Projects
A Golden Age of Biblical Scholarship in Louvain and Douai (1550-1650). KU Leuven
Frivolity in church. A study of the cultural transfer of French air de cour melodies into sacred songbooks in the seventeenth-century Southern Low Countries. University of Antwerp
Ornamenta sacra. Iconological study of the liturgical heritage of the Southern Netherlands (1400-1700) KU Leuven
This collective project, gathering scholars from different institutions, aims at conducting an iconological and anthropological research devoted to the late medieval and early modern liturgical heritage (called ornamenta sacra during this period) from the Southern Netherlands (1400-1700). lt is concern with different kinds of objects - made of a wide variety of materials and techniques - fundamental to the ceremonial (such as chalices, ...
A Golden Age of Biblical Scholarship in Louvain and Douai (1550-1650) KU Leuven
Around the middle of the sixteenth century, the idea arose in Catholic circles that the Protestant claim to having the Scriptures on their side, could only be countered by a Catholic return to a more Bible-based theology and preaching. This insight was confirmed during the humanistically inspired fifth session of the Council of Trent (1546), giving rise to the flourishing of biblical studies everywhere in Catholic Europe. The period 1550-1650 ...
Tappers legacy. Catholic clerical culture and pastoral strategies between theory and practice in an age of confessionalism (1545-1621). KU Leuven
This research project surveys the impact in local communities and milieus of ideas on the cure of the souls shared by Leuven-trained theologians. In the course of the sixteenth century clerical culture and attitudes transformed thoroughly as it shifted towards a pastoral approach. The decrees of the Council of Trent established pastoral solicitude as the general standard. The Leuven faculty had long been a standard bearer of this mindset and ...
Backup mandate Research Council: The stalled fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of Congolese women A mixed methods approach of fertility among Congolese women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Belgium since the 1960s Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Integration of abnormal macroscopic muscle properties, neuromuscular symptoms and functional capacity in patients post-stroke KU Leuven
State of the art
Stroke is one of the leading causes of physical disability in the world[1]. Approximately 20000 individuals in Belgium suffer from a new or recurrent stroke each year [2]resulting in mild to severe functional disability in daily life in 40% of these patients [3]. According to the World Health Organization, a stroke or Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) is defined as ‘rapidly developing clinical signs of focal or global ...
CAPACITY: Flanders Project to Develop Capacity in Palliative Care Across Society KU Leuven
Palliative care is an approach that helps people live their life as fully and as comfortably as possible when confronted with a serious illness. Despite substantial progress over the past decades, there are still several challenges as a result of the increasing number of people who will need palliative care for a longer period, while the professional workforce is limited. There is growing realization that it will not be sufficient to solely ...
Using Topology To Revolutionize Atrial Tachycardia Treatment Ghent University
Atrial tachycardia (AT) is a prevalent form of supraventricular tachycardia that can have detrimental impacts on a person's health. The complexity of anatomical reentry patterns and unclear nomenclature hinders precise diagnosis of AT and makes optimal treatment challenging and error prone. Suboptimal treatment can result in severe outcomes such as heart failure, stroke, and pacemaker implantation due to overablation-induced atrial ...