My dissertation explores the functions of chiasmus in Henry James's works. Focusing on The Portrait of a Lady (1880-81/1908), I will argue that James uses chiasmus at phrase level to ...read more
This PhD project has focused on a group of sketches, which were popular throughout Europe around 1840. The sketches, bearing titles like "les Français peints par eux-mêmes" and "Los Españoles ...read more
Ancient antiquarianism has been identified as a major source of inspiration for the development of modern historiographical practice from the Renaissance onwards. Yet it remains seriously understudied, in particular for ...read more
The Pirenne Consortium for Medieval Studies is launched as one of the five SHGW (social and behavioral sciences and humanities) research consortia at Ghent University. It operates within the larger ...read more
In recent years, scholarship has re-emphasised the importance of understanding Byzantine historiography as literature. Important as this is, it suggest that modern concepts, such as authorship, can be applied to ...read more
The increase in the number of performances based on material from ancient Greek tragedy on contemporary stages all over the world is very apparent. The relevance of these performances has ...read more
The dissertation centres on the mediation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s first major publication in eighteenth-century Britain (1751-1785), and draws on recent approaches adopted in the field of historical translation studies and ...read more
This postdoctoral project focuses on representations of Holocaust memory by authors of the second and third generations, and examines more precisely how the body serves as a vector for memories of ...read more
While Joan of Arc has been widely acknowledged as the patron saint of the suffrage movement, the influence of Boadicea on the movement has been largely unexplored. Boadicea, the historical Celtic warrior ...read more