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
This seed funded collaborative workshop proposes to facilitate the revision and resubmission of the ENLIGHT Thematic Network (ETN) proposal Boundaries of the Religious (BAR). The workshop will bring together the previous core ...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
The project aims to reconstruct the impact that the dissemination of vernacular translations of Plato had in Italy between 1540 and 1840. Focusing the inquiry on paratexts (prefaces, dedications, letters, ...read more
This project aims to describe and analyze the use of modal expressions (such as can, must, and maybe) in Swahili, focusing on variation and change across time and space. Spoken ...read more
This research solves knowledge gaps concerning Vietnamese religion and philosophy in the 18th century (“zoomed-out”) by analyzing the inclusion of the Chinese Three Teachings (i.e., Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism) in Le ...read more
If philology was queen of the sciences in the 19th century, this project surveys her kingdom. PhiQoS examines its fields, labourers, and idols, its modes of exchange and structures of organisation, as ...read more
My project focuses on the history of Baohua Mountain from the late Ming to the middle Qing period (seventeenth–eighteenth century), tracing the establishment and development of the Vinaya (monastic code) ...read more
The heiress is an overlooked though recurring and compelling figure in a wide range of novels by British authors between 1780 and 1900. By focusing on the heiress, this project ...read more
This project explores the early modern attitude toward nature through the popular literary medium of the "hofdicht". In this genre the gardens and country houses of the elite are celebrated. ...read more