is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Translation, Interpretation, and Communication of the University of Ghent. His research focuses on the Romantic period, extending into the eighteenth century and Victorian period: he investigates the ways in which British culture was shaped by practices and theories of translation and mediation, particularly as it engaged with France and Germany. He has a monograph with Edinburgh University Press, Thomas De Quincey: Romanticism in Translation.

email address: Brecht.deGroote@UGent.be