Negation is a universal property of human language. Every language has a means to negate a sentence. However, languages vary as to how many different forms they have at their disposal to ...read more
In IV century BC, many important terms that had to do with wisdom (sophia), such as “philosophy” (philosophia), “philosopher” (philosophos), “sophistry” (sophistikê) and “sophist” (sophistês), had not yet received the definition they ...read more
The Enlightenment stands as an age of scientific reason, where magic and religion were marginalized as alternative resources of public self-conduct. Among the many historical phenomena that problematize such an ...read more
This project examines the diverse representations of early Judaism across the German-speaking lands of the 19th century. In view of the rising nation-state, it illuminates the importance of the ancient past ...read more
Erasmus project ‘Building Bridges in Bruges’, i.s.m Howest. Samen met acht basisscholen in Brugge uit zowel het GO, stedelijke als vrije net gaan we leerervaringen opdoen in Nederland, Zweden, Denemarken ...read more
This project offers the first comprehensive reconstruction and interpretation of receptions of ancient novels (1st-4th cent. AD) in (Greek, Arabic and western vernacular) secular narrative from Late Antiquity and the ...read more
Between 2019 and 2024, an interdisciplinary team at Ghent University studies the role of Bruges as a late-medieval harbour and the maritime-cultural landscape stretching along the Zwin. This tidal inlet was ...read more
A project by Ghent University, Shanghai University, In Flanders Fields Museum Ieper. Even before the former warlord and commander of the so-called Beiyang Army (the Western-style Imperial Army that had been ...read more
The Preferential Partnership (PP) between Ghent University and the University of Toronto brings together the research expertise at both institutions to explore and test interdisciplinary responses to global challenges. This partnership builds ...read more