Hugo Grotius is best known as a legal scholar (Mare liberum, De iure belli ac pacis) and as a politician in Oldenbarnevelt's entourage. He was also interested in philology (he ...read more
This project aims to chart and trace the dynamics and impact of the neo-avant-garde in Flemish literary magazines (1949-1979). These magazines are conceived as both a discursive network and an ...read more
Current historiography on post-1970 women’s movements in Flanders is characterized by blindness to racialized power dynamics. This research challenges this blindness by using the framework of intersectionality as a critical ...read more
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
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 aim of this project is to compare the linguistic reality of Dutch immersion classes for newly arrived migrants to the linguistic reality of Dutch-medium instruction in secondary education. Additionally, ...read more
Linguistic diversity is disappearing (almost) as fast as biological diversity: very soon, we may no longer be able to know the sounds and structures of many of the world's languages. ...read more
This doctoral research project focuses on the translation and reception of the Nouveau Roman in Spain during Francoism. On the one hand, it studies the effects of Francoist censorship on ...read more
Since the rise of social networks, daily exposure to fellow users’ opinions and comments has become a constant in many people’s lives. Research has shown the impact of even the ...read more
The PhD project involves a study of the dental and skeletal remains from all Neolithic sites in Belgium to answer the following questions. Who were the Neolithic people of Belgium ...read more