Aristotle claimed in his Ars Poetica that drama specifically differs from the other two literary genres (i.e. epic and poetry) because of the absence of a mediating narrator and because ...read more
By examining the artwork and relevant examples from the media, the objective of this project is to give insight into contemporary art practices interwoven with the idea of terrorism or ...read more
The postdoc research project "The body and its double" concerns the politics of the body in 21st century media society relating to the issues of post-humanism, performing identities, presence and ...read more
Since the late eighties, posthumanism is gaining ground both in philosophy (Harraway 1989, Halberstam and Livingstone 1995 and Hayles 1999) and in art (see for example the artistic practice ...read more
The objective of this PhD research is to examine the relevance of political philosopher Chantal Mouffe's project of agonistic democracy for performance studies. Since the task of democratic politics is ...read more
The aim of this project is to assess various relationships between images and indulgences, especially in the context of Flemish paintings produced in the fifteenth-century and the beginning of the ...read more
In leading a musical ensemble performance, a conductor needs to ensure temporal coordination among ensemble musicians and at the same time inform them of intended expressive goals. Musicians in their ...read more
In the 18th century, a changing view on criminal law and the custodial sentence gave rise to the new architectural typology of the cellular prison. This typology became widespread in ...read more
There is a tight link between the rhythm of external information (e.g., auditory) and movement. It can be seen when we spontaneously or deliberately move on the beat of music ...read more
This dissertation tells the story of the collections of artists and artisans in early seventeenth-century Antwerp. Based on archival research of probate inventories, it turns out that many artists and ...read more