Researchers generally situate the origins of Belgian-Dutch blackface as a way to ridicule Afro-diasporic people in the second half of the nineteenth century, when Anglo-American minstrel troupes arrived in the Low ...read more
Until now, the study of travel writing has mostly focused on the visual ‘gazes’ on foreign people and places. Challenging the longstanding neglect of non-visual sensations, this project ...read more
The proposed project focuses on Chinese Buddhism on Mt. Jiuhua in the Mao era (1949–1978), especially during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) when the persecution of Buddhism was in full swing. ...read more
Research conducted in the context of the current conservation/restoration project of Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece and in preparation of our recent exhibition ‘Van Eyck: an Optical Revolution’, has opened ...read more
the main objective of this research project is to study the litigation strategies of merchants in the context of the law of commerce in fifteenth-century Bruges (and, in so far ...read more
The COVID-19 crisis made the demand for remote interpreting, especially remote interpreting by videolink, particularly acute. This action research project, situated in the context of asylum and migration, investigates the ...read more
Indian upland forest-dwellers – like many other indigenous communities around the globe – are under threat from resource extraction, agricultural development and de-forestation as are the material remains of their ...read more
Bodhgaya in eastern India is the site of the Mahabodhi temple and it has long been recognised as the place where the Buddha sat in meditation under the Bodhi tree ...read more
The aim of this project is to strengthen the field of Indian Studies at UGent by integrating the study of Indian languages and religions with archaeological research in the Gangetic Plains and ...read more
The focus of this PhD is on didactic practices in Dutch as a second language (DSL) courses for low educated learners who are functionally low literate (LESLLA). At present, there ...read more