Linguistic changes often follow a cyclical path whereby the original formal expressions are worn down and first reinforced and later replaced by new ones. In how far such ‘micro-cycles’ conspire ...read more
Democratic Literacy and Humour (DELIAH) examines the multifaceted role of humour in artistic forms, cultural spaces, and online and offline fora, identifying how humour can either support or undermine democratic ...read more
DEI-GN investigates the representations of disability in graphic narrative and their post-reading impact. As noted by Purcell (2021), “the visualization of the embodiment of disability” in graphic narrative greatly supports the emerging ...read more
This bilateral research project investigates how embodied sounding practices can be transmitted, experienced, and critically re-activated within immersive digital environments. Focusing on the vocal and performance traditions of LUME Teatro ...read more
Practising and using a language outside the classroom plays a crucial role in second language development and social integration. Across Flanders and Brussels, newcomers can access a wide range of ...read more
This project proposal seeks to bridge significant gaps in the understanding of Migration or Integration Language Tests (MILTs) by scrutinizing their rationale, construction, operationalization, and impact within the contexts of migration and ...read more
This project aims to expand on existing research on the use of AI tools in writing education and L2 writing skill development. In current research on AI-aided L2 writing aspects like ...read more
By analyzing coin production and leveraging a key discovery that enables tracking die engravers across multiple reigns, it will provide insights into issues of succession, co-rule, and conflict. In turn, ...read more
This FWO senior research project offers a re-interpretation of hagiography as an instrument for translocal community building and networking in the Long Tenth Century (c. 880–1030). In the traditional view, the genre's dominance in ...read more
By the end of the ninth century CE, vernacular languages had definitively replaced Latin in everyday oral interactions throughout the Carolingian world. However, Latin remained by and large dominant in ...read more