Projects

Yoga, as other new spiritual and well-being practices, has gained a lot in popularity in Western Europe, especially among women. This research project concerns an ethnographic study of yogic women ...read more

Due to large scale electrification, demand for copper rose exponentially at the end of the 19th century. New copper resources were found across the world, particularly South America and Africa. ...read more

“Encounter dialogue” is perhaps the most recognizable of all (Zen) Buddhist genres. Better known under their abbreviated form as kōan, these texts portray mysterious verbal sparring bouts between Zen masters ...read more

During the Post-classical period (III BC – VI AD), Greek underwent fundamental changes in all linguistic domains (phonology/semantics/morphology/syntax): for example, vowel length distinction was lost, vocabulary was extended through derivation ...read more