About the Team

We are a group of students in the class Online Publishing (F0UO1A), taught by Frederik Truyen, in the Master of Cultural Studies at KU Leuven.


Jana Bezrukova – Graphic Designer and Website Builder

Jana (Prague, Czech Republic – 2002) has a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture. She is currently finishing a Master’s in Cultural Studies and is passionate about illustration, visual communication and vegan cuisine.

Valeria Carmela Gallo – Editor and Website Builder

Valeria (Catanzaro, Italy – 2002) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Language and Literature Studies from the University of Florence and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies. Alongside her academic journey, she has been actively involved in student representation since middle school, and has initiated several cultural projects and events through volunteer activities. She currently works as a Projects and Communications Assistant at EAVI – the European Association for Viewers’ interests, in Brussels.

Defne Tekin – Editor and Website Builder

Defne (Istanbul, Türkiye – 2003) is a Master’s student at KU Leuven. She is passionate about theatre and translation studies!

Ricardo da Rocha – Editor and Website Builder

Ricardo (Porto, Portugal – 1995) works with music — writing about it, directing it, teaching it and programming it. A musicologist by training and a theatre maker by vocation, he has staged musicals about revolutions, worked on opera productions across Europe, and filed reviews for Público, Portugal’s leading daily newspaper. The one thing he doesn’t do (anymore) is play.

Currently based in Brussels and completing an MA in Cultural Studies at KU Leuven, he has served as jury member for Prémios Play (Portugal) and the Opera XXI Awards (Spain), and is a researcher at CESEM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Dimitrios-Marios Arampatzis – Web Designer

Dimitris (Velestino, Greece – 2001) has a degree in Philosophy and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Cultural Studies. His interests span performing arts, indie publishing, and video games.