This project aims to investigate the development of Chan hagiographic literature from mid-Tang (ca. 750) to early Northern Song (960–1127) China, concentrating on the emergence of the so-called “lamp records” ...read more
“Mourning texts” (āi jìwén 哀祭文) are an important genre of Dūnhuáng 敦煌 literature and are usually regarded as a subgenre of Dūnhuáng "Prayer texts” (yuànwén 願文). More than 230 Mourning texts are ...read more
This project focuses on the modal markers used in the Vinaya texts translated into Chinese in the early 5th century: Four-Part Vinaya, Sarvâstivāda Vinaya, Mahīśāsaka Vinaya and Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya. Vinaya ...read more
The resurgence of identity politics in India has deeply polarised public discourse between a fundamental clash of cultures and a liberal, pluralistic view of society. Behind the present deadlock is ...read more
PhD-research by Jeroen Reyniers (KIK-IRPA) in the context the PaReS-project, funded by BELSPO Brain 2.0 and lead by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in collaboration with the Universtity of ...read more
This project applies the computational analysis of style to aural features of medieval Anglo-Latin hagiography (900-1150). Although hagiographies possessed a sermonic quality, had a didactic function and were ceremonially recited, the reading ...read more
The proposed project deals with the imagery of Brahma in Chinese Buddhism. As one of the Buddhist deities, Brahma appears in a wealth of artwork in different regions of Asia. ...read more
Schedography is a Byzantine method of teaching Greek grammar, especially orthography and syntax. This method was used for more than five hundred years, from the eleventh century to the early ...read more
This research project strives to fill the research gaps concerning three bodily-related controversies (baring the right shoulder, sitting in a leisurely position while eating, and shaving the hair) discussed inside Buddhist ...read more
The main objective of this research are the flying apsaras in the grottoes of the Northern Wei Dynasty, focusing on the three main royal grottoes, Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes and Gongyi ...read more