Lou Braibant is an FWO-funded Doctoral Researcher at Ghent University’s Department of Literary Studies, where he investigates the construction of child figures in contemporary American eco-comics and how graphic narratives, as a networked medium, can reshape beliefs about the child in a changing world. Lou’s other interests beyond ecocriticism and comics are (but not limited to): intermedia studies, zine studies, queer studies, and decolonial perspectives. He is affiliated with both the COMICS team (Prof. Dr. Maaheen Ahmed) and the Post-Mesh Lab (Prof. Dr. Marco Caracciolo). Lou will participate and support these two teams and their respective sections during the project. You can follow comic updates about his FWO project “Com-Post Children” through the project’s Substack.
Lou obtained his first master’s degree (Languages and Literature: English) at Ghent University and his second master’s degree (Advanced Master’s in Literary Studies) at KU Leuven, both earned in 2024. He also has a background in Swedish studies (undergraduate studies). So far, he has presented on Nora Krug’s Heimat (2018) at the international “2024 Comprehending Comics” conference (Palacký University). Previously, he worked as a librarian in the Faculty Library’s comics collections.