Projects
Diplomatic Encounters : A Cultural History of the Belgian Legation in Ottoman Istanbul (1865-1909). University of Antwerp
(Post) Ottoman Migrants and the Origins of the Modern World University of Antwerp
The discourse on the 'Other' in the relations between the Burgundian-Habsburg, Mamluk and Ottoman Empires (1389-1529) Ghent University
Since the early 15th century different regions in the Euro-Mediterranean region witnessed strikingly parallel transformations and reached a growing interconnectivity. This research project focuses on the mutual views of 'the Other' in this perspective, during a 'long 15th century' (1389-1529) relevant for the Burgundian-Habsburg, Mamluk and Ottoman Empires.
The portrayal of the Ottomans in the Spanish and Austrian Netherlands of the Habsburgs (seventeenth and eighteenth century): printed materials, opinions and imaging of the Ottomans KU Leuven
The theme of the Ottomans was in the Spanish and Austrian Netherlands a common topic in media such as celebrations, printed matter, sermons, etc. A study on media and communications in the Spanish and Austrian Netherlands on the Ottomans can be enlightening for how the imagery proceeded for the identification processes in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, exposing one’s own culture by mirroring it to other cultures. The analysis of ...
BOF-ZAP-professorship in ottoman studies and islamology Ghent University
A BOF-ZAP professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.
The Hanbalis under Mamluk and Ottoman Rule KU Leuven
Building on my previous research on the Hanbali Sufi ‘Imad al-Din al-Wasiti (d. 1311), I will continue to explore the following three themes related to the Hanbali school as it existed in the Mamluk period: (1) the way Hanbali scholars understood the concept of “the saved sect” or “the victorious group” in relation to hadith-scholarship and the historical events of their context; (2) the major theological discussions amongst the school’s ...
Optical binding of nanoparticles outside the photon beam: creation of primeval optical matter. OptoMat KU Leuven
Neo-Ottomanism? New Strategies of Turkey and the Impact of Foreign Aid to Post-War Cultural Reconstruction in the Balkans. KU Leuven
This project seeks to find out how foreign assistance in the fields of culture, religious revival and education change regions ravaged by inter-ethnic violence and state breakdown, and how such foreign assistance is perceived locally. My case study is the assistance provided from the Turkish Republic to Bosnia-Herzegovina, and local responses to it. The empirical research will focus on Turkish aid in the areas of higher education, religious ...