Projects

Since the end of the Cold War many countries have turned to historical commissions as a way to deal with the past. This project comparatively analyses four post-1989 European government-appointed historical commissions (the German U+2018Enquete-kommisionU+2019, the Swiss U+2018Bergier-commissionU+2019, the Dutch Srebrenica-inquiry, and the Belgian Lumumba-commission) which are from an empirical and a meta-historical perspective. I focus on ...

Ever since the first article on colonial architecture in Congo appeared in 1986, a substantial amount of research has been conducted on the topic, focusing on late 19th century prefabricated metal structures, on the introduction of modernist ideas in design and planning since the 1920s, on the emergence of 1950s tropical modernism and more recently, on U+201Cnation buildingU+201D-campaigns under MobutuU+2019s reign. Over the years, the ...

This project revolves around the volume of Novum Testamentum Patristicum that I have been assigned by the editors of the series, which will contain a thorough assessment of, and commentary on, the Patristic reception of 1 Peter 2:11-5:14 up to the eight century. It is an enquiry into the nature of the authority assigned to a marginal New Testament letter — 1 Peter — in Late Antiquity. As such, it builds upon the results of my recently ...