Dr. Dirk Van Hulle

Biography

Dirk Van Hulle is a Research Professor of English Literature at the University of Antwerp and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. He directs the Oxford Centre for Textual Editing Theory (OCTET) and the Centre for Manuscript Genetics at the University of Antwerp. His research focuses on modern authors and their libraries, especially through the lens of genetic criticism, which studies the writing processes of authors. He serves as a principal investigator for the ERC project 'MARGINAL: Modern Authors Reading: Genesis Authors' Libraries' scheduled for 2026-2030. Among his notable contributions to the field, he co-directed the MLA award-winning Beckett Digital Manuscript Project, which aims to reunite Samuel Beckett's manuscripts held in various collections across the Atlantic. His publications include significant works on textual awareness, modern manuscripts, and genetic criticism, detailing innovative approaches to literary scholarship. He is also involved in editing critical volumes on Beckett, including the Oxford Handbook of Samuel Beckett and has organized various conferences addressing topics such as literary libraries and creative revision.

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