Every year, the VRT selects the 'Tienerwoord van het Jaar'. In 2024, the honor went to noncha ('chill, carefree'), while in 2023, heftig (used to emphasize something striking) was chosen. The ...read more
This project proposal seeks to bridge significant gaps in the understanding of Migration or Integration Language Tests (MILTs) by scrutinizing their rationale, construction, operationalization, and impact within the contexts of migration and ...read more
This project examines historical and contemporary patterns of human and non-human mobilizations that emerge when specific archival collections gain attention—earning archival value—from official institutions, professional archivists, critical scholars, and researchers. ...read more
This research projects aims to understand the causal mechanisms which facilitated the resilience and survival of a large pre-Modern imperial state in Europe and the Mediterranean World by focusing on ...read more
Throughout Chinese history, mountain worship has shaped the spatial order of ancient cities as a cultural and spiritual anchor, forming a unique "city-mountain" landscape imbued with regional identity and philosophical/religious ...read more
This project aims at offering a fresh study of public generosity and benefactors in the late Roman and early Byzantine periods in the Eastern Mediterranean as a way to advance three ...read more
This research project engages artists and experts from diverse fields in hydro-ecological research. The aim is to provide multiple perspectives on hydrological matters of concern. Drawing on Bruno Latour’s political ...read more
The proposed project aims to investigate the new generation of moral education textbooks in Japan (in use since 2018) and their intended effects against the backdrop of a larger political ...read more
Friendship remains a surprisingly understudied topic, particularly in non-Western contexts, even less so concerning the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. Furthermore, when investigated, there has been little attention ...read more
Current scholarship pays little attention to late Etruscan social structures (post-400 BCE), when Etruscans are assumed to have increasingly modelled themselves on Rome. Existing scholarship often argues that pre-400 BCE, ...read more