While ancient Greek literary texts have been extensively studied, non-literary sources such as papyri have not received the same attention. This project aims to explore novel approaches to these sources: ...read more
"New Horizons in Arabic and Islamic Studies” is an innovative project at Ghent University aimed at pioneering new areas of research within the fields of Arabic and Islamic studies. This ...read more
The project will investigate the nature and extent of (il)legal substance use among members of the Flemish Deaf Community. In doing so, we depart from a critical framework which hypothesizes that ...read more
Dit onderzoek richt zich op het actualiseren en digitaliseren van een Toolkit voor het breed evalueren van taalcompetentie Nederlands in het lager en secundair onderwijs. Taalcompetentie in het Nederlands is ...read more
People @ War. A social history of the Second World War and its Remembrance in Belgium is a joint initiative by the State Archives / CegeSoma and Ghent university within ...read more
In the context of globalization, the rising trend of seeking medical treatment abroad highlights the critical role of effective communication in healthcare. This research investigates the complexities of pain expression ...read more
The impact of hunter-gatherers on the environment has been a controversial topic since at least the 1960’s. In Northwestern-Europe it is generally assumed that humans only started influencing their environment ...read more
This project studies the overlooked history of peer review in the humanities between 1950 and today. In this period, peer review, i.e., the institutionalized evaluations of research and researchers by ...read more
The project sets out to write a history of knowledge that takes the interaction between disciplines as its primary subject. The project’s historical framework is the postformative period, 1200-1800 CE, ...read more
Formulaic texts constitute a core interest of researchers working at UGent. Within the Greek section, there are two major ongoing research projects about such genres, an ERC-project about ‘everyday’ texts ...read more