The proposed project sets out to examine how regional and non-native accents in spoken English affect the intelligibility for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Listening to a second ...read more
This research project will study the topography and the built environment of suburban areas of late medieval Ypres, the relationship with its centre and the abandoned area’s evolution through time. ...read more
The main goal of this research is to examine, investigate and analyse the features and composition of the Three Hares motif in the Dunhuang 敦煌 Mogao Caves (Mogaoku 莫高窟), in ...read more
My research into the relations between Elam and Babylonia is focusing on drawing a picture of the interaction that took place between both states in the second millennium bce. Three ...read more
The main aim of this research project is an intersectional analysis of in/excluding mechanisms in higher education for ethnic minority students and those from socio-economically vulnerable groups. During this project, ...read more
The main aim of this project is to research and develop advanced data management and data processing infrastructure, in order to more efficiently handle and explore both the textual and ...read more
This project investigates the use of African American English (AAE) features by live performing blues artists belonging to different social groups and time periods, and analyzes the social meaning that ...read more
This research studies the changes in the late-Roman aristocracy from 565 to 641. In this period the imperial elite lost importance to the provincial one. The base of this study ...read more
My PhD research project focuses on the circulation and practice of Buddhism in Turfan around the 5th century. I am interested in how Buddhism in the region was formed/re-formed by ...read more
This project examines interpreting practices in marriage fraud investigations conducted by Belgian authorities, in which a complex chain of interviews and reports results in the decision whether a transnational couple's ...read more