Whereas computers can reliably process text documents in terms of their factual content (e.g. for classifying them into topics, searching or extracting information from them), they have difficulty interpreting opinions, ...read more
Embedded in the field of archaeology, this project focuses on thetrade and commerce of bitumen in the Persian Gulf in Antiquity.Basically, the export of Iranian bitumen in the late 3rd- ...read more
The project examines how contemporary Chilean and Argentinian writers and filmmakers imagine new forms of human interaction and resistance in everyday life, by focussing on how they represent intimate relationships ...read more
Several hundred examples of the writings of Jacob of Serugh (d. 521) are preserved in the original Syriac language, but he was equally popular among other confessional communities of the Christian ...read more
Between 1900 and 1950 German and French innovatory dramatists dealt with the socio-historical emergence of masses by adapting ancient drama and mystery cults in theatre. In their plays they experimented ...read more
The modern term “epyllion” commonly refers to a narrative poem in hexameters, which is shorter than a full epic. Literary overviews tend to focus on Hellenistic Greek epyllia, considered pioneers ...read more
The Mamluk Sultanate was an Islamic regime that ruled over Egypt and Syria from 1250 to 1517. While the population at large was Arab and spoke Arabic, its ruling elite ...read more
This research has two main objectives. First, I aim to trace and explain variation in childlessness through time, space and across socio-economic groups in 18th- and 19th-century Belgium, and by ...read more