Make an open access inventory of the human remains from archaeological research in Flanders using various paramaters to give archaeologists, physical anthropologists and
For decades UNESCO has promoted culture and heritage as important sources of wellbeing and social cohesion in sustainable development. Despite the multifaceted nature of wellbeing underlying this claim, poverty reduction ...read more
Since the turn of the millennium, a number of European countries have introduced language and knowledge of society requirements for citizenship. In 2017, Norway followed the lead of other countries, ...read more
Gemapt' is a geotemporal platform for sharing, presenting and using digital heritage collections in function of a participatory heritage work. This project is developed with a focus on Ghent: 'Ghent ...read more
This interdisciplinary and multiresearcher project focuses on the transcultural dynamics in the creation, transmission, and reconfiguration of knowledge on childbirth, pregnancy, and women's health in premodern China, Korea, and Japan, ...read more
Bruges’ role as late-medieval harbour and “maritime cultural landscape” is inextricably associated with the dynamic interaction between man and nature via the Zwin tidal inlet. The connectivity within the local ...read more
Good communication can make a difference. This is often underestimated in contexts of asylum and migration, where other priorities (than language) prevail. This is particularly tangible in the reception of ...read more
Histories of Hindi literature, including Acharya Shukla’s seminal work Hindi Sāhitya kā Itihās (1929), refer to Apabhraṃśa as the forerunner of India’s official language and its literature. Nevertheless, only a ...read more
The ArcheOs research laboratory for biological anthropology at Ghent University was established in 2020 within the Department of Archaeology. It aims to study the health, kinship, lifestyle and mobility of ...read more
The main research question of the study is: How and why do some European citizens generate a populist and Islamophobist discourse to express their discontent with the current social, economic ...read more