Projects
Art & Automation: The future of the artist in society Hasselt University
Ageism in Prison Vrije Universiteit Brussel
manifested in prison in Belgium. On the basis of emerging
methodological techniques, it will be analysed how key actors in
prison perceive, experience and practice ageism. These key actors
are older prisoners, prison officers and members of the psychosocial
service. The research will moreover explore differences between,
and ...
A Belgian artist in Italy: Italian Art History and Culture in the work of Jan Vercruysse (1948-2018) Ghent University
This research will investigate the artistic, intellectual and institutional interaction between the Italian and Belgian art scene during the 1980s and 1990s. This broader exchange will be analysed through a profound study of the artist Jan Vercruysse (1948-2018). To this end, underexposed aspects of Belgian and Italian art of the last quarter of the 20th century will be reassessed.
A portrait of the statesman as an artist. Writing statesmen in antiquity Ghent University
How did ancient authors evaluate a statesman who united in one person the figures of literary artist and statesman? Focusing on a number of diachronically selected case studies this project will analyze how the combination of literary art and political power is perceived and represented by ancient authors, and of course by writing statesmen themselves.
Self-censorship - corrected thoughts of an artist "Which visual censorship is necessary today?" KU Leuven
A visual investigation into the (self)censorship of a contemporary cartoonist. This will be explored through the creation of a graphic novel, incorporating a fictional autobiographical narration, linked to Magritte's surrealism and fake news. Magritte talked about the deception of the images. But today we seem to adapt the reality of texts and images to what we want to believe: we manipulate until it says what we want. Have we moved ...
The Juridical Sufism of Aḥmad Zarrūq (d. 1493): Towards a Theory of Applied Legal Epistemology KU Leuven
The Juridical Sufism of Aḥmad Zarrūq (D. 1493): Towards A Theory Of Applied Legal Epistemology KU Leuven
This research focuses on the pre-modern relationship between the disciplines of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and Sufism (taṣawwuf), Islamic mysticism. Essential to this relationship is the perceived tension between the different interpretations regarding the spirit and the letter of the Revealed Law (al-sharīʿa). Is the literal interpretation all we can understand from the divine law or is there another layer, a ...
HURISM - HUman RIghts in Small- and Medium-sized enterprises KU Leuven
Disrupting drug resistance by exploiting collateral sensitivity to design novel therapeutic strategies for C. auris and C. glabrata infections KU Leuven
Multidrug resistance is a major problem in Candida auris, the first pathogenic fungus officially considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance threat by the CDC, and in Candida glabrata, which accounts for 20-40% of all systemic Candida infections. Antifungal resistance often leads to treatment failure, which significantly reduces survival rates of lethal candidiasis. Meanwhile, the antifungal drug market comprises only four classes. By ...