The research project Hive Mind proposes a community- and institution-based approach to the study of early modern women and of their contributions to the arts and culture of the Low Countries. ...read more
My research project concerns the formation of monastic networks in provincial China during the Tang Dynasty (618–907), focusing primarily on the Buddhist traditions of Chan, Vinaya, and Esotericism, which have ...read more
This project aims to trace and understand the place of Greek in education and literary culture in Gaul in the Late Roman and Early Medieval periods (ca. A.D. 300 – ...read more
This research proposes to investigate the characteristically Chinese concept of fate (ming) in terms of spiritual-psychological agency. Fate has always played a pervasive role in ancient Chinese thought and folk religion. However, fate ...read more
In the translation industry, improving machine translation (MT) output by post-editing is commonly used to increase productivity and consistency. However, some research showed that post-editing leads to homogenization and normalization. ...read more
The project explores the representation and role of gestures during the early language development of deaf children, the synergy between actions, gestures and early signs of deaf children and how this ...read more
This project seeks to research the relationship between lived religion, perceptions and experiences of motherhood among Shiite women in Belgium. Under the umbrella notion of motherhood, the research includes women ...read more
The proposed pioneering project will investigate the relationships between reading, Flemish Sign Language (VGT) sign phonological awareness, fingerspelling, and speechreading. To this day the impact of these phonological skills on the reading development of Flemish ...read more
This project will apply stylometry, the computational analysis of style, to investigate how cross-channel mobility and multilingualism impacted Latin literary style in 1000–1150. Due to the many invasions and colonization ...read more
The necrodialogue is an anthropological need that finds expression in ritualistic and artistic representations. Inherent to this dialogue is the use of personal intermediaries and technical media to establish contact. We know that ...read more