During the French Enlightenment, meteorology developed dynamically because the boundaries of what weather knowledge was and how it should be developed were not clearly defined. To better understand how weather ...read more
Het onderzoek bestaat uit een schriftelijk en mondeling rapport met advies en tips over 5 digitale tools die geïntegreerd kunnen worden in het nieuwe online platform van Stad Gent en ...read more
This dissertation investigates the interplay between theatricality and religious representation in Jean Frédéric Bernard and Bernard Picart'sCérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (1723–1737). As a richly illustrated collection of ...read more
Discourses on ageing women are changing from predominantly negative to more positive representations, but this is mainly true for people who fit the narrowly defined narratives of what is considered ...read more
Throughout history, artists have been captivated by the characters of classical mythology. As the youngest of the arts, one of the most lucrative contemporary entertainment industries and an influential socio-cultural ...read more
Almost half a century ago, Simone de Beauvoir denounced what she called the ‘conspiracy of silence’ in public and scholarly debates about women growing older. Little has changed since then. ...read more
This project is aimed at the investigation of horizontal links in two clusters of constructions featuring the auxiliarized Dutch verbs komen ‘to come’ and krijgen ‘to get, receive’. Horizontal links, ...read more
Jan Vercruysse kan beschouwd worden als een tentoonstellingskunstenaar. Hij hechtte uitzonderlijk veel belang aan de presentatie van zijn werk en nam zelf de rol van curator op zich, waarbij hij ...read more
This research project concerns the political role and impact of assassination in the Late Roman Empire. The killing of human beings, and above all the judgement of its legitimacy, is ...read more