Nella van den Brandt

Nella van den Brandt studied Cultural Anthropology, Arabic Languages and Cultures and Women’s Studies at Utrecht University (NL), and completed in 2014 a PhD thesis at Ghent University (BE) about contemporary discourses on religion among feminist activists and civil society agents in Flanders. In September 2016, she started as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department for Philosophy and Religious Studies at Utrecht University (NL). Her current research about public debates and cultural productions is part of the NWO-funded project “Beyond ‘Religion versus Emancipation’. Gender and Sexuality in Women’s Conversions to Judaism, Christianity and Islam in Contemporary Western Europe”. For further information, see www.uu.nl/medewerkers/HPvandenBrandt.