Results
Intermediality in Contexts of (Post-)Migration
With global mobilities increasing and diversifying, migration and postmigration have become central themes in the artistic production, giving expression to the changing realities of contemporary life worlds around the globe and, more particularly, in Europe.
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Writing Totalitarian Experience: Reflections on National Socialist Language and World View in the Literary Writings of the Rote Kapelle
Literature has always posed a problem to totalitarian regimes. The inherent polysemic character of literature is difficult to align with the manichaeic world view of National Socialism or Stalinism.
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The Representation of Transcultural Space in Contemporary German-Speaking Minority Literature in Europe
The research project proposes to deal with the relationship between space and identity in German-language minority literature from multilingual areas such as South Tyrol, East Belgium, Northern Schleswig, Alsace, Silesia etc. written after 1989.
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History of Migration, Labour Relations and Social Policy, c. 1500-1914
Anne Winter (MA VUB 2001, MSc LSE 2002, PhD VUB 2007) is Professor of History and Director of the research team Historical Research into Urban Transformation Processes (HOST) at the VUB.
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Transnational Migration Streams in Later Medieval Europe: The Role of the Low Countries
The later Middle Ages has long been considered as largely irrelevant for the study of transnational migration streams.
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Social inequality and social justice in the early modern world
Wouter Ryckbosch' research is concerned with inequality in the early modern period (1500-1800), and focuses in particular on the interaction between economic, social and cultural dimensions of hierarchy and inequality.
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Military architecture and siege warfare in early modern Europe
Pieter Martens’ research is concerned with military architecture, engineering, urbanism, siege warfare and urban iconography in early modern Europe (1450-1700). His research has focused mainly on the Low Countries, within a European perspective.
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Intermedial networks of photography
Photography is a ubiquitous practice that steadily entrenches itself in different spheres of the everyday, becoming part of complex networks of agents and uses.
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The practical language of international law from Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) to Paris (1763): sovereignty and territory within and outside the Public Law of Europe
International legal history is a blossoming field since the initiation of the “turn to history” in international law. Whereas the study of international law’s past used to be restricted to published treaties and works of doctrine, the ambitions are more boldly stated nowadays.
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Urban Criminology
Researchers interested in the area of urban criminology, and more specifically, in the domains of protests, public order, policing of urban conflicts, securitization of public spaces, fear of crime, and surveillance are welcome to contact us for potential projects.
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