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Tom Toremans is an Associate Professor of English Literature at KU Leuven's Faculty of Arts, where he holds positions across multiple campuses including Leuven, Brussels, and Kulak Kortrijk. He serves as coordinator of the English Literature department at all these campuses and is Head of the Research Team English Literature. Additionally, he directs the Centre for Reception Studies (CERES), a significant research hub focused on how literary works are received and interpreted across different cultural contexts.
Dr. Toremans' research spans several interconnected fields with a primary focus on British Romanticism, particularly examining the translation and reception of German idealism in works by Coleridge, Carlyle, and De Quincey. His scholarly interests also include post-Romantic theorizations of reading, Scottish literature from the Romantic and post-Romantic periods, and the nineteenth-century translation and reception of British literature in the Low Countries. More recently, he has expanded his research to contemporary issues including refugee writing, world literature, and the intersection of literature with human rights discourse.
His extensive publication record demonstrates a consistent scholarly trajectory that bridges historical literary studies with contemporary theoretical concerns. Current research projects reveal his continued engagement with literary reception across temporal and geographical boundaries, with major ongoing work including Refugee Camp Writing, Agency and World Literature (ReCAWWL), The Prosaic Neighborhood of Middlemarch, and Strategic Alliances in Postcolonial Contexts. His publications show a sustained interest in how literature mediates cultural encounters, with particular attention to translation practices, periodical culture, and the circulation of literary works across national borders.
As an academic leader, Toremans supervises PhD students and serves on multiple faculty committees including the Council of the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Arts Advisory Committee, and the Campus Council for the Faculty of Arts in Antwerp. His teaching portfolio covers historical surveys of English literature from 600 to the present, literary translation courses, and specialized topics in post-1945 literatures.