Projects
Pirenne Consortium for Medieval Studies Ghent University
The Pirenne Consortium studies the Middle Ages across boundaries of disciplines and faculties. As a collaborative research lab and knowledge center, it focuses on cross-cultural research and on the dialogue between past and present. Through co-creation with partner institutions and the wider audience, it strives for an improved understanding of historical cultural diversity, for valorizing regional heritage and digitization.
Forensic Approach for Medieval & Early Modern Manuscripts VSC8000 KU Leuven
The dynamics of visionary lay devotion. Visions and apparitions in late medieval and early modern miracle books from the Low Countries (1300-1700). University of Antwerp
Castles in 3D: Innovation in Digital Research Methods for Lost Medieval Heritage in the Low Countries KU Leuven
The doctoral research is part of the project 'Lost Medieval Fortresses in the Low Countries Unveiled in 3D.' The research has two objectives: it aims to develop a new method for creating scholarly 3D reconstructions (Critical Digital Models) and analyzes lost military architecture from the late Middle Ages in the Low Countries, including the Castle of Kortrijk, Sluis, and Vilvoorde. 3D models of buildings and interiors are essential research ...
Opening Up Lost Medieval Fortresses in the County of Flanders in 3D KU Leuven
Methods of Translation in Late Medieval and Neo-Latin Medical Texts. A Comparative Study based on the Aristotle's Problemata KU Leuven
Manuscript production and the formation of corporate identities in high medieval monasteries in the bishopric of Liège Ghent University
Monasteries from the bishopric of Liège (late 11th and 12th centuries) found themselves at a cultural crossroads between the German Empire and the French region and consciously maintained relations with abbeys from both regions. I will analyze how manuscripts were used to shape the identities of the Liège monasteries through a comparative study of their textal contents and material presentation.
Historical biography, hagiography and the marvelous in late medieval Egypt, Syria and France: a comparative study of the diachronic use of mirabilia in the biographical traditions of Baybars, Qalāwūn, al-Nāṣir Muḥammad and Louis IX. Ghent University
This research is a comparative study of the historical biographical traditions about the Mamluk sultans Baybars, Qalāwūn and al-Nāṣir Muḥammad and the French king Louis IX. A specific focus will be on the use of mirabilia, marvelous anecdotes somewhere in between fact, fiction and hagiography which figure prominently in the biographical traditionbs of all these monarchs.