Projects
Dispute resolution in Ptolemaic Egypt: adjudicative and consensual strategies towards order in classical society KU Leuven
This doctoral dissertation aims to expand our knowledge of the socio-legal and administrative side of the Ptolemaic society (332-30 BC) through a study of the Ptolemaic petitioning system. Petitions are official documents through which (groups of) individuals address special requests to the authorities, mostly in relation to interpersonal conflicts: family disputes, official misconduct, violent crime, theft, etcetera. They constitute one of ...
An epistemological study of material models from practical mathematics in early modern natural philosophical debates Ghent University
We investigate how objects known from practical mathematics where appropriated by natural philosophers as models for natural inquiry. Relevant aspects of the objects’ behavior were isolated for an understanding of natural phenomena (in optics, mechanics or meteorology). Direct manipulations of the objects often played an important role to achieve this. We will also engage in the reconstruction of some experiments
Memory of empire: the post-imperial historiography of Lata Antiquity Ghent University
The project offers the first comprehensive interpretation and reconstruction of all historiographical traditions in the Mediterranean from the 4th to the 8th c. AD. It advances the hypothesis that the historiography of this period should be understood as 'post-imperial': the literary, cultural, and political traditions of the Roman empire remained the point of reference at a time when that emire had largely distintegrated.
Scalable Deposition of Solution-Processed Thin Film Photovoltaics and Organic Light Emitting Diodes KU Leuven
Organic and perovskite-based materials promise disruption to the field of thin film optoelectronics, owing to their advantages of low-cost, lightweight, flexibility, and spectral tuning compared to tradition solid-state bulk electronics. However, the high power conversion efficiencies of thin film photovoltaics (12% for organic and 22% for perovskite-based) and some high resolution organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) displays are developed ...
The Novels of Michael Chabon and the Politics and Poetics of Postmodernism KU Leuven
Even though the heyday of postmodernism is behind us, its legacy still persists in contemporary American fiction. This dissertation discusses the complex relationship between the politics and poetics of postmodernism and Michael Chabon's novels. Every chapter consists of a theoretical framework on an aspect of postmodern literature and a reading of one of Chabon's novels in the light of that theoretical framework.
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Marriage, Family, and the Emerging Question of Gender Equality in Indian Society: Looking for Possible Pastoral Ways to Foster Healthy Families KU Leuven
Fragrant Gospel, Odoriferous Apostle, and the Divine Wisdom: Sapiential Traditions in St. Pauls Second Letter to the Corinthians. KU Leuven
New Co-operative Development in China: An Institutional Approach KU Leuven
The new co-operatives in China that are ...