COSMOPOET aims to rethink the relationship between poetry and astronomy and ultimately, it investigates medieval Greek solutions to the question as to how to explain the cosmos through literary means. ...read more
This doctoral research aims to measure and promote reading skills and reading motivation among Flemish students in a classical language course. A first research goal is to map current reading ...read more
This research project concerns the formation of Buddhist deity-invoking ritual practices in medieval China, focusing primarily on 7th–10th-century manuscripts and cave murals that have been discovered in the region of ...read more
This project explores the interplay between second, third, and fourth-wave feminist theory and five female fashion designers working actively between 1960 to 2010. We focus on theorists and designers born ...read more
Over the past years, in Europe and the US, various initiatives were launched to #namethe translator on the cover of books. Does increased visibility for translators and translations necessarily lead ...read more
My research focuses on the Buddhist Vinaya manuscripts from Dunhuang, particularly those not included in the Taishō Tripitaka. These texts, which number over 140 entries, include abridged versions of the Four Vinaya (Dasabhāṇavāra, ...read more
As India and Europe are becoming increasingly important to each other as economic, political, and strategic partners, sensitive issues arise in their encounters. Today, it is crucial to gain insight ...read more
The switching of languages among bilinguals at the clause level is well-documented in code-switching (CS) research. On the other hand, intra-word code-switching (IWCS) has only been sparsely attested in a ...read more
This project focuses on the Ghent art world of the 1980s, an understudied part of art history. During this period, there was a clear motive towards placing Belgian art on ...read more
This project focuses on the Ghent art world of the 1980s, an understudied part of art history. During this period, there was a clear motive towards placing Belgian art on ...read more