Projects
The Biopolitics of the Dressed Male Body: Understanding Normative Embodied Masculinities in Everyday Life in Belgium and Italy University of Antwerp
Islam in Brussels prisons in the aftermath of terrorist attacks: an ethnographic study on Islam, prison policies, experiences and masculinities Vrije Universiteit Brussel
radicalisation in Belgian prisons gained tremendous international attention in the public and political debate. However, academic research on the topic is limited. In this ethnographic research we aim to explore how the radicalisation discourse impacts current policies and experiences in prison by focusing on 1) the changing role of religion and Islam in particular in ...
Gender, politics and ideology in medieval historiographical sources. Politicising the discourse of femininities and masculinities in the Flandria Generosa chronicles (1164-1531). Ghent University
This project deals with the gendered representation of the Flemish male and female rulers in the Flandria Generosa chronicles (1164-1531). The main research question is how these gendered narratives were constructed, rewritten and adapted over time to their intended audiences. The aim of this research is to analyse the changing use of this gendered language as a political instrument, but moreover, to relate this to altering medieval notions ...
A queer perspective on emergent sexualities and dissident masculinities in Kisangani. KU Leuven
This research project is the first in-depth ethnographic study of sexual and gender dissidence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It specifically looks at the everyday performances of “emergent sexualities” and “dissident masculinities” in the urban context of Kisangani and gives visibility to the lives of people who are all too often considered “inauthentic” Africans. From the perspective of self-identified “gay” or fioto men, it takes an ...
Betraying patriarchy? Men and masculinities in 19th- and early 20th-century European feminisms. Transnational networks and individual trajectories of men committed to the womenU+2019s cause. Ghent University
This project aims to integrate feminist history and masculinity studies in an intellectual and social history of the involvement of men in the feminist movement. The correlation between the personal and the political is placed at the heart of the gender analysis of male feminist identities, through the study of individual (intellectual) trajectories and transnational networks of a sample of European feminist men.
Meat, Men & Masculinities: how social media and interpersonal communication processes shape the connections between masculine identities and meat consumption. University of Antwerp
Reshaping Masculinities: Dress, Body and Identity in the Antwerp Fashion Scene. University of Antwerp
Queering Masculinities: The Antwerp Fashion Scene (1985-2015). University of Antwerp
Encloistered and Profane Masculinities: Comparative Research into the Evolution and Perception of High Medieval Ideals of Manhood (Late Eleventh-Early Fourteenth Centuries) Ghent University
This project proposes a diachronic comparative research, based on a varied corpus of narratives and treatises, into the establishment, evolution and effectiveness of medieval ideals of masculinity in monastic and profane circles in the Low Countries. It takes into consideration the period between the second half of the 11th and the beginning of the 14th centuries.