The project aims to investigate the multimodal features of specialized discourse in online environments, focusing specifically on Italian language content creation on social media. Multimodality, the use of multiple semiotic ...read more
This project examines strategies of marriage and succession among social elites, as well as their impact on the political structures in the counties of Flanders and Hainaut during the 11th ...read more
This project proposes a diachronic study of princely record-keeping in the Low Countries during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. In particular, it studies how the Burgundian-Habsburg princes repurposed the pre-Burgundian comital archives ...read more
Amid ongoing global crises such as war, genocide, and gender-based violence, forced displacement continues to drive individuals across borders, with many seeking refuge in South Africa since 1994. Despite the ...read more
This project examines intra- and inter-speaker variation in Arabic during interpreter-mediated encounters in Brussels, where linguistic diversity poses significant communication challenges. The study focuses on the cross-dialectal accommodation strategies employed ...read more
This study will analyze how hunger and famine are thematised in Borana folktales in the context of wider practices of storytelling. Situated at the intersections of oral literature and oral ...read more
This study will explores folksongs as pivotal tools for social communication and development. It highlights their role in Indigenous Knowledge Systems, conflict resolution, gender equality, education, and interethnic ...read more
The Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties period (220-584 CE) was a politically turbulent time. The interaction and blending of new cultural elements, especially the widespread influence of the Buddhism ...read more
Fuel was an essential element for both domestic activities (e.g. cooking and heating, artisanal and (proto-)industrial production) and cremation rituals. Fuel use in the Low Counties has been studied for ...read more