This project assesses the physical stress children in post-medieval Aalst faced, in relation to socio-economic status and living conditions. Historical sources show a low child survivor rate in poor families in this ...read more
This project aims to trace and understand the place of Greek in education and literary culture in Gaul in the Late Roman and Early Medieval periods (ca. A.D. 300 – ...read more
The goal of this research project is to understand the socio-cultural and regulatory factors influencing preference of married couples in India suffering from infertility or subfertility regarding means of family ...read more
The project explores the representation and role of gestures during the early language development of deaf children, the synergy between actions, gestures and early signs of deaf children and how this ...read more
The traditional concept of “subject” is central to the study of all languages. However, indigenous languages spoken in the Amazon often challenge this notion. The research project will investigate various ...read more
This project seeks to rethink the history of modern Chinese thought by providing the first ever study of the academic discipline of “ethnic minority philosophies” in the People’s Republic of ...read more
The concept of collective government in the Middle Ages is associated primarily with urban contexts, while lords are usually understood as exercising sole power over their individual rural domains. However, ...read more
Music is present in every culture in the world. We as a species seem to have an urge to make music. While the diversity of music cultures around the world ...read more
The goal of this research project is to understand the socio-cultural and regulatory factors influencing preference of married couples in India suffering from infertility or subfertility regarding means of family formation. ...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