Under the project titled: ‘Indian realism from contemporary perspective’ I undertake the problem of epistemic authority as presented in Nyāya philosophical tradition with references to contemporary discourse in Western philosophy, ...read more
In 2013, it was one hundred years ago that the Ghent World Exposition took place. Both the City of Ghent as the University of Ghent initiated several book and digital projects ...read more
In the 18th century, a changing view on criminal law and the custodial sentence gave rise to the new architectural typology of the cellular prison. This typology became widespread in ...read more
Academia has artificially split equatorial Africa into an eastern and a western half, with the Great Lakes in the middle. Microhistories that appealed in the postcolonial era have further fragmented ...read more
This dissertation explored the influence of ethnicity on determining voters’ choices in Tanzania. The issue of explaining ethnicity and voting in Tanzania has become increasingly puzzling in the country’s political ...read more
There is a tight link between the rhythm of external information (e.g., auditory) and movement. It can be seen when we spontaneously or deliberately move on the beat of music ...read more
Framed within world-historical theory, this PhD thesis investigates and compares the development of the coffee sector on both sides of Lake Kivu, in the Eastern Congo and Western Rwanda, during ...read more
This project is concerned with complex predicates, i.e. constructions that, in spite of being structurally and conceptually composed of two sub-events, essentially denote one unified event by means of ...read more