The Caribbean’s early newspaper press remains curiously absent from histories of colonial print, despite the region’s centrality to imperial expansion. This project addresses this gap by turning to newspapers printed ...read more
De Buurtschoolbrug: Ouders in hun Kracht is een gezamenlijk project van vzw De Schoolbrug en het Expertisecentrum Taal, Diversiteit & Leren van UGent. Het project ondersteunt lokale besturen in Vlaanderen ...read more
Around 1360, the so-called Herne Bible translator produced the first nearly complete Dutch translation of the Bible. However, long before this milestone, various biblical texts—such as the Gospels, the Life of Jesus, the ...read more
Linguistic changes often follow a cyclical path whereby the original formal expressions are worn down and first reinforced and later replaced by new ones. In how far such ‘micro-cycles’ conspire ...read more
In Dutch studies, there is renewed debate about the relevance and applicability of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological thinking for understanding contemporary developments in Dutch literature. This research project takes up Bourdieu’s ...read more
This research project focuses on the translation of Japanese engi 縁起 texts, produced at local Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines before the 20th century. These texts typically relate the histories ...read more
Research conducted as part of the corresponding doctor-assistant position at the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication (VTC).read more
This projects aims to establish a comparison between the public dance practices of the Restoration Monarchies of Prussia, Austria, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, France and Great Britain between ...read more
This project area is dedicated to the memory of decolonisation in French and francophone Algerian novels on the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962), their translations into German and their circulation ...read more
For contemporary Europeans, knowing India implies being aware of certain facts – e.g., its society is home to diverse religions and a caste system. The project will focus on the ...read more