Organisations
Comparative, Historical and Applied Linguistics, Leuven KU Leuven
Comparative Research, Historical and Applied Linguistics, Leuven
Dir. P. Swiggers
Research (and teaching) focusing on:
(1) historical, comparative, ciontrastive-typological linguistics of the Romance languages and the two classical languages Greek and Latin
(2) the relation between syntax and information structure in the Romance languages
(3) the historiography and metahistoriography of linguistics
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Institute of Jewish Studies University of Antwerp
Greek Studies, Leuven KU Leuven
Research in the unit Greek Studies is not limited to antiquity but focuses on the study of Greek language and the analysis and edition of Greek literary texts through the centuries. Key research domains are the historiography of linguistics, literary and paraliterary papyri, Byzantine and Early Christian studies and comparative Indo-European linguistics. Some research activities guarantee the continuity of these domains, for example the study ...
Political Representation in Diverse Societies Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Political representation is a crucial concept in political science. In essence, representation entails something or someone (the agent) standing for an absent thing or person (the principal). Political representation thus places an intermediary (agent) between citizens (principals) and political decision-making. These agents are called representatives. The fact that every society contains different interests and nodes that want to be ...
Department of Literary Studies Ghent University
Brussels Platform for Digital Humanities Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The digitization of information sources and research methods exerts an ever increasing influence on the various disciplines within the domain of Literature and Philosophy. For several years, researchers have clustered internationally around the emerging field of "Digital Humanities" (DH) to investigate how the technological development of new digital resource series and research methods can broaden and renew the domain of Arts and Philosophy. ...
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Ghent University
Chinese Studies, Leuven KU Leuven
Sinology at KULeuven includes the following three domains of research: 1. CLASSICAL CHINESE PHILOSOPHY (Zhou en Han Dynasties): * An analysis of the 'Xunzi' as a culmination of early Chinese philosophical debates; * The ethic-religious core chapters of 'Mozi': a textual analysis of the three-fold structure; * A study of the 'Xunzi'; * Paradoxes in early taoist writings: a philosophical and textual analysis; * From normative language to ...