My research examines linguistic awareness in the Greek world by focusing on ancient linguistic approaches that still inform the Modern Greek debate on the definition of a national language. The ...read more
This project studies the instrumentalisation of translated literary works in Russian émigré journals (1919-1939) in different émigré communities in Europe and Asia. The aim of this research is to investigate the different ...read more
When you think about war literature, the first things that cross your mind are the testimonies of soldiers who fought in the trenches. Yet, it might surprise you that WWI also marked a ...read more
African Red Slip Ware (ARS) was produced from the 1st to the 7th century AD in the Roman provinces of modern-day Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya, and exported to the whole ...read more
Notwithstanding that medieval gender history focusing on women’s engagement with power has flourished as an academic field since the 1980s, it still shows important lacunas in the assessment of aristocratic women’s diplomatic roles ...read more
The political economy of public healing in the Great Lakes region of Africa has historically revolved around fertility. Central actor has been the ngoma (drum) institution of kubandwa, which has ...read more
In recent years, the publishing landscape has experienced significant changes that have shaped the way books are now produced, mediated and consumed. Market constraints have given rise to large publishing ...read more
Employees are increasingly using social media to share information about their organization with a large network. On the one hand, they can take on the role of brand ambassadors, sharing ...read more
The English writer, art- and literature critic Walter Horatio Pater (1839 -1894) is considered as very influential in the aesthetic movement. Thanks to his aesthetics, his writings also live on ...read more
The current landscape, and many of the villages and cities located in it, have deep historical roots. Research by generations of historians, archaeologists and linguist points foremost to the importance ...read more