Jeromine Francois

Jeromine Francois is a researcher at the Namur Institute of Language, Text and Transmediality within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Namur. Holding a Doctorate in Language and Literature from Université de Liège (2017), they specialize in Hispanic literary traditions with particular expertise in Golden Age texts, medievalism, and contemporary narrative forms.

Research interests center on literary myth construction, especially regarding La Celestina and Lazarillo de Tormes, with significant contributions to understanding commercial and tourist applications of classical literature. Their work intersects with gender studies through analysis of female archetypes in contemporary Spanish fiction and ecological perspectives in Hispanic cultural production. Key methodological innovations include developing protocols for analyzing commercial adaptations of Golden Age texts.

Notable awards include the Premio Duques de Soria (2014) and the Prix du concours de la classe des Lettres from the Belgian Royal Academy (2020). Research output shows consistent productivity with 52 publications between 2013-2025, primarily in literary analysis, book reviews, and conference proceedings.

• Premio Duques de Soria (2014)
• Prix du concours de la classe des Lettres, sciences morales et politiques de l'Académie Royale de Belgique (2020)

Academic engagement includes organizing the XI Congreso de la Asociación de Hispanistas del Benelux (2025) and the Journée des doctorants de l'ED3bis (2024), along with numerous invited talks on medievalism and literary reinterpretation. Current activities focus on mapping commercial applications of Lazarillo de Tormes and analyzing female archetypes in contemporary Spanish literature.