The aim of STREAM is to develop a research infrastructure for early modern Flanders and Brabant (c. 1550-1800). STREAM is designed to protect and facilitate access to a multitude of ...read more
The project focuses on contact-related grammatical pattern changes in Belgian and NetherlandicDutch during two different stages in their recent history: (i) 19th century Belgian Dutch, which washeavily exposed to French, ...read more
My research aims to answer two main questions. The first question we want to provide an answer to, is to what extent translated texts differ from non-translated texts. Numerous corpus-based ...read more
Art historians continually use concepts of art, i.e., they continually distinguish between art and non-art. Before initiating their art historical inquiries, they have to decide which items are eligible for ...read more
The project investigates aspects of multilingualism on Facebook, in particular code selection/code switching by language users of Iranian descent in a Belgium. The focus is three-fold: (i) the distributional ...read more
This GOA-project aims to give new impetus to the current tendency in economic and social research to bring history to bear on contemporary questions of unequal welfare and growth. The ...read more
The now submerged Roman sanctuaries of Colijnsplaat and Domburg on the isle of Walcheren have yielded the most extensive collection of votive stones found in Northern Gaul. They bear testimony ...read more
Northwestern Europe experienced rapid and intense climate variations during late Quaternary times. These climate variations profoundly affected the environment, and the effects are well reflected in vegetational changes. Past vegetations are reconstructed ...read more
The Western Harra Survey Project is investigating late prehistoric settlements, from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (7th millennium to early 3rd millennium BC), in the arid harra ...read more