This project aims to examine the changes in the Benedictines’ ideology of property and poverty in twelfth-century Normandy. Traditional research attributes these changes to Cistercian criticism, but this project will ...read more
The objective of this project is to deepen the understanding of the dynamics of diplomatic writing practices between the 12th and 14th centuries, using the example of an episcopal chancery geographically located ...read more
Olfactory aesthetic experience plays a significant role in classical Chinese culture and is a vital component of traditional Chinese aesthetic experience. Due to historical reasons in modern China, olfactory aesthetic ...read more
Although research in the last thirty years has offered more and more insight on the first archaic human presence in Eurasia, the research on the Lower Paleolithic in Belgium seems ...read more
The project will investigate the phenomenon of transnationalism in the late 1960s and 1970s by focusing on the cultural exchange between Argentina and Belgium and the subsequent cross-border activities of ...read more
The study aims to provide empirical evidence for the beneficial effect of machine translation and text mark-up on performance in simultaneous interpreting with text. An experiment will be carried out ...read more
During the late nineteenth century, kimonos were favoured dressing gowns and many tea-gowns contained elements inspired by Antiquity, the Middle Ages or the eighteenth century. Paradoxically, these female garments evoking ...read more
My project is a philosophical investigation into the practice and the virtues of Evidence-Based Policy (EBP). A survey of current literature on EBP reveals two features that motivate my project: ...read more
This project studies the system of translation in Russian émigré journals (1919-1939) in different émigré communities in Europe and Asia. The aim of this research is to investigate the different ways in ...read more
This project explores the early modern attitude toward nature through the popular literary medium of the "hofdicht". In this genre the gardens and country houses of the elite are celebrated. ...read more