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Piet Van Poucke is Associate Professor in Russian Language and Culture at Ghent University's Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, where he leads the Russian section within the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication. His work bridges Translation Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, focusing on Russian-Western literary and journalistic translation dynamics.
- PhD in Russian Literature (1999, Ghent University)
- Steering committee member, Russia Platform
- Coordinator, CERISE (Centre for Russian International Socio-political Studies)
Research spans retranslation theory, metaphor translation in news media, and ideological impacts on Russian-Dutch literary exchange. He organized the Retranslation in Context III conference (2017) and guest-edited special volumes for International Journal of Literary Linguistics and Cadernos de Tradução.
Key projects include:
- 2024-2030: Women and translational rebellion in Soviet/Polish émigré contexts
- 2023-2027: Russian émigré journal translation networks
- 2020-2024: Dutch newspaper translations of Russian literature (1840-1970)
His work with the Russian news translation website InoSMI (2014-2016) revealed discursive repositioning through framing strategies, published in Translator and META. Current research explores translation's role in diaspora networks and geopolitical narratives.
