Thesis Title

World-literature: Cosmopolitanism in Hybrid Caribbean Novels

Email: Janneke.Beerman@warwick.ac.uk

Bio

Janneke Beerman is a PhD Candidate in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies. She lives on a small tropical island called Curacao and visits Warwick University regularly. Her doctoral research explores the transition from contemporary Caribbean fictional national novels to sites of multiple belonging by using comparative analysis. Her project is supervised by Professor Paulo de Medeiros

Teaching

Janneke has taught undergraduate and graduate modules at Tio University (2015-2017) and the University of Curacao (2017-2021). She has supervised MA/BA theses in education/literature research areas. Next to this, she has been a member of the Exam Committee of the University of Curacao for five years.

Research Area

- World Literature

- Caribbean Literature

- Feminist Literary Theory

Academic Qualifications

MA in Western Literature & Culture, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

MA in English Education, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

BA English Language & Culture, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Publications

"Intersectionality and Caribbean Women Writers" (2021) Journal

"Technology in Dutch Caribbean Classrooms" (2019) Journal