Despite growing societal awareness of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, the impact of linguistic factors in selection procedures remains underresearched, especially in the Dutch-speaking context. This research project focuses ...read more
Over the course of a four-year research project, we will collaborate with the Belgian National Crisis Center to explore how Belgian citizens can be more effectively informed about emergency situations ...read more
Chariton’s “Callirhoe” is likely the earliest of the so-called ancient Greek novels, composed around the 1st century CE. Scholarly consensus claims it left little trace in later literature and was ...read more
During the Post-Classical period (III BC - VI AD), Greek underwent significant changes in relation to its case-system, among which the development of the genitive case. Despite the importance of ...read more
Understanding how speakers perceive and evaluate language has long been a central challenge in historical sociolinguistics. Grammars and lexica provide a unique window into these perceptions. In addition to documenting ...read more
This project examines strategies of marriage and succession among social elites, as well as their impact on the political structures in the counties of Flanders and Hainaut during the 11th ...read more
This project proposes a diachronic study of princely record-keeping in the Low Countries during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. In particular, it studies how the Burgundian-Habsburg princes repurposed the pre-Burgundian comital archives ...read more
The Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie (outline of the history of philosophy) is a standard work in the history of philosophy, founded by Friedrich Ueberweg and published in numerous editions since 1863. ...read more
Amid ongoing global crises such as war, genocide, and gender-based violence, forced displacement continues to drive individuals across borders, with many seeking refuge in South Africa since 1994. Despite the ...read more
This project examines intra- and inter-speaker variation in Arabic during interpreter-mediated encounters in Brussels, where linguistic diversity poses significant communication challenges. The study focuses on the cross-dialectal accommodation strategies employed ...read more