M.L. Mekenkamp (Marloes) MA

Marloes Mekenkamp is a PhD candidate at The Radboud Institute for Culture & History. Her research focusses on the relationship between literature and activism within contexts of violence and conflict. In her doctoral thesis Marloes studies the role of emotions in poetic activism within the context of the “war against drugs” in Mexico. In addition, she has published on the literary production of the Mexican criminal group La Familia Michoacana.

Marloes’ PhD project is supervised by Prof. Brigitte Adriaensen, dr. Marije Hristova and dr. Reindert Dhondt.