I always wanted to become a dancer. Instead, I became a cleaner, a shelf stacker, a suppost, a cashier, a kick boxer, a teacher, a researcher, a writer. And I still dance.
My name is Marie Beauchamps. My practice is marked by having grown up in a tiny village in the North-East of France, leaving after high school to build my life elsewhere, moving abroad, settling in cities, learning new languages, losing languages, feeling lost, making space, reconfiguring space.
I’ve worked as an academic teacher and researcher until 2021, exploring interdisciplinary contexts across the humanities, social sciences, and law. Since 2021, I work as a creative entrepreneur, exploring research from new perspectives.
Next to my work as poet and writing workshop facilitator for academic researchers, I offer advisory services regarding writing and research, and serve as a policy officer at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
I am certified in creative writing from the International Writers Collective, Amsterdam (2019-2023);
I pioneered in the Deepening Creative Practice programme of the Tavistock Institute for Human Relations (2020-2021);
I hold a PhD from the Asmterdam School of Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam (2015).
Research Funding and Awards:
2019-2021: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship awarded for project Mobilising Affects: Withdrawal of Citizenship and Politics of Security. Grant agreement number: H2020-MSCA-839538
ASCA Best Article Award 2016 for article: Beauchamps, M. L. (2016). The Forfeiture of Nationality in France: Discursive Ambiguity, Borders, and Identities. Space and Culture, 19(1), 1- 42. DOI: 10.1177/1206331214560091.
2011-2015: Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam: Full fellowship awarded for PhD project
2010: Amsterdam Universtiteitsfonds: Research and travel grant awarded for MA thesis research in Hong Kong
