Jan Buts

Academic interests

I work at the intersections of translation theory, medical humanities, conceptual history, online media, and corpus linguistics. I am involved in the development of the Oslo Medical Corpus.

Courses taught

• FHE4350 – Politics of Sustainability in Public Health - Data-Driven Critical Conceptual Analysis – University of Oslo (uio.no)

Background

I studied linguistics and literature at KU Leuven (Belgium), and hold a PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies from the University of Manchester (UK). Before joining the University of Oslo, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), and as an assistant professor at Boğaziçi University (Turkey).

Appointments

• Member of the executive council of IATIS, the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies.

Awards

• Runner-up, Martha Cheung Award 2023