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
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
The overarching conclusion of this study is that Lutheran astronomers of the Renaissance—represented here by Erasmus Reinhold, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Caspar Peucer, and Tycho Brahe—saw their work as taking place ...read more
This research deals with Zheng Banqiao’s (1693-1765) calligraphy Nande hutu难得糊涂 (‘It’s difficult to be muddled’) and its present popularity, including the popular ‘study’ that has been made of the concept ...read more
This work focuses on the composition of Saṅghabhadra's Shanjian lü piposha and on the nature of its relation with the Pāli Samantapāsādikā. Through thorough research into several aspects of T.1462, ...read more
The project aimed to reinvigorate social scientific research and education at a rural university located in a remote region of South India. Through a series of research activities, social science ...read more
Research into the role of the late medieval culture of Memoria in the strengthening of religious communal life in the southern Low Countries (1350-1550), with a special focus on communities ...read more
The PhD project studies the attractiveness of denoting oneself a lay Buddhist in contemporary urban Taiwan. It is based on an analysis of lay Buddhist self-construction within the context of social change ...read more