Projects
Integral Yugoslavism during the royal dictatorship (1929-1935) in Yugoslavia - content, distribution and interaction with other national ideas Ghent University
This project investigates the national idea of integral Yugoslavism as it was fixed by the state during the royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia (1929-1935). It will focus on the way Yugoslav national identity was defined, how that national consciousness was spread and the interaction with other forms of national thought in Yugoslavia during this period.
"Challenging and expanding the national canon: the case of Usman’s Citravali (1613) and its afterlife in India’s multilingual contexts" Ghent University
The Indian Sufi romances (premakhyans), written in the Avadhi language by poets with Muslim origins, are mystical narratives that have circulated across South Asia, defying literary genres and linguistic barriers. Their circulation has entailed the creation of multiple versions adapted to various literary, linguistic and cultural domains of premodern India, challenging the nationalist process of the canon's homogenization. For this reason, ...
Integrating Outsiders, Preserving Identity: Byzantine Policies on Foreign Monks (9th-12th Centuries) KU Leuven
The project focuses on two objectives. Firstly, it provides an extensive description of monks’ mobilities in the Byzantine world at both the local and regional scale in a specified period (9th-12th centuries). The research reconstructs the typology of Byzantine monastic movements, highlights the ethnic and social origin of monks, as well as the reasons for their move, maps the major routes of monastic migrations, integrates the phenomenon ...
The role of the constitutional traditions of the Member States in de judicial application of EU-law. Is there room for constitutional pluralism within the EU. KU Leuven
The ties that bind. An empirical evaluation of the political theory of liberal nationalism. KU Leuven
Sabbatical Wim Coudenys: Religion vs Modernity? Orthodox-Catholic Relations in the Russian Emigration, 1917-1960 KU Leuven
Since the 19th century, religious and national identities (seemingly) are in opposition to one another; whereas the latter seen as a sign of modernity, religious identity is dismissed as pre-modern. In reality, however, national and religious identities co-exist, often in symbiosis. This was also the case in ‘unmodern’ Russia, where the exclusive identification of Orthodoxy with Russia, as opposed to ‘Polish’ Catholicism and ‘Ukrainian’ ...
A cross-national study on risk and protective factors for minority stress, mental health and school achievement among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students Ghent University
The proposed project will focus on the experiences of LGBTQ students, namely students who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB), who have a gender identity that is different from their biological sex (Transgender), who refuse traditional notions of dichotomous identities, e.g., female-male or heterosexual-LGB (Queer), or who question their sexual identity (Questioning). Research demonstrates that LGBTQ youth are more vulnerable to compromised ...