Projects

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English-medium instruction and linguistic nationalism. Tensions between the promotion of the local language and university internationalisation

2020

In this research project, we will explore the phenomenon of English-medium instruction (EMI) at universities in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and how the place of the local language in ...read more
The transformations of Zhang Taiyan's interpretation of Zuo Zhuan 左传 (Zuo commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals)

2020

The topic of my research project are the transformations we can identify in Zhang Taiyan’s 章太炎 (1869-1936) interpretation of the Zuo zhuan 左傳 (Zuo Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals). As is well known, Zhang ...read more
The notion of Wu in seventeenth-century China

2020

In the Anglophone world, the Chinese character wu 物 is most often straightforwardly translated as “thing”. However, in the everyday Chinese language, wu is a highly distinctive word and concept. In Chinese, people/persons/human beings are ...read more
Spatial organization, fragmentation and development of city-states in central Crete (Late Minoan II – Hellenistic period)

2020

In the last decade, Cretan archaeology made significant advancement in the study of the birth of City-States (the Greek poleis) that follows the decline of Bronze Age civilizations. After large ...read more
Antiquity
Archaeology
Protohistory (Bronze Age, Iron Age)
Turning superstition into science. Atmospheric tides science and the transformation of astrology in Enlightenment Continental Europe

2020

The period 1700-1840 witnessed the flowering of a new ‘atmospheric tides’ science. The basic assumption of this science was that the sun and the moon not only generate significant tidal ...read more
A mixed-method investigation of the potential of aikido, a Japanese martial art, as a means to improve intercultural encounters and communication

2019

In our fast-changing world that is ever-more characterised by global flows, systems and networks, intercultural communication is a dynamic field. The ubiquity of cultural and linguistic contact in a ‘flat’ ...read more
Communication
Interculturalism
Leopard men in Congo. Myths and realities

2019

Au Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, aujourd’hui Africamuseum à Tervuren en Belgique qui se réorganise et redéfinie sa mission se trouve une sculpture « infamante » présentant un anioto, un ...read more
Orthographic variation and social semiotics in the Greek papyri

2019

Greek spelling was standardised in the fifth century BC, but as the language underwent drastic changes on the phonological level (among other levels) in later periods, spelling and pronunciation grew ...read more
Extractive violence and eco-cultural perspectives in 21st century literature from Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

2019

The focus of this research project lies on 21st century literature from the Andean countries, especially Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, which draws upon and bears witness to the region´s high geographical ...read more
Participatory and creative music-making in digitally-augmented musical environments using reinforcement learning methods

2019

This project (BOF19/STA/035) investigates how new technologies in the domain of augmented reality, in particular immersive, three-dimensional sound playback, can enrich participatory, social musicmaking. Central is fundamental research on the relationship between ...read more
Music

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