Birgit Van Puymbroeck is Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in literature in English and research methodology at VUB. She teaches courses in research methodology, European literature, and literature in English. She received her PhD in 2012 from Ghent University and has held visiting fellowships at Yale University, Queen Mary University of London, and the University of Edin- burgh. She is the author of Modernist Literature and European Identity (Routledge 2020) and of various articles and book chapters on literary modernism, transnational networks, and media (especially periodicals and radio). Together with Marysa Demoor and Cedric Van Dijck, she is co-editing the Edinburgh Companion to First World War Periodicals. Together with Inge Arteel, she is working on a project on audio literature. Birgit is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, the Belgian Young Academy, and the Young Academy Science Advice Structure. She is delighted to be selected as a Fellow of the first cohort of the EUTOPIA Young Leaders Academy.
