About Margot Luyckfasseel

Margot Luyckfasseel joined the University of Antwerp as a Junior Research Professor in Modern African History in October 2024. She specializes in Congolese history from below (late 19th century to the present), with a thematic focus on urban-rural relations, language ideologies, and debates on “authenticity”. Additionally, she is developing an interest in socio-economic themes such as slavery, labor, and trade. She has conducted fieldwork in the cities of Kinshasa, Kisangani, and Gemena, and she prefers to combine oral history and archival sources.

Department

• Department of History

Statute & functions

Zelfstandig academ.pers. BOF

• TT. asst. research professor