Organisations
Division for Roman Law and Legal History KU Leuven
Legal history provides the key to understanding the differences and similarities that underlie contemporary legal systems. Seeing laws in their historical context stimulates academics and clinical professionals to think creatively about how they can shape the law of the future.
History of the City Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A concrete goal is to set up projects jointly (in the event of an opportunity for renewal of the IUAP project, if not through other research projects, such as the FWO) and involve more closely than currently VUB research unit in the design and development of the initiatives in the IUAP such as the series 'Studies in European Urban History, 1200-1800' at Brepols publishing house and specific study days and colloquia that often provide themes ...
Centre for the History of Law Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Topic A: Repression (D.Luyten) The punishment of political and economic cooperation after World War II . The integration of the juridical system in the process of restoration in post-war Belgium (1944-1950). Topic B: Cooperation (D.Luyten) Topic C: History of criminal law Topic D: Educational support
Art History, Brussels Campus KU Leuven
Research topics of this unit are:
• photography theory: the ontology and identity of the photographic medium; the critical potential of photography in contemporary art (i.e. how can contemporary artistic practice, particularly photography and video-based art, question dominant conventions: representation conventions, aesthetic, legal, social and political conventions)
• art theory: the critical relationship between photography and ...
Translation and Intercultural Transfer, Kulak Kortrijk Campus KU Leuven
Translation and intercultural transfer, campus Kortrijk.
This research group focuses on translation as a vector of intercultural transfer: interlingual and intralingual as well as intersemiotic forms of translation are addressed. Transfer movements occur within and between national, regional and continental cultures. The proposed research is not limited as regards time or space but addresses , instead, a comprehensive range of ...
Contextual Research in Law Vrije Universiteit Brussel
CORE's research agenda is directed towards the exploration of the notion of law, of legal concepts and ideas, and the relation between society and law, from different and combined intra-disciplinary angles (historical, comparative, theoretical, …). The main approach is bottom-up and detailed analysis, with a view on context and operational aspects of law. Research themes concern the relation between the economy and law (D. De ruysscher), ...
Japanese Studies, Leuven KU Leuven
Research topics of this team are:
- The massive repatriation to North Korea by the Korean minority in Japan (Zainichi)
- The issue of Japanese wives residing in North Korea
- Japanese-North Korean relations and parliamentary diplomacy
- The attitude of Japanese and Zainichi intellectuals towards the Korean peninsula
- The concepts tenkō 転 向 ("ideological conversion") and parrhesia παρρησία ("truth")