This PhD research examined contemporary perceptions of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) through the lens of competing authoritative discourses. It maintained a particular focus on conceptualizations of the relation between FGC and religion, ...read more
Incoming visiting fellowship of prof. Diane Reilly in the context of a collaboration with Steven Vanderputten on the Acts of the Synod of Arras.read more
The present research has three aims. The first is to explore how far extant monastic institutions maintain a sense of continuity vis-à-vis the three above-mentioned historical codices, in both theory ...read more
My doctoral project deals with the legend of Aśoka, with special emphasis on Kunāla. Since the versions of this legend in different languages have hitherto only been studied individually and ...read more
The topic of this PhD thesis is “Equilibrium – An Empirical Study of Buddhist Monastic Practices in Taiwan: Master Chan Yun’s Eight Precepts”. The research focuses on the religious experiences ...read more
Starting from the truism that the development of the early Buddhist monastic community evolved in dialogue with its wider North-Indian contexts, this PhD questions which precepts, terminology, narrative elements and ...read more
This project was an investigation into the philosophical work of Tang Junyi, one of the major philosophers of so-called New Confucianism in the People's Republic of China. The work shows ...read more
Ik beoog de diachrone studie en reconstructie van de ideeën inzake apostasie (irtidād), blasfemie (sabb) en innovatie (bid‘a) van Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328), één van de invloedrijkste moslimdenkers in heden en ...read more