Projects

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English-medium instruction and linguistic nationalism. Tensions between the promotion of the local language and university internationalisation

2020

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
FaMInART. Family making in India through adoption or reproductive technology. An interdisciplinary investigation of preference of Indian couples experiencing infertility regarding means of family formation

2020

The goal of this research project is to understand the socio-cultural and regulatory factors influencing preference of married couples in India suffering from infertility or subfertility regarding means of family ...read more
The notion of Wu in seventeenth-century China

2020

In the Anglophone world, the Chinese character wu 物 is most often straightforwardly translated as “thing”. However, in the everyday Chinese language, wu is a highly distinctive word and concept. In Chinese, people/persons/human beings are ...read more
Spatial organization, fragmentation and development of city-states in central Crete (Late Minoan II – Hellenistic period)

2020

In the last decade, Cretan archaeology made significant advancement in the study of the birth of City-States (the Greek poleis) that follows the decline of Bronze Age civilizations. After large ...read more
Antiquity
Archaeology
Protohistory (Bronze Age, Iron Age)
The road to language through gesture

2020

The project explores the representation and role of gestures during the early language development of deaf children, the synergy between actions, gestures and early signs of deaf children and how this ...read more
The subject in the Amazon

2020

The traditional concept of “subject” is central to the study of all languages. However, indigenous languages spoken in the Amazon often challenge this notion. The research project will investigate various ...read more
Linguistics
South America
50 years Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee (BE)

2020

In 2022 the Frans Masereel Centre in Kasterlee celebrates 50 years of existence. The institution seizes the jubilee as an opportunity to write the history of the Centre, resulting in a publication, ...read more
Art
History
High tide, low tide. Bruges’ late-medieval harbour system as a maritime cultural landscape

2020

Bruges’ role as late-medieval harbour and “maritime cultural landscape” is inextricably associated with the dynamic interaction between man and nature via the Zwin tidal inlet. The connectivity within the local ...read more
Is architecture art? A history of categories, concepts and recent practices

2020

The recurring question of whether architecture is an art does not allow for a simple answer. The posing of it, however, usefully exposes many of the ways in which the ...read more
The neolithic people of Belgium. A bioanthropological perspective on migration, health and diet of Belgium's first farmers

2020

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

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