Tijdens de late negentiende eeuw waren Japanse kimono’s geliefde kamerjassen en veel theejaponnen verwezen naar de oudheid, middeleeuwen of achttiende eeuw. Paradoxaal genoeg werd deze dameskleding, die verre oorden en ...read more
During the late nineteenth century, kimonos were favoured dressing gowns and many tea-gowns contained elements inspired by Antiquity, the Middle Ages or the eighteenth century. Paradoxically, these female garments evoking ...read more
This project examines interpreting practices in marriage fraud investigations conducted by Belgian authorities, in which a complex chain of interviews and reports results in the decision whether a transnational couple's ...read more
Between 1948 and 1994, the National Party installed the apartheid regime in South Africa, based on the communicating vessels of racism and sexism, which permeated the entire country and its ...read more
This project will focus on an interdisciplinary, ethnographic study of organic pesticide production (pyrethrum) in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. Pyrethrum is a pesticide component derived from the chrysanthemum plant ...read more
This project will focus on an interdisciplinary, ethnographic study of organic pesticide production (pyrethrum) in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. Pyrethrum is a pesticide component derived from the chrysanthemum plant species. ...read more
This research solves knowledge gaps concerning Vietnamese religion and philosophy in the 18th century (“zoomed-out”) by analyzing the inclusion of the Chinese Three Teachings (i.e., Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism) in Le ...read more
Pseudotranslations are an interesting occurrence within literature and represent a particular problem for literary and translation studies- as original works that present themselves as, and thus perform as, translations, they ...read more
This project explores the use of space, place, and landscape in a group of historical narratives of the late eleventh and early twelfth century Byzantium, a time of immense territorial ...read more