This project examines the functions of lyrical traits that are intensified in Dutch and Flemish prose between 1955 and 1975. After a period of post-war reconstruction, the sixties mark an era ...read more
French contemporary literary criticism has left the environmental theme largely unexplored. Covering some of the major French authors from 1945 to the present, I propose to study this theme from ...read more
In mijn onderzoeksproject wil ik onderzoek voeren naar de mogelijke kruisbestuivingen tussen twee actuele doorwerkingen van jazz: enerzijds live ge.mproviseerde muziek (down town New York avant-garde jazz, bvb. John Zorn), ...read more
This dissertation investigates female editors and German-language periodicals between 1740 and 1920. More specifically, I explore how female editors strategically employ emotions to create transnational networks and shape their position ...read more
This dissertation sets out to explore the connection between women’s periodicals and literary salons in Southern Europe (1860-1920). Although existing studies have argued that the rise of the printed press ...read more
This dissertation is dedicated to studying the original gendered discourse shaped in the pages of the prominent yet neglected Russian fashion journal Modnyi magazin(1862-1883) published and edited in St. Petersburg ...read more
Agents of Change: Women Editors and Socio-Cultural Transformation in Europe, 1710-1920 (acronym WeChangEd) is a five-year research project funded by an ERC Starting Grant (2015-2020). It is directed by Marianne ...read more
The modern term “epyllion” commonly refers to a narrative poem in hexameters, which is shorter than a full epic. Literary overviews tend to focus on Hellenistic Greek epyllia, considered pioneers ...read more
This project starts out from the vision books of Hildegard of Bingen, which present allegorical visions together with their exegesis. The project asks whether this use of allegorical creation could ...read more