This project comprises research into the discursive voice of the translator in conveying philosophical discourse between France and Britain in the eighteenth century. The aim of the project is to develop a ...read more
This research project addresses the development of corporate identities in Benedictine monasteries situated in the bishopric of Liège in the late eleventh and twelfth century. This development can be uniquely studied through ...read more
My doctoral project deals with the legend of Aśoka, with special emphasis on Kunāla. Since the versions of this legend in different languages have hitherto only been studied individually and ...read more
Starting from the truism that the development of the early Buddhist monastic community evolved in dialogue with its wider North-Indian contexts, this PhD questions which precepts, terminology, narrative elements and ...read more
Lusoga (JE16) is a largely undocumented Great Lakes Bantu language and only primers and basic grammatical descriptions were available at the beginning of this study. At the time, the existing ...read more
In A Mirror for the Sultan: State Ideology in the Early Ottoman Chronicles, 1410-1502, Dr Kaçar studies the earliest Ottoman chronicles, written in the fifteenth century.
My dissertation consists of a metaphilosophical investigation into the project of defining art. Many deem this project to be both impossible and futile. My two main objectives were: (1) to ...read more
The present research has three aims. The first is to explore how far extant monastic institutions maintain a sense of continuity vis-à-vis the three above-mentioned historical codices, in both theory ...read more