This FWO-funded PhD research project (1999-2003) analyses the novels of the contemporary British writer Graham Swift against the background of the “ethical turn” in literary studies and the emergence of trauma theory. ...read more
Cancer is a major killer. In Belgium, cancer is currently responsible for a third of all deaths and the second most important cause of death. Despite its prominent position in ...read more
This project aims to investigate China's relational power and critique the so-called 'China's sharp power’ in China's diplomacy. This research will theorise the ‘relational power’ derived from pluralistically imagined ‘Chineseness’. ...read more