Jan Baetens

Jan Baetens is a professor at the KU Leuven Faculty of Arts, where he teaches literary and cultural studies. He has a special interest in popular fiction (photo novel, novelization, comics, film photo novel) and adaptation studies. He is a member of the executive board of IAWIS (International association of word and image studies). He is the coordinator of the BELSPO funded research network on “LMI” (2012-2017).