Zoë Ghyselinck
Moderator
Zoë Ghyselinck is a visiting professor of German and Comparative Literature, Director of the Humanities Academy for Lifelong Learning, Coordinator of the Consortium for Health Humanities, Arts, Reading, and Medicine (CHARM) at Ghent University, and co-president of the Young Academy (2025-2027). Her research focuses on modern and contemporary representations and practices of communication with the dead in light of developments in communication technology. She is developing a research line on anticipatory grief and the posthumous influence of end-of-life narratives created by terminally ill parents and grandparents for children in palliative and end-of-life care.