The thesis addresses the way in which Philostratos, writing in the early third century C.E., fashions a new version of the Trojan War in the central part of his dialogue, ...read more
ITEMP is a Dutch-Belgian cooperation, involving four promotors and two PhD students. The project’s objective is not only to publish two PhD dissertations, but also to publish a combined article by ...read more
Nietzsche associated Renaissance culture with force and greatness and saw it as an antidote to the slave morality of Christianity. The Renaissance had recovered the spirit of the Classics and had thus shown the ...read more
The 9/11-attacks and the war on terror have altered the perception of Islam in the West. Particularly those countries once associated with the rich history of Mesopotamia and Persia have become subject to an antagonizing discourse (cf. Axis ...read more
This project will investigate ideas about 'the people' and popular political participation in the works of a number of Greek intellectuals from the Roman Empire, viz. Plutarch of Chaeronea, Dio ...read more
In South Africa, the apartheid government masked blunt racial oppression as “separate development” and maintained a policy of terror, leading to a significant number of traumatic situations. The South Africa ...read more
Maaheen Ahmed's postdoctoral project is on trauma in contemporary comics, relying on a broad definition of trauma to encompass the aftermath of large-scale events (the two world wars, 9/11) as ...read more
The novel is today the most popular literary genre worldwide. Its early history has not been written yet. In order to enhance our understanding of this history (both conceptually and ...read more