Organisations
Language and literature Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Studying languages is an exciting choice, particularly in a city such as Brussels where probably more languages are spoken than anywhere else in Europe. Competence in languages is not just a luxury. It is a necessity in a society where international relationships are part of every day life. Language students access other cultures and thus broaden their horizons. They have the opportunity to see how people communicate and how the human mind ...
Communication for Academic and Professional purposes (C-APP) University of Antwerp
Centre for the Pre-Industrial Production Processes and Labour Relations Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The last few years historical research focuses on guilds: the social, economical, political and cultural functions of guilds in urban industries during the Modern Period. Empirical study concentrates on the Spanish and Austrian Netherlands, especially on the duchy of Brabant and the county of Flanders. A comparative and long-term approach is designed to place guilds in a new perspective, related with the growing international intrest of this ...
Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings brings together researchers in the field of literary, theatre and performance studies. CLIC offers scholars an interdisciplinary network to stimulate research along three key concepts: media, genres and spaces. MEDIA Literature, theatre and performance traditionally belong to specific medial systems. However, these systems often interact in hybrid, intermedial ways. Definitions of ...
Early Modern History (15th-18th Centuries), Leuven KU Leuven
Research in the early modern history section focuses on the Low Countries between 1500 and 1800 in the wider context of Europe (the Habsburg empires) and the world (the Iberian global empires). Methodologically, comlex analytic models are privileged for the study of governmental and organisational structures (Leuven University, the Inquisition, Church-State relations, diplomatic culture), cultural exchange (images and imaginations of overseas ...
History Research Unit KU Leuven
This Research Unit consists of the folliwing Research groups: "Ancient history", "Middle Ages", "Early Modern Ages", "Culture History starting from 1750" and "Modern Ages and society 1800-2000".
Functional and Cognitive Linguistics: Grammar and Typology (FunC), Leuven KU Leuven
The research group FunC consists of researchers conducting research in the field of cognitive-functional linguistics. Over the last decade the research group FunC has mainly been concerned with the semantics and pragmatics of different types of verbal and (pro)nominal constructions, both synchronically and diachronically.
Particle Physics Group University of Antwerp
Leuven Institute of Criminology KU Leuven
Research within the Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC) is structured within eight research lines.
- Human Rights and Transitional Justice
- Serious and Organised Crime
- Youth Criminology
- Restorative Justice and Victimology
- Administrative and criminal law enforcement in European and comparative perspective
- Policy and Management in the Criminological Field
- Criminological ...