This project reveals, for the first time, relationships which enabled and sustained artists’ work and careers in late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century Belgium. Structured around three categories of people, it takes a ...read more
Suetonius’ treatise “On Insults" is the sole surviving ancient work on the subject of verbal abuse, yet it still lacks a proper critical edition, an extensive commentary, a translation in ...read more
Elective Egg Freezing (EEF) provides women with the possibility to delay childbearing and still have a genetically related child. This project aims to contribute ethnographic insights from India - an Asian lower-middle-income country ...read more
The project investigates the fundamental philosophical and ethical concepts that influenced Kauṭilya and their impact on the social and political realm as reflected in the treatise “Arthaśāstra” (1- 2nd cent. ...read more
The main aim of this research project is an intersectional analysis of in/excluding mechanisms in higher education for ethnic minority students and those from socio-economically vulnerable groups. During this project, ...read more
This project examines eighteenth-century attitudes towards sodomy in the cities of Antwerp, Bruges, Lille and Nantes. The scholarship on homosexuality in the past emphasizes that the eighteenth century marked a ...read more
The research project Hive Mind proposes a community- and institution-based approach to the study of early modern women and of their contributions to the arts and culture of the Low Countries. ...read more
Mahayana Buddhism has its own viewpoints on sexuality, birth, death, and religious practices. Some topics have been discussed extensively, such as “Buddhist perspectives on same-sex marriage”, “Buddhist attitudes toward the ...read more
La recherche s'intéresse aux cyberféminismes contemporains et plus particulièrement à l'influence du phénomène #MeToo sur l'évolution des pratiques discursives féministes. Il s'agit d'étudier la richesse et la complexité des féminismes d'Instagram, ...read more
This project investigates the impact of medical and religious concepts and theories on the formation of knowledge about human organs and gendered health in premodern Japan. Its aim is to ...read more