Scholars usually concurr that transport by rivers and lakes greatly stimulated the development of trade in the Roman empire. The contribution of rivers and lakes to transport networks is mostly ...read more
At its very core Platonic philosophy is faced with a seemingly insurmountable difficulty: the transition from causes that are always of necessity immaterial to material effects. How can immaterial principles ...read more
The aim of the project is to develop an account of explanation in engineering science. In contrast to explanation in the physical sciences, life sciences, and social sciences, very little ...read more
In the context of increasing international education and study abroad at both European and international level, this project aims to explore the nature, experiences, benefits and limitations of study and ...read more
The research programme is presented by a consortium of 11 linguists, informaticians, digital humanities experts and geographers. It aims at the aggregation and standardization of three comprehensive dialect lexicographic databases, ...read more
Recently, the Department of Languages and Cultures with the Centre for Buddhist Studies at Ghent University has joined a large multidisciplinary project on East Asian religions (for a short abstract, ...read more
The present Collaborative Research Project aims at shedding light upon some very important defining features of past and modern European identity, such as multilingualism,languages in contact and the various types of ...read more
The project aims at analyzing the relationship between the technical properties of flint artefacts from various prehistoric sites in the Scheldt valley and the origin and weathering of micro wear ...read more
Despite the political will to promote traditional medicine in Cuba, there is an on-going erosion of local knowledge on medicinal plants taking place, which co-occurs with the loss of biodiversity. ...read more