This project focuses on ‘Oral Literature for Development’ (OL4D) as a new line of thinking. We introduce OL4D firmly based on the belief that culture and creativity are central for ...read more
In this study I will focus on female oral genres in East Wollega, Ethiopia, in the context of basket production. This combined approach of tangible and intangible Oromoo heritage will lead ...read more
This research project aims at analysing Oromo oral narratives from econarratological perspectives. Econarratlogy is often viewed as a new approach in literary and cultural studies in relation to the other ...read more
Despite their status as null subject languages, several southern Italian dialects feature expletive subject pronouns. These do not serve as a ‘dummy subject pronoun’ like typical expletives, but rather have ...read more
One of the universal properties of human language is that it changes over time. Understanding the mechanisms of language change is therefore key to understanding the properties of natural language ...read more
This research aims to comprehensively study the iconography of Bhaiṣajyaguru, as a medium to underscore the cross-pollination of religions and beliefs shaping an iconographic paradigm across Central Asia, India, and ...read more
Met een toenemende bewustwording dat asbest een groot gevaar vormt voor de volksgezondheid, worden er ook meer maatregelen getroffen vanuit de Vlaamse overheid voor een asbestveilig Vlaanderen (OVAM 2021). Dit ...read more
Although Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and every 3 seconds a person in the world develops the disease, little is still known about the exact ...read more
The humanitarian tragedy of 2015-16 fuelled anti-European sentiment, allowing populists to successfully reframe the refugee crisis as a crisis of Europe itself. OPPORTUNITIES shows how we can move beyond this ...read more