: Russia between East and West' and supervises numerous BA and MA theses. He has promoted several PhD students in recent years, including Oshank Hashemi (2025), Luc Breukelman (2022), and Tilde Geerardyn and Phaedra Claeys (2021).
In terms of service, he serves as Communication Coordinator, International Coordinator, and Chair of the Alumni Organization for the Section of Slavic and East-European Studies at Ghent University. He also organizes the 'Slavische films' / 'Slavic Films' series and co-organizes academic events including the doctoral school course 'Intellectuals on the margins.'
