Projects
Documentary literature 3.0. The document as representational strategy in German literature after 2000 Ghent University
The project aims to show that the third generation of documentary writers differs from the documentary avantgarde (Tretjakov, Brecht, Kraus) and the politicized documentary literature of the '60s (Enzensberger, Walraff) through specific representational strategies. These strategies are geared at audience participation and immersion rather than critique of ideology. Documentary literature 3.0. nstills the spectator/reader with an unsettling ...
Evaluation of literature by professional and layperson critics: A digital and literary sociological analysis of evaluative talk of literature through the prism of literary prizes (2007-2017) Ghent University
Recently, the manager of a Dutch publishing consortium manager stated that literary quality should
be measured and predicted by means of algorithms and big data-based audience research, rather
than by experts. His claim drew ire and caused the exodus of many of established authors; at the
same time, the statement is indicative of a broader societal trend in which the knowledge of
professional 'pundits' is rivalled and ...
Preparatory support for the statistical evaluation of the comparative assessment of GM plant field trials and for the evaluation of toxicological studies for GM plant food/feed safety. Lot 1: Comparative statistical analysis. Hasselt University
The intercultural Dynamics troughout the ancient Mediterranean. A comparative Study of the Goddesses Athena and 'Anath KU Leuven
THE INTERCULTURAL DYNAMICS THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE GODDESSES ATHENA AND 'ANATH.
This PhD research project aims to contribute to the intercultural and religious transfer throughout the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age (1400[1]-1200[2])[3]. By means of an extensive comparison of the profiles of ‘Anath from Ugarit and the Ancient Greek Athena, this study examines all possible ...
Legal culture and language: a study of the linguisticdiscursive aspects of contract law in France, Germany and England from a comparative and historical perspective Ghent University
Comparative law has always been a kind of umbrella concept encompassing different
activities with diverse underlying motives and goals and to that extent, methodological
pluralism is part and parcel of comparative law. In the context of approximation/harmonization initiatives (e.g. EU), scholars in comparative contract law have tended to adopt a (not well elaborated) functionalist approach and limited their research to a mainly ...
Multilingualism, translation and minor languages in contemporary world literature KU Leuven
Since its emergence in the 18th century, monolingualism has had a strong impact on literature and culture. Despite its avowed global perspective, world literature still leans towards monolingualism. Not only does it focus on writers who write in major languages, while peripheral regions and minor languages are off the map, but it also favours monolingual works. Multilingual texts are often considered untranslatable or incomprehensible, which ...
Shaping Belgian Literature Before 1830. Multilingual Patterns and Cultural Transfer in Flemish and French Periodicals in the Southern Low Countries. KU Leuven
This project examines literary culture in the Southern Low Countries during a formative period in the history of Belgium (1750-1830). In the historiography of the Low Countries, eighteenth-century literature – especially as it was created and received in the Southern part – remained largely unexplored. More importantly, in previous research, the multilingual and hybrid character of this literature has been mostly neglected. Researchers indeed ...
Otherworldly Powers? Narrative Functions of the Supernatural in Flemish and Congolese Literature before and after Congo’s Independence (1945-1975) Ghent University
Between 1945 and 1975, magical powers, curses and transcendent visions played a decisive role in Flemish literature about Congo, shaping the narrative and evoking different worldviews. Impossible phenomena in science fiction or fantastic literature have similar functions, but, unlike these genres, the supernatural elements in the Flemish literature about Congo have a religious undertone. This is explained by the strong missionary presence of ...
«His Majesty the Baby». Unchained Sovereigns in Western Literature between 19th and 20th Century «His Majesty the Baby». Ontketende vorsten in de Westerse literatuur tussen de 19e en 20e eeuw KU Leuven
In my PhD dissertation I will examine the topos of the unchained sovereign, which had appeared in literature only after the French revolution and the rise of modern democracies. By “unchained sovereigns”, I mean all those fictional characters that exert their sovereign powers in arbitrary and bizarre ways, offering the readers a distorting looking-glass that offers not just a comic but also critical vantage point to observe the dynamics of ...