Since the late eighties, posthumanism is gaining ground both in philosophy (Harraway 1989, Halberstam and Livingstone 1995 and Hayles 1999) and in art (see for example the artistic practice ...read more
The objective of this PhD research is to examine the relevance of political philosopher Chantal Mouffe's project of agonistic democracy for performance studies. Since the task of democratic politics is ...read more
In the 19th century, the arts, like music, were an obligatory part of the education of young girls from the upper classes. Some of these young women developed a careers ...read more
This project sheds light on the art world in Belgium and the Netherlands in the 1st half of the 19th century, and the role nationhood played in it. The PhD ...read more
The aim of this project is to assess various relationships between images and indulgences, especially in the context of Flemish paintings produced in the fifteenth-century and the beginning of the ...read more
PhD in the arts by Natalia Drobot (Universiteit Hasselt, Faculteit Architectuur en Kunst, PXL-MAD; main supervisor: prof. dr. Bert Willems, UHasselt), Ostalgie, een bijzondere, artistieke ontwikkeling binnen de hedendaagse kunst, vanuit ...read more
This PhD project has focused on a group of sketches, which were popular throughout Europe around 1840. The sketches, bearing titles like "les Français peints par eux-mêmes" and "Los Españoles ...read more
In the 18th century, a changing view on criminal law and the custodial sentence gave rise to the new architectural typology of the cellular prison. This typology became widespread in ...read more
This dissertation tells the story of the collections of artists and artisans in early seventeenth-century Antwerp. Based on archival research of probate inventories, it turns out that many artists and ...read more
Seemingly paradoxical, nineteenth-century society and culture are characterized by both an increased internationalization of cultural and artistic practices, and a growing importance of nationality. The role of national administrations and ...read more