The main goal of this research is to examine, investigate and analyse the features and composition of the Three Hares motif in the Dunhuang 敦煌 Mogao Caves (Mogaoku 莫高窟), in ...read more
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
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
This project aims at documenting the endangered BIYO language (Hani group of the Lolo-Burmese language family), spoken by ethnic minorities in scattered locations of Southwestern Yunnan Province of China. Nowadays, ...read more
The proposed project focuses on Chinese Buddhism on Mt. Jiuhua in the Mao era (1949–1978), especially during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) when the persecution of Buddhism was in full swing. ...read more
The current landscape, and many of the villages and cities located in it, have deep historical roots. Research by generations of historians, archaeologists and linguist points foremost to the importance ...read more
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
Linguistic diversity is disappearing (almost) as fast as biological diversity: very soon, we may no longer be able to know the sounds and structures of many of the world's languages. ...read more
Agricultural development in Belgian Congo has so far been understudied, especially in comparison to the French and British African empires. This project wants to use the case of scientific parastatal ...read more
The Pollino Archaeological Landscape Project is a research collaboration between the departments of Archaeology of the universities of Ghent (Belgium) and Groningen (The Netherlands), and the Gruppo Speleologico 'Sparviere' (Italy), ...read more