Projects
With theatre he urged people to remember their duties. Social Criticism in the Seventeenth-Century Theatre of the Low Countries. University of Antwerp
Cultures of Spectacle. An interdisciplinary platform for historical research on film, theatre, dance and musical performance. University of Antwerp
Culture of spectacle. An interdisciplinary platform for historical research into film, theatre, dans and music performances. University of Antwerp
Yes we canon! A discursive analysis of canon debates in post-war Flemish theatre (1945-2010). University of Antwerp
Alliance Research Group: Interplay of Theatre, Literature & Media in Performance Ghent University
In myth, the ancient muse Thalia is a worshipper of Dionysos and therefore closely related to theatrical festivities. Her name resembles the etymological origin of both 'theatre' and 'theory' (theoreia). The joint research group THALIA (UGent/VUB) aims at collective, intellectual exchange with regard to intermedial constellations of theatre, text and performance. Focusing on both contemporary performance art and history, the projects of our ...
Staging the supernatural. The role of theatre, science and media in the rise and fall of spiritualist performances in Belgium, 1830-1930. University of Antwerp
Theatre society. Vernacular literary culture and the development of an early modern knowledge society in the Low Countries, 1450-1650 Ghent University
Between 1450 and 1650, the world of performative literature became the centre of a Western European media system. Performative literature also became a model for the public organization and communication of knowledge. This project studies ways in which the institutions, agents, and media of the theatre society of an early modern metropolis (in this case Antwerp) translated and applied knowledge and information.