My dissertation explores the functions of chiasmus in Henry James's works. Focusing on The Portrait of a Lady (1880-81/1908), I will argue that James uses chiasmus at phrase level to ...read more
This PhD project has focused on a group of sketches, which were popular throughout Europe around 1840. The sketches, bearing titles like "les Français peints par eux-mêmes" and "Los Españoles ...read more
In leading a musical ensemble performance, a conductor needs to ensure temporal coordination among ensemble musicians and at the same time inform them of intended expressive goals. Musicians in their ...read more
Under the project titled: ‘Indian realism from contemporary perspective’ I undertake the problem of epistemic authority as presented in Nyāya philosophical tradition with references to contemporary discourse in Western philosophy, ...read more
In the 18th century, a changing view on criminal law and the custodial sentence gave rise to the new architectural typology of the cellular prison. This typology became widespread in ...read more
This dissertation explored the influence of ethnicity on determining voters’ choices in Tanzania. The issue of explaining ethnicity and voting in Tanzania has become increasingly puzzling in the country’s political ...read more
Framed within world-historical theory, this PhD thesis investigates and compares the development of the coffee sector on both sides of Lake Kivu, in the Eastern Congo and Western Rwanda, during ...read more
01/01/2013-31/12/2017: FWO-Flanders (total budget 295,000 euro) Middeleeuws Brugge en haar voorhavens. Een landschaps-archeologische benadering van het Zwin-debat [Medieval Bruges and its outports. A landscape-archaeological approach to the debate on the ...read more