Projects
Social Justice, Identity Construction and National Identification: A Social History of War Nationalism in Belgium, 1914-1925 Ghent University
This study on national identification in Belgium during and immediately after the German
occupation will examine to what extent and in what ways diverse social groups used national
sentiment to negotiate a reality radically altered. World War I is a crucial focus for nationalism research in Belgium, representing both the summit of Belgian nationalism and a cut-off point where a competing Flemish nationalism gained momentum. However, ...
Collectors of the 'Wreckage of History'. Towards a reconstruction of the 'Antiquarian Milieu' in Belgium (ca. 1760 - ca. 1860). University of Antwerp
The (un)told Mission History of the Sisters of the Society of Jesus Mary Joseph (jmj) in India: A History of Identity Formation of Missionary Generations Shifting between Dutch Legacy and Indian Inculturation (1904 – 1969) KU Leuven
A corpus-based investigation of the dative alternation with TRANSFER verbs in the history of New High German (1650 until present) Ghent University
This project explores the motivations behind the alternation between the Dative Construction (e.g. Sie sendet dir einen Brief) and the Prepositional Construction (e.g. Er sendet den Aufsatz an den Herausgeber) with ditransitive TRANSFERverbs (geben, senden, schicken etc.) in the history of ‘New High German’ (ca. 1650 until present). The focus is on (i) the changing frequencies and forms of the alternation and on (ii) the role of different ...
In situ pro toto. The post-war construction site as a pars pro toto of the building practice. University of Antwerp
Architect, Engineer or 'Builder'? Design and construction practice in post-independence Pune (India). University of Antwerp
The performative construction of episcopal authority in eleventh-century Lotharingia: towards an integrated analysis of speech acts, ritual behaviour and spatial representation. Ghent University
This project will offer the first comprehensive and comparative analysis of the use of speech acts, ritual acts and spatial arrangements in the construction of episcopal authority in the ‘long eleventh century’ (roughly 980–1120).
Belgium 1933 - 1945: A multi-medial image construction in the Third Reich Ghent University
This project aims to analyse the image construction of Belgium (resp. Flanders and Wallonia) in Nazi Germany. Starting from the assumption that Nazi propaganda institutions used different media in a complementary way, i.e. with different functions and goals, the study will draw on a representative corpus of diverse media (newspapers, periodicals, books and films).
The rise of mass consumption in Belgium (1945-1989): the social and political construction of affluence. Ghent University
This project highlights mass consumption in the Keynesian welfare state as the outcome of negotiations. Three types of social movements are investigated: the Association des Consommateurs, the co-operative movement and new social movements such as Anders Gaan Leven. By looking at institutional structures, discourses and actions, these intermediaries between citizen and state are put in a new perspective, thereby re-evaluating the first era of ...