Research projects
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Amor Mundi
This collaboration builds on a shared interests in contemporary ecological theory and philosophy and seeks to develop the sense of what “amor mundi” (love of the world) means in a time of social and ecological crises (i.e., poly-crisis).
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Faculty of Arts @ Besiendershuis
The Faculty of Arts has started a long-term collaboration with Besiendershuis, the iconic building on the river Waal, which focuses on developing cultural residencies and presenting public-oriented artistic programmes for the benefit of the city.
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Fashion & Food Synergy for Sustainability
The project “Fashion & Food Synergy for Sustainability” develops new digital modules, tools, and webinars, related to sustainability and future trends in the fields of fashion & food.
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Creativity development as a didactic tool for making vwo upper secondary students understand historical literature within the subject Dutch
Creativity development in education has great potential. This research aims to gain insight into why it appears not to be easy for teachers to shape this ideal starting point in the classroom. It is unclear what causes this.
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'Pagan' Virtues: Emperor Trajan as a Behavioral Model for Wayward Rulers
This project examines how Emperor Trajan was regarded as a behavioral model for rulers in the Middle Ages and Early Modern mirrors for princes.
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Black America and Europe
This project analyses the ways notions and images of ‘Black America’ play a role in which Europeans understand racism and Black European activism.
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Historical Database Suriname and the Caribbean
The goal of this project is to make information about the populations of Suriname and the former Netherlands Antilles available online for the public and for scientific research.
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Engaging with Istanbul's Water Heritage
This project explores the potential of Istanbul's historical water heritage as a driver of sustainable solutions to contemporary and future challenges regarding water supply and use.
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In search of the perfect match
This project will explore the transition from instrumental to romantic partner choice following the emergence of the love-match ideal in England that became internalized in nineteenth-century western countries
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Unequal treatment?
This PhD research delves into the evolution of healthcare during the long 19th century by exploring the ‘health transition’ within hospitals.
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Waste Not, Want Not
This project’s central aim is to position the middle-class home as another front along which the Victorian war against waste and dirt was waged.
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SHEWROTE
This project investigates historical sources dating from before ca. 1945 to interrogate how female authors were read in the past.
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Bugging Bugs
This PhD project examines how and why a narrative of disgust and unease emerged, spread, and became the dominant narrative on bugs still prevalent today.
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The Development and Impact of the Law on Sex Designation Change in the Netherlands, 1985-2014
This project outlines the development and impact of Dutch legislation regarding sex designation change that was in effect from 1985 to 2014.
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From Mediator to Anchorer
This project examines scribal traditions and clerical practices deriving from the Graeco-Roman Levant in the Umayyad and early Abbasid empires.
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Subproject: Cultures of martyrdom in Al-Andalus
The focus of this subproject is the so-called Cordoban Calendar, a combination of Arabic-language almanac and Christian liturgical calendar.
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Subproject: Setting martyrs to music
This subproject looks into the music of the Old Hispanic commemoration of martyrs, exploring how it helped shape the identity of the martyr being commemorated.
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Literary mockery in the Dutch Republic
This research investigates the relationship between the aesthetic or formal dimensions of Dutch humour texts (1600-1800) and their political meanings.
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FIBRE
Papyri unearthed in the sands of Egypt, fragmentary remains of bookrolls, provide a unique opportunity to study the ancient technology of the written medium. FIBRE studies the evidence from Roman Egypt using a novel, holistic approach.
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ManuscriptAI
This project is constructing a machine learning tool capable of facilitating the autonomous integration of distinct data sources describing medieval manuscripts.