Laurence De Backer

Laurence De Backer
  • Master of Arts
  • PhD Student at Ghent University

About

Introduction
PhD researcher at Ghent University (Spanish Linguistics). Bachelor's and Master's in Literature and Linguistics (Spanish-English) at Ghent University, and finishing a second Master's in Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven. Research interests include: metaphor theory, mediated communication, im/mobility, (de)colonization and futurities, with main research foci on the US and Latin-America as well as on contemporary artivism and social movements.
Skills and Expertise
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Studies
Ethnography
Discourse Analysis
Corpus Linguistics
Framing
Critical Analysis
Metaphor
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Current institution
Ghent University
Ghent University
  • Department of Linguistics
  • Gent, Belgium
Current position
  • PhD Student
Additional affiliations
September 2020 - October 2021
Ghent University
Ghent University
  • Department of Linguistics
  • Gent, Belgium
Position
  • Unpaid employee
Education
September 2019 - June 2022
KU Leuven
KU Leuven
Field of study
  • Social and Cultural Anthropology
September 2018 - July 2020
Ghent University
Ghent University
Field of study
  • Literature and Linguistics (English-Spanish)
August 2018 - February 2019
National University of La Plata
National University of La Plata
Field of study
  • Literature and Linguistics (English-Spanish)