Projects

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Syncretic religion and philosophy in 18th century Vietnam. The three teachings (san jiao) in Le Quy Don’s philosophy

2023

This research solves knowledge gaps concerning Vietnamese religion and philosophy in the 18th century (“zoomed-out”) by analyzing the inclusion of the Chinese Three Teachings (i.e., Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism) in Le ...read more
18th Century
Area studies
Far East
Language and text analysis
Philosophy
Religion
Three teachings
Vietnamese Buddhism
Vietnamese Confucianism
Vietnamese Taoism
三教
Cross-cultural conceptions of the self. South Asia, Africa, and East Asia

2022

My role as co-investigator in the project “Cross-Cultural Conceptions of the Self: South Asia, Africa and East Asia” at Ghent University as part of the small project grants awarded by ...read more
Africa
Asia
Comparative
Philosophy
Religion
Irrationalism in Ethiopian belief systems

2022

This project is intended to examine why people believe in a bullshit assumption or theory at the expense of reason and evidence focusing on Ethiopian experiences. Due to lack of ...read more
Philosophy
Legitimizing buddhism through the body. On robe, posture and tonsure in early medieval China's buddhist communities

2022

This research project strives to fill the research gaps concerning three bodily-related controversies (baring the right shoulder, sitting in a leisurely position while eating, and shaving the hair) discussed inside Buddhist ...read more
Area studies
Asia
Body practice controversies
Body studies
Buddhist apologetic literature
Chinese
English
Ethics and morality
History
Hong ming ji
Language and text analysis
Literary studies
Medieval Chinese Buddhism
Middle Ages
Philosophy
Religion
Albert Lautman: from mathematical philosophy to metaphysics?

2022

The work of the philosopher-mathematician, Albert Lautman (1908-1944), situated within the French historical epistemological landscape of the 20th-century, is characterized by a fascinating an unique interplay between metaphysics, mathematics and ...read more
20th Century
Philosophy
Nalanda in the history of philosophy: An investigation of the textual and material sources

2022

This project aims to get a better understanding of the social history of Indian philosophy. For this purpose, this project will investigate the history of philosophy at Nalanda, the most ...read more
Art
History
Philosophy
Religion
Study on Tiantong Sect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

2022

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Area studies
Philosophy
Religion
Pluralistically imagined Chineseness: An exploration of the functioning of China’s ‘sharp power’ in contemporary China and Taiwan

2022

This project aims to investigate and theorise China's ‘sharp power’ in contemporary China and Taiwan. ‘Sharp power’ is the power to shape the public opinion and ideology of other countries. ...read more
Area studies
Asia
Chinese
Comparative
Contemporary
English
Field research
Interculturalism
Language and text analysis
Philosophy
Quantitative
ReConnect China Project

2022

To what extent does China's domestic nationalism influence the evolution of China's diplomatic discourse from 2012 to 2025? This study focuses on the main features of domestic nationalism in China ...read more
Area studies
Philosophy
Reflections on the Pre-Qin Eclectics from the Perspective of Axiology

2022

The thesis takes the Pre-Qin eclectics as research object. Although scholars of eclecticism did generally not form their own schools, their academic thoughts and monographs were an important part of ...read more
Area studies
Linguistics
Philosophy

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