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COCO welcomes project proposals in the following broad, interdisciplinary themes:

- Operationalizing and measuring compassion.

- Studying transitions towards and the sustainability of Compassionate Communities.

As a result of the corona situation, several initiatives have been set up worldwide at different levels (e.g.

The construction of identity (both individual and collective) as well as historical narratives are one of the main leitmotifs of Hispanic literature.

The archaeological site of Hala Sultan Tekke has been excavated for more than 40 years by the Swedish archaeological expeditions, in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel since 2001.

Referring to entities is a fundamental issue in communication. To refer to persons and things in the world, speakers can opt for different kinds of referential expressions (e.g. proper names, noun phrases, apposition, overt and null pronouns, etc.).

The primary focus of interlanguage pragmatics is on speech acts, politeness, conversational routines and intercultural communication.

Discourse markers belong to a category of linguistic devices which seem to play an important role in expressing and interpreting discourse in an adequate way. Despite their key-role in discourse, they are not easy to define.

As historical sociolinguistics is currently one of the strategic research priorities of VUB (‘SRP growth funding’), we welcome experienced researchers to work on any aspect of historical sociolinguistics, including (but not limited to) language history from below, standardization, language variat

Elisabeth Bekers’ research focuses on literature from the African continent and its diaspora, with a particular interest in image and knowledge production, canon formation and intersectionality.

The Centre for Literary and Intermedial Studies welcomes experienced researchers who want to work on the intersection between literature, media and sound. Topics include but are not limited to the representation of sound in literature (e.g.