The research object of the project consists of the Dunhuang documents related to the planetary deities and the belief in the planetary deities in the Dunhuang area in Medieval China. ...read more
This project aims to chart and trace the dynamics and impact of the neo-avant-garde in Flemish literary magazines (1949-1975). On the one hand, I employ discourse analysis of critical texts ...read more
Literary historians have often noted the ‘conventional’ nature of 14th-century Middle Dutch verse romance or ridderroman. While the corpus has long been depreciated as derivative, a mixture of older romance ...read more
This project studies the instrumentalisation of translated literary works in Russian émigré journals (1919-1939) in different émigré communities in Europe and Asia. The aim of this research is to investigate the different ...read more
In recent years, the publishing landscape has experienced significant changes that have shaped the way books are now produced, mediated and consumed. Market constraints have given rise to large publishing ...read more
Whether as a patron, recipient or reader, the literate princess of the 15th and 16th centuries has been studied until now almost exclusively in her receiving role of literary culture. ...read more
Sheldon Pollock’s influential theories on the cosmopolitan and ‘secular’ nature of Sanskrit literature and the vernacularisation of regional Indian literatures as top-down processes which originate in royal courts do not ...read more
What is the difference between magic and miracle? Scholars today believe that it is not possible to reach clear definitions of ‘magic’ and ‘miracle’ capable of answering that question: theoretically, ...read more
This doctoral research project focuses on the translation and reception of the Nouveau Roman in Spain during Francoism. On the one hand, it studies the effects of Francoist censorship on ...read more
This project studies the role of the child (defined as younger than 18) from a sensorial perspective in a transnational corpus of contemporary literature on the US-Mexican border. Between 2006 ...read more