Dr Louis van den Hengel (L.)

Louis van den Hengel coordinates and teaches various courses in the fields of gender and diversity studies, and arts and culture at the University College Maastricht (UCM) and at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS). They have contributed to the development of new curricula through the design of several BA and MA courses, including Cultural Studies I (UCM), Sex, Sexuality and Society (UCM), and Theories and Methods: Images, Affect, Practices (FASoS). Recently, Louis was a core member of the revision team for the MA Arts and Culture. In this capacity, they contributed to the development and design of the new MA programme Contemporary Literature and Arts: Cultural Interventions and Social Justice.

In addition, Louis supervises BA, MA, and PhD theses in various programs at FASoS, as well as internships and individual research projects. Externally, they act as a teacher and project advisor in the MA in Theater at the Toneelacademie Maastricht of Zuyd Hogeschool.