Projects
Local elites in a changing society: a comparative study of power in Flemish and Brabantine villages (13th-16th centuries). University of Antwerp
Macho behavior. Local elites in a changing society: a comparative study of power in Flemish and Brabantine villages (13th-16th centuries). Ghent University
The mechanisms of long-run elite persistence Ghent University
To what extent do outcomes in life depend upon one’s ancestors? Recent studies appear to suggest that on the long run ancestry significantly impacts outcomes such as income, education levels or elite occupations. This persistence of elites is explained by the inheritance of a latent variable called `status’. However, no consensus exists on which mechanisms are responsible for the observed status persistence. Furthermore, insufficient ...
Legitimizing elite multilingualism: Language policy, language practice and meta-pragmatic awareness in the international school University of Antwerp
A Republic of Comrades. Elite and elitenetworks in Belgian interwar politics (1918-1940) KU Leuven
This thesis explores the existence and modus operandi of interwar elite networks and the ways they have (or tried to) influenced Belgian politics in the period between the two world wars. Traditionally, these two decades are associated with the breakthrough of democratization in the twenties, the success of the New Order movements in the thirties and political instability throughout the entire period. At the same time, researchers ...
Defining the elite in Roman Egypt: the metropolitan orders and the formation of local power structures. KU Leuven
For centuries, ancient Egypt has fascinated scholars and laymen alike. The splendor of the pharaohs of old, with their colossal structures and enigmatic burial rituals, create an exotic atmosphere that appeals to many. Paradoxically, Egyptologists have largely ignored the abundance of sources surviving from later periods and thus the lives of the Egyptians under foreign rulers, such as the Roman emperors. Yet from the Egyptian sands emerged a ...
Defining the Elite in Roman Egypt: The Place of the Metropolitan and Gymnasial Orders in the Roman Social Structure. KU Leuven
Civil society in late medieval and early modern Mechelen. The development and function of urban club life, 1400-1800 University of Antwerp
Making Minoan Society. The formation and interaction of group identities in Crete during the Middle and early Late Bronze Age (c. 2100-1470 BC). KU Leuven
Traditionally Bronze Age Cretan (Minoan) society has been treated as a homogenous, islandwide entity, characterised by the interaction of similarly organised settlements and explained in relation to generalised social models. In this narrative the principal actors are settlements and the ‘elites’ assumed to have controlled them. However, recent work has noted considerable temporal and regional diversity in how society was constructed and has ...