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Michèle Goyens is a full professor at the Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven, affiliated with the Research Group Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics (QLVL). She contributes to the Leuven Centre for Health Humanities and LECTIO – KU Leuven Institute for the Study of the Transmission of Texts, Ideas and Images in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.
- Faculty Council of Arts (as ZAP member)
- Evaluation Committee of the Faculty of Arts (as ZAP member)
- Artesraad
Her research focuses on medieval medical terminology, translation practices, and critical editions of classical texts. She explores the intersection of linguistics, botany, and medicine in historical contexts, particularly through vernacular adaptations of Latin and Greek works. Recent projects include Verschuivingen in namen van ziektes tijdens de middeleeuwen (SIDELINE) and a critical edition of Henri de Mondeville’s Chirurgie.
Her publications span interdisciplinary studies in terminology, lexicology, and digital humanities, with a focus on genetic editing of manuscripts and the role of memory in textual authority. She has presented at international conferences such as the Cardiff Conference on Translation in the Middle Ages and contributed to projects like LEIGHEAS and eDIL.
