This study examines gendered linguistic practices in Post-Classical Greek (31 BC–600 AD) by analyzing bidirectional texts, i.e. written exchanges that reflect an interaction between sender and recipient, including documentary letters, ...read more
Medieval cities were more than centers of trade and governance—they were imagined, shaped, and contested through literature. This project examines how Bruges, Ghent, and Ypres were represented in Middle Dutch ...read more
The use of English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education is on the rise both globally and within Flanders, requiring lecturers to impart and students to construe ...read more
This project develops and evaluates machine-learning models for the automated processing of historical Greek and Latin texts. Using transformer-based architectures and existing annotated datasets, the project focuses on tasks such ...read more
What you eat is who you are—or perhaps more accurately, ‘what you eat is who you aspire to be.’ Food consumption is inherently a social act, conveying messages of status, ...read more
Effective writing skills are essential to succeed in professional and academic settings. In Flanders, highly-educated non-native individuals are entering the competitive labour market while struggling with writing in Dutch. From research ...read more
In the history of political thought, Late Antiquity is usually considered the period when the city-state definitively gave way to monarchy and the Bible and Qur’an took the place of ...read more
When we think about climate trauma, the focus often centers on the universal emotional impact of environmental collapse. However, the susceptibility of queer individuals towards it remains underexplored. The proposed ...read more