The proposed project sets out to examine how sociophonetic variation is acquired as part of L2 phonological acquisition in learners of French as a Foreign Language (FFL). Similar to first ...read more
Nature conservation is a major concern today. However, we forget that in 20th-century France, during the decline of its rural society, French female authors had already turned to nature writing. ...read more
Although the Later Roman Empire (ca. 300-650) was highly stratified, scholars have rarely asked how this impacted on social interactions and what the impact was of ideas of equality on ...read more
Women translators often face a dual invisibility, marginalised both as translators and as women. The lack of academic attention for their valuable contributions and their underestimated influence on translated literature ...read more
For centuries, the lasting and widespread influence of Shakespeare’s plays has been attributed to their supposed universality and timelessness. However, scholars have recently grown skeptical of this universal Bard, while ...read more
This project studies the reception of influential 18th-century English periodicals during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Italy. English periodicals, particularly satirical ones, were crucial to the expanding ...read more
This research examines the vulnerability of agricultural regions in the Low Countries to damaging animals from 1780 to 1840. The study questions which factors influenced animal occurrences in diverse regions ...read more
The research focuses on the Buddhist Vinaya manuscripts from Dunhuang, particularly those not included in the Taishō Tripitaka. These texts, which number over 140 entries, include abridged versions of the Four Vinaya (Dasabhāṇavāra, ...read more
This project aims to improve our understanding of the use of courtesans (high-class Greek sex workers) as a literary focus in the Second Sophistic (50-250 CE), a literary and cultural ...read more