Projects
Literary rebels in Ghent from the middle ages until the present Ghent University
Since the Middle Ages until today literary works have contributed to the image of Ghent as a city of rebels. Literature also criticizes and transforms this image. The present project disseminates recent research into those literary rebels. It chooses the format of an illustrated book for a broad audience, city walks and a podcast series. The audience will be acquainted with a broadened understanding of literature, in which performance (e.g., ...
BOF-ZAP-office in Cultural History Late Antiquity / Early Middle Ages Ghent University
BOF-ZAP-office in Cultural History Late Antiquity / Early Middle Ages
Did plague cause grain crises? Unravelling the mechanisms linking epidemics and food supplies in the later Middle Ages. University of Antwerp
Shared interest or mutual competition? The organization of voluntary jurisdiction in the Southern Low Countries during the late Middle Ages (1273-1433). Ghent University
The narrow research focus on late medieval public notaries has led to a distorted view on the organization and recording of voluntary jurisdiction in the Southern Low Countries. Starting from a comparative bottom-up approach, this project will assess how notaries co-existed and interacted with other legal actors, and will finally result in a more fine-grained understanding of this contemporary complex juridical reality.
Towards the Integration of DH/AI-Methodologies in the Study of the Transmission of Text, Ideas and Images in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance KU Leuven
The main objective of LECTIO (Leuven Institute for the Study of the Transmission of Texts, Ideas and Images in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance) is to bring interdisciplinary research in the field of pre-modern intellectual history and the science of text editing to the next level. It builds on the strong and unique Leuven tradition of philology-based historical, philosophical, linguistic, juridical and theological research, ...
History of the European city in the High and Late Middle Ages (c. 1000 - 1500) - BOF Tenure Track mandate (LW/2018/005) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Caritas et Memoria. A Study of the Interplay Between Poor Relief and Commemoration is Cosmopolitan Bruges during the Late Middle Ages - Early Modern Period based on the Organization and Functioning of Parochial Poor Tables. KU Leuven
This research investigates the interaction between poor relief and memoria in the late Middle Ages and sixteenth century. While it is well-known that food distributions to the poor were a form of memoria, its implications for the daily practices of charity remain unclear, as both topics belong to different historiographical traditions. By exploring one well-chosen example, i.e. the parochial poor tables of Bruges, the ...
Learning as shared practice. Towards a new understanding of education in monastic communities of the High Middle Ages Ghent University
The project aims to re-evaluate education in monastic contexts of 11th-12th century by relying on the concept of “community of practice” and thus stressing active social participation in the processing of knowledge, beliefs and attitudes. This will be achieved through a comparative analysis of the preserved monastic correspondence, which will address the contents, contexts and perception of the learning process.