This project deals with art documentaries in the 1940s and 1950s, in particular the works by two filmmakers and art historians: Paul Haesaerts and Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti. It investigates how ...read more
In this PhD project I develop a rhythm taxonomy for cinema. Rhythm is a variation of forms, seen by a human being, over a period of time. Rhythm in cinema ...read more
We examine how the French- and Dutch-speaking TV audiences are introduced to the Flemish and French communities and their languages, through daily news broadcasts. Our research looks at how the ...read more
Although migration numbers have never been higher than in recent years, there is an unequal distribution in terms of who is allowed to travel where and under what conditions. Globalisation ...read more
In the fall of 2018, the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender with support of the Flemish Ministry of Equal Opportunities, will launch an information platform about variations of ...read more
Pottery from the Scheldt basin will be analyzed using a range of mass spectrometric methods. The pottery has been dated to the late 6th and 5th millennium BC, indicating that it ...read more
This research focuses on the typology, function and provenance determination of the grinding stones used in Thorikos from the Bronze Age to Early Hellenistic times. This ancient settlement and mining ...read more
The late-5th to 3rd millennium BC saw complex dynamics in nomadic and settled lifestyles in the semi-arid and arid steppe regions of Syria and Jordan, when large, often fortified cities emerged ...read more
This project investigates individual differences among Vietnamese children’s vocabulary knowledge during childhood development from a multifactorial approach to influencing factors and a multidimensional approach to vocabulary knowledge. Its objective is ...read more
This research project aims to shed a new light on Renaissance rhetorical turn by exploring the rediscovery of the late-sophistic sources and their influence on humanistic rhetorical theory and practice ...read more