Discourses on ageing women are changing from predominantly negative to more positive representations, but this is mainly true for people who fit the narrowly defined narratives of what is considered ...read more
Cross-channel stylistic exchanges. A stylometric approach to the impact of mobility and multilingualism on medieval Latin literature, 1000–1150
This project will apply stylometry, the computational analysis of style, to investigate how cross-channel mobility and multilingualism impacted Latin literary style in 1000–1150. Due to the many invasions and colonization ...read more
A phone call with the dead. Necrodialogues in 20th-century literature and other media
The necrodialogue is an anthropological need that finds expression in ritualistic and artistic representations. Inherent to this dialogue is the use of personal intermediaries and technical media to establish contact. We know that ...read more
Epic poetry has traditionally been considered a male genre, written by and for men. This project seeks to contest this view by drawing attention to a corpus of epic poetry ...read more
Family making in India through adoption or reproductive technology. An interdisciplinary investigation of preference of Indian couples experiencing infertility regarding means of family formation
The goal of this research project is to understand the socio-cultural and regulatory factors influencing preference of married couples in India suffering from infertility or subfertility regarding means of family formation. ...read more
Working the land, searching the soil. A geophysical framework for diachronic land-use studies
Through an interdisciplinary approach, this project aims to redress current understanding of Neolithic land-use. Hereby, a synergy between archaeology, environmental studies and applied geophysics will provide insight into diachronic human-environment ...read more