For centuries, the lasting and widespread influence of Shakespeare’s plays has been attributed to their supposed universality and timelessness. However, scholars have recently grown skeptical of this universal Bard, while ...read more
This project studies the reception of influential 18th-century English periodicals during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Italy. English periodicals, particularly satirical ones, were crucial to the expanding ...read more
This research examines the vulnerability of agricultural regions in the Low Countries to damaging animals from 1780 to 1840. The study questions which factors influenced animal occurrences in diverse regions ...read more
Marveling is a universal human response to something greater than ourselves. Throughout history, narrative literature has been a prime vehicle for marveling since descriptions of the extraordinary can induce the ...read more
This project looks at diverse ways in which the increased availability and democratization of interregional and international travel, as well as the changing opportunities for overseas trade and professional migration ...read more
The project investigates anaphora resolution—that is, the discourse strategies used to refer to previously mentioned entities through anaphoric devices such as pronouns—in Belgian-Dutch speakers acquiring Italian as a second language ...read more
The research focuses on the Buddhist Vinaya manuscripts from Dunhuang, particularly those not included in the Taishō Tripitaka. These texts, which number over 140 entries, include abridged versions of the Four Vinaya (Dasabhāṇavāra, ...read more
The Bospette fellowship for Roman glass has enabled a thorough investigation of the very diverse collection of glass jewelry at the Allard Pierson. The bracelets, beads, rings, pendants, amulets, gems, ...read more
This project aims to improve our understanding of the use of courtesans (high-class Greek sex workers) as a literary focus in the Second Sophistic (50-250 CE), a literary and cultural ...read more
For centuries, prayer has been central to people’s worldview, to their education and formation, their experience of religion and the Divine, to the creation of societal communities, and to structuring ...read more
15th Century
16th Century
Archaeology
Central Europe
Eastern Europe
History
Literary studies
Medieval and Early Modern Practices of Prayer - Medieval and Early Modern Studies - Religious History and Devotional Culture