This project proposes a diachronic comparative research, based on a varied corpus of narratives and treatises, into the establishment, evolution and effectiveness of medieval ideals of masculinity in monastic and ...read more
During the transition of the Late Middle Ages into the Early Modern Times, the ownership structures of the European countryside underwent significant changes. On the one hand, there was ...read more
The PhD studies the idea of 'good' rulership as discussed in one of the earliest treatises in Chinese history, the Chunqiu Fanlu, compiled in the Early Han period (221-9 BC). ...read more
The Second World War in Belgium still haunts the public and political debate. The failure of anyunifying patriotic memory is due to the Flemish collaborators who have succeeded in depicting ...read more
This project aims to analyse the image construction of Belgium (resp. Flanders and Wallonia) in Nazi Germany. Starting from the assumption that Nazi propaganda institutions used different media in a ...read more
01/02/2011 – 31/01/2015, FWO Flanders (total budget 263,260 euro) Réécriture en Ideologie in de Excellente Cronike van Vlaanderen-traditie [Réécriture and Ideology in the Excellent Chronicle of Flanders-tradition]read more