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Research groups

Theatre and performing arts

  • Afrikaans - Ghent Centre for Afrikaans and the Study of South Africa

    The aim of the Ghent centre for Afrikaans and the study of South Africa is to coordinate the research activities with regard to linguistics and literature of the Afrikaans language. It brings together all researchers of the faculty of Arts and Philosophy of the Ghent University with an interest...read more

    • 17th Century
    • 18th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
    • Africa
    • African languages
    • Art
    • Belgium
    • Comparative
    • Contemporary
    • Dutch
    • English
    • Field research
    • Geographic and map based
    • History
    • Iconography and analysis of images
    • Interculturalism
    • Language and text analysis
    • Language technology
    • Linguistics
    • Literary studies
    • Quantitative
    • Sign language
    • Surveys
    • Theatre and performing arts
    • Western Europe

  • BOCULT - Centre for Research on Body Cultures in Motion

    Since the late 1980s the ‘body’ is a central object of research in cultural studies. In the Department of Languages and Cultures several researchers are dealing with questions related to “performing bodies”. The concept of performing bodies next to ‘figurations’ focuses on historical and...read more

    • African languages
    • Arabic
    • Area studies
    • Art
    • Chinese
    • Comparative
    • Dutch
    • English
    • Ethics and morality
    • Field research
    • French
    • Gender
    • German
    • History
    • Iconography and analysis of images
    • Interculturalism
    • Japanese
    • Language and text analysis
    • Oriental languages
    • Philosophy
    • Religion
    • Theatre and performing arts

  • CMSI - Cultural Memory Studies Initiative

    Founded in 2007 as the Centre for Literature and Trauma (LITRA), CMSI assumed its current name in 2014 to reflect the widening scope of its members’ research interests. Cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary in orientation, CMSI is one of the foremost research initiatives in memory and trauma...read more

    • 20th Century
    • Contemporary
    • Cultural memory
    • History
    • Literary studies
    • Media
    • Memory
    • Theatre and performing arts
    • Trauma

  • GCSAS - Ghent Center for South Asian Studies

    The interdisciplinary research group Ghent Center for South Asian Studies aims to offer a platform where UGent researchers working on South Asia meet and interact. The members of GCSAS focus on varied aspects of South Asian society and culture, ranging from its rich literary...read more

    • 15th Century
    • 16th Century
    • 17th Century
    • 18th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
    • Antiquity
    • Archaeology
    • Area studies
    • Art
    • Asia
    • Comparative
    • Contemporary
    • Ethics and morality
    • Field research
    • Gender
    • Geographic and map based
    • Hindi
    • History
    • Iconography and analysis of images
    • Interculturalism
    • Language and text analysis
    • Late Antiquity
    • Linguistics
    • Literary studies
    • Media
    • Middle Ages
    • Music
    • Oriental languages
    • Philosophy
    • Prehistory (Stone Age)
    • Protohistory (Bronze Age, Iron Age)
    • Religion
    • Sanskrit
    • Surveys
    • Theatre and performing arts
    • Translation Studies

  • GEMS - Group for Early Modern Studies

    The research carried out in GEMS is marked by its focus on the early modern period, but also by a shared concern for methodological reflection. Central in this respect is the historical tension that we perceive between the early modern phenomena that we study and the late-modern theoretical...read more

    • 15th Century
    • 16th Century
    • 17th Century
    • 18th Century
    • Art
    • Gender
    • History
    • Iconography and analysis of images
    • Interculturalism
    • Language and text analysis
    • Literary studies
    • Middle Ages
    • Music
    • Philosophy
    • Religion
    • Theatre and performing arts

  • GermanLit - Research Group German Literature

    The Research Group German Literature has a strong and continuous record in promoting doctoral dissertations and attracting research funding: it has been host to a steady and considerable amount of PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. 

    Its research covers the period roughly from the...read more

    • 17th Century
    • 18th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
    • Contemporary
    • Gender
    • German
    • Language and text analysis
    • Language technology
    • Literary studies
    • Music
    • Philosophy
    • Quantitative
    • Religion
    • Theatre and performing arts
    • Western Europe

  • PEPPER - Philosophy, Ethology, Politics and PERformance

    The research community PEPPER aims to host an international research network on the emerging interdisciplinary field of Philosophy, Ethology, Politics and Performance. It takes as a starting point the recent politico-philosophical turn in contemporary performance theory and practice, mainly...read more

    • Art
    • Ethics and morality
    • Interculturalism
    • Philosophy
    • Theatre and performing arts

  • RAP - Authorship Studies

    RAP aims to re-examine material conditions and historical views of literary authorship as cultural performance in the light of recent developments in the theory (and the historical understanding of the cultural dynamics) of authorship, authority and agency. The project's main purpose is to chart...read more

    • 16th Century
    • 17th Century
    • 18th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
    • Contemporary
    • English
    • Gender
    • Language and text analysis
    • Literary studies
    • Media
    • Quantitative
    • Theatre and performing arts
    • Translation Studies
    • Western Europe

  • Revers - Belgian Fashion Research Network

    Revers is a Belgian interdisciplinary network for research in fashion, textiles, and dress. Its aim is to connect and unite Belgian-based researchers, students...read more

    • Art
    • Gender
    • History
    • Literary studies
    • Media
    • Theatre and performing arts

  • S:PAM - Studies in Performing Arts and Media

    S:PAM (Studies in Performing Arts & Media) is an interdisciplinary research centre at Ghent University, led by professors Christel Stalpaert and Bram Van Oostveldt...read more

    • Art
    • Theatre and performing arts