Medieval cities were more than centers of trade and governance—they were imagined, shaped, and contested through literature. This project examines how Bruges, Ghent, and Ypres were represented in Middle Dutch ...read more
Ancient Greek distinguishes between imperfective and perfective aspect in all moods of the verb, including the imperative mood. Although this is an rare feature typologically, we still only have a ...read more
Even in the past, broad social categories like status played a crucial role in language variation and change. However, language use is also linked to the existence of more locally ...read more
Scholarship on the no-self (anātman) doctrine in Buddhism has predominantly focused on the Indian context, often overlooking significant variations within the history of Chinese Buddhism. This may due to scholars’ ...read more
The use of English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education is on the rise both globally and within Flanders, requiring lecturers to impart and students to construe ...read more
This project develops and evaluates machine-learning models for the automated processing of historical Greek and Latin texts. Using transformer-based architectures and existing annotated datasets, the project focuses on tasks such ...read more
This project redefines the understanding of sgraffito in Belgium during the Belle Époque (1870–1914) by uncovering the networks, techniques, and collaborations that shaped its creation. Moving beyond the focus on ...read more
The Anyue Buddhist 安岳 sites can be mainly dated between the Tang (618–907) and the Ming (1368–1644) dynasties and consist of locations of great importance when studying Buddhism in the Sichuan ...read more