Research Bio

Jeroen Dewulf's main area of research is Dutch and Portuguese colonial history, with a focus on the transatlantic slave trade and the culture and religion of African-descended people in the American diaspora. He also publishes in the field of Folklore Studies and about other aspects of Dutch, German, and Portuguese literature, culture, and history. 

He is the author of the following books:

2022, Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America’s First Black Christians. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press.

2020, (with Luc Renders) The Congo in Flemish Literature: An Anthology of Flemish Prose on the Congo, 1870s - 1990s. Leuven: Leuven University Press.

2018, Grijs slavernijverleden? Over zwarte milities en redimoesoegedrag. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

2017, From the Kingdom of Kongo to Congo Square: Kongo Dances and the Origins of the Mardi Gras Indians. Lafayette: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press.

2017, The Pinkster King and the King of Kongo: The Forgotten History of America’s Dutch-Owned Slaves. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.

2013, (with Olf Praamstra and Michiel van Kempen) Shifting the Compass: Pluricontinental Connections in Dutch Colonial and Postcolonial Literature. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

2010, Spirit of Resistance: Dutch Clandestine Literature during the Nazi Occupation. Rochester, NY: Camden House.

2007, Brasilien mit Brüchen. Schweizer unter dem Kreuz des Südens. Zürich: Verlag der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung.

2004, Gramática da Língua Neerlandesa. São Paulo: Humanitas.

2000, Hugo Loetscher und die ‘Portugiesischsprachige Welt‘. Bern: Peter Lang Verlag.

Research Expertise and Interest

folklore, Dutch studies, transatlantic slavery, German literature, Portuguese Studies, post-colonial studies, hybridity