This PhD deals with the semantics of two major parts of the Bantu verbal system, namely derivation and tense/aspect, from a comparative and diachronic perspective. With respect to derivation, the ...read more
The wider Lower Congo region in Central Africa is home to the Kikongo language cluster (KLC), a vast cluster of regiolects spoken in four neighbouring countries: Angola including Cabinda, the ...read more
Roman cities relied on privileged guilds to function. Craftsmen guilds (collegia fabri) took pride of place but remain much debated. We study their spread, membership, organization, influence and impact on ...read more
Choreographies of Precariousness focuses on contemporary dancers' socio-economical position and its influence on their production processes. Within this frame will be discussed to what extent one may speak of precariousness ...read more
PhD in Arts project, research is conducted within the research group S:PAM (Studies in Performing Arts & Media) and within the University College Ghent - Faculty of Fine Arts (KASK). ...read more
This project will offer the first comprehensive and comparative analysis of the use of speech acts, ritual acts and spatial arrangements in the construction of episcopal authority in the ‘long ...read more
In October 2013, I started a sociolinguistic-ethnographic study of pupils’ speech practices in Flanders (Belgium). From November 2013 until December 2014, I immersed myself into the daily school life of ...read more
According to historical anthropometry, average height is one of the best measures to study well-being of a society. Since height is mainly an indicator of social and economic conditions during ...read more
This interuniversity research project of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University is dedicated to elite formation in sixteenth‐century Ghent. It aspires to understand how urban elites were shaped and ...read more