Projects
Military occupation as a transnational form of politics. A social and cultural history of the German occupation administration in Belgium during the first and the Second World War. University of Antwerp
Language change, cultural change? Social deixis through nominal and pronominal address in the history of English KU Leuven
Address terms constitute a core resource for realizing social deixis. Because of address terms' prominent social function, changes in address systems are often attributed to cultural changes (e.g. recent changes in address between children and parents may reflect changing parent-child relationships). However, these explanations have rarely been tested on a systematic basis. Cultural explanations of changes in address usage are most convincing ...
FWO Outgoing [PEGASUS]² Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship partner agreement Soetkin Vervust 'Assessing the historic character of cultural landscapes: an integrative approach using remote sensing, scientific dating and digital data analysis' Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Construction History, Above and Beyond. What History Can Do for Construction History Ghent University
Since 1985, Construction History is internationally recognized as a distinct field within history, situated on the interface between the history of engineering and the history of architecture. Antoine Picon, historian of architecture and technology, argued in 2006 that construction history “offers a unique opportunity to rethink the relations between technology and culture." This proposal starts from the observation that this opportunity has ...
To have and to hold? The preservation of Russian cultural heritage in Belgium, 1917-1950 KU Leuven
The Russian emigration presented itself as the preserver of the cultural heritage that had been lost after the 1917 revolution. As such, it became a source of inspiration for Russia's new national identity after 1991. Emigration culture, however, was a construct, the result of political bias and circumstance, rather than the continuation of imperial Russian society. The present project focuses on the Russian community in Belgium, the only ...
U+201CDecline and fall?U+201D Social and cultural dynamics in the Low Countries in the Late Roman empire (AD 270-450). Ghent University
Since GibbonU+2019s Decline and fall of the Roman Empire (1776), the late Roman period is known as a period of decline. In recent decades, this view is debated. Our researchaims at studying this era from a modern vision upon material culture. The immiagrtions which where put negatively from a Roman point of view, will de considered from an angle of new social and culturele formations.
Women in pain: a cultural biography of vaginismus in transatlantic perspective (1950-present) KU Leuven
Despite its high prevalence, vaginismus remains an under-researched condition up until the present- day. This is not only true for the medical sciences, but also for history. Apart from a few articles about the medical discovery of the condition by Marion Sims in 1861, the history of vaginismus has never been explored. By illuminating how healthcare practitioners, women’s movements and sufferers have engaged with the issue since the 1950s, ...
Diplomacy, identity and cultural encounters: Belgian envoys in Ottoman Istanbul (1838-1914). University of Antwerp
B-Magic. The Magic Lantern and its Cultural Impact as Visual Mass Medium in Belgium (1830-1940) KU Leuven
This project will write the as yet unwritten history of the magic lantern as a mass medium in Belgium. In doing so, it will make an essential contribution to the study of the country's cultural history as well as to international media historiography. It aims to rediscover the various functions of the lantern performance within the Belgian public sphere, in particular, its use in the transmission and negotiation of knowledge, norms and values ...