Research projects
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A digital archive of the female gaze in the turn of the Century
This project aims to uncover the development of the female gaze in the advent of modern travel photography, while highlighting the experiences of María de las Nieves.
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Imperial Pasts in Contemporary Comics
This PhD-project investigates how contemporary comics co-construct or challenge the dominant cultural archives of colonialism in the Netherlands and Germany.
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The Language Leak - Subproject 1
In this subproject of 'The Language Leak' new insights will be provided by means of co-registered eye-tracking and EEG.
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Re/Presenting Europe
This project investigates the positive impact of sports on European societies, through a study of issues of belonging, in- and exclusion, identity formation, and national representation.
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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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Developing a digital COPD companion for Improving Lifestyle (DACIL)
DACIL aims at supporting people with COPD by developing a digital coach that keeps track of the COPD in the home environment and provides advices if the COPD worsens.
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Future Dikes
The Future Dikes project investigates how we can strengthen the Dutch dikes with a species-rich grass covering.
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Reading beyond borders
This 3-year research project proposes an in-depth and longitudinal investigation of second-language (L2) reading comprehension of primary school children in non-Western educational contexts.
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Input effects on the morphosyntactic development of Dutch as a heritage language in bilingual children
This project investigates the Dutch language development of Dutch-speaking children in France and Germany by exploring the role of the other language (French or German) and amount of exposure on the development of Dutch as a home language.
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How multilingual experience shapes the language system
Research shows that in the case of multilingual speakers not only words, but also the grammars of different languages influence each other. In this research this interaction between grammatical construction is investigated.
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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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What is the influence of cable temperature on the possible load of the electricity network?
What is the influence of temperature (think of heat pumps and airconditioning) on the possible load on the electricity network?
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Horse handling to develop personal skills
The core of university education consists of cognitive learning. But personal and professional skills are not learned this way. Carolin Ossenkop is researching how handling horses can assist in developing such skills.
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Drama classes for practicing empathic skills
Medical graduates are expected to possess the skills for dealing with patients’ complex mental health issues. However, the skills that are needed for this are insufficiently practiced. A theatre module might help with practicing these skills.
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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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HYBRIDS
HYBRIDS aims to provide researchers with the knowledge necessary to design strategies and tools to respond to disinformation on the basis of a deep analysis of public discourse.
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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).