Research projects
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Capturing Plastic
This project investigates the ways in which plastic informs the aesthetic function of art in the Anthropocene, by analyzing a number of artworks that specifically engage with the plastic crisis.
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Humour in Late Antiquity
In this project, the role of humour in late antiquity is investigated with a keen eye on the difference between dogmatic objections and everyday practice.
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Damasus
An edition with translation and commentary in Dutch of the epigraphical poetry of pope Damasus (366-384).
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DOCS
The development of an online, open access database of the bibliographical information on and (gradually) the content of Dutch translations of Latin and oriental patristic texts.
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Civic fictions
Ever since Plato, thinkers have asked what fiction does in society. In this project, a team of cultural historians develops innovative computational methods to understand relations between fiction and citizenship in 18th-century Europe.
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Recognizing Extracted Entities for the Historical Database Suriname Curacao
A team of the Historical Database Suriname and Curacao is developing a method to integrate automated handwritten text recognition (HTR) technology and entity recognition into the workflow.
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SOLEMNE
Using collections of canon law (i.e. ecclesiastical or religious normative texts), the project SOLEMNE aims to explore how ideas about social norms spread throughout medieval Western Europe (approx. 500-1200 CE).
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The medieval ritual landscape
The project aims to uncover the history of ritual practices performed by ordinary people as part of their daily lives in medieval England (c. 1000-1600).
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The Marshall Plan at 75
Throughout the year that marks the 75 year anniversary of the arrival of the first Marshall Plan goods in the Netherlands, several popular-scientific and didactic publications will introduce the history of the Marshall Plan to a broad audience.
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The Diplomacy of Gratitude in Transatlantic Relations
By identifying the presence and significance of gratitude in the long history of transatlantic relations, this project places ordinary civilians, women, children, emotions, and material culture into the history of international relations.
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'The bad breath of consumer society'
This project analyses the arguments, positions and interaction of the various parties involved in the debate on advertising.
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Living with and without antiquity
In this Dutch-language book project 'De oudheidconnectie - leven met en zonder oudheid', Maarten De Pourcq examines exemplary interactions between the ancient Greco-Roman world and the modern world.
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Children of Medea
In this book project, Maarten De Pourcq examines receptions of the ancient story of Medea in modern and contemporary culture in the broadest sense.
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An Anti-Eastern Ideology in Athenian World Heritage?
This project envisions to enrich the study of classical archaeology and ancient history, and more widely, the field of cultural heritage studies by offering new insights into the Acropolis as an important symbol of cultural heritage.
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Roman imperial portraits
This project aims to analyse if there are modes to automatically recognize the identity of a Roman imperial portrait and create a digital map which shows the development of Roman imperial portraits throughout approximately 600 years.
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Building a Research Agenda
This project is a collaboration with the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (AdK). Its goal is to promote a research agenda to a new generation of historians that have enrolled in the BA History and the 3-year MA History programme at the AdK.
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Indigenous Journeys
As transnational tourism continues to grow, craft cultures tend to provide a deep-rooted sense of place. This project brings together multiple stakeholders to form a holistic enquiry intersecting creative tourism practices with craft cultures.
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Actual Fictions
Actual Fictions analyses a series of 5 large scale corpora of Dutch language novels ranging from the 1900s up until the 2010s. The project focuses on the extent to which the Dutch novel has transformed in light of a range of emancipatory movements.
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For Future Generations
This research develops a framework to understand the role of digital platforms as shaping actors in our thinking about the environment.
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Platform Discourses
Platform Discourses develops a critical humanities perspective on the platform society, in which the online platforms owned by major tech companies like Google and Apple are integrated into all domains of life.