"Typologies of Text and Image Relations (Cliffs/Caves)" is Research Cluster 3.4 of the project "From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions" (Cluster leader: Christoph Anderl)
The study of Peter Paul Rubens’ life and work has always been strongly determined by the availability of ‘truthful’ reproductions. This dependence on the reproduced image inevitably alters the way ...read more
The cluster “Multicultural Dunhuang: Manuscripts and Paintings” examines the connections between Dunhuang manuscripts and paintings, particularly during the tenth century. A central aim of the project is to bring together ...read more
This empirical research aims to explore the process of negotiating queer aesthetics while challenging hegemonic structures in contemporary Indian fashion. Contemporary representations of the predominant notions of manliness have defined ...read more
Although wallpaper defines the living environment of so many people, this type of wall finish is often criticised. During the interwar period, when ‘the art of living’ became an important ...read more
In 1529, the Order of the Knights of St John accepted the offer of a Mediterranean base from Charles V and relocated to the islands of the Maltese archipelago. During ...read more
Recently, the Department of Languages and Cultures with the Centre for Buddhist Studies at Ghent University has joined a large multidisciplinary project on East Asian religions (for a short abstract, ...read more
Over the years, historians of early modern Europe have studied religious identities as inflexible constructs, claiming that people perceived one another as either fellow believers or heretic dissidents. By drawing ...read more
This project investigates the extent to which family relations, and more specifically ties of descent, formed a constitutive part of personal and social identity. Traditionally, Roman society has been seen ...read more