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Medieval History, Leuven KU Leuven

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The research group for the History of the Middle Ages explores the western Middle Ages from a viewpoint of continuity between the Middle Ages and Late Antiquity, on the one hand, and the Early Modern period, on the other. Our research focuses on church, city and society and on their interaction. The geographical scope of the research unit covers the Southern Low Countries in a comparative European context. We attach great importance to ...

De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy KU Leuven

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The De Wulf-Mansion Centre is a research centre for ancient, medieval and renaissance philosophy. Current projects : History of Platonism: study of Plato, the Early Academy, Academic scepticism, Posthellenistic Platonism; Neoplatonism: study of Neoplatonic metaphysics, ontology, philosophy of nature, philosophy of science, philosophical methodology; critical edition of Neoplatonic commentaries on Plato (Proclus In Timaeum, Proclus In ...

Power in History - Centre for Political History University of Antwerp

The research unit uses a broad interpretation of the concept of 'politics', implying all attempts at consciously ordering society, and the conflicts they can arouse. The field of the research unit encompasses, therefore, the study of political institutions and international relations, as well as that of political theories, ideologies and cultures. Most of all, it tries to stimulate interdisciplinary research in which historians, political ...

Department of History Ghent University

The Department of History prides itself on a broad expertise in the academic field of history, both in terms of historical periods (from ancient to contemporary) and with regard to theories, schools and methodologies (e.g. ecological history, social history, oral history). The department is organized into seven research units, by historical period (four) and theme (three): Ancient History Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies ...

Art History, Leuven KU Leuven

The Art History Department comprises three research groups: Medieval Art (Jan Van der Stock, Barbara Baert & Lieve Watteeuw); Early Modern Art (Katlijne Van der Stighelen, Leo De Ren & Koenraad Brosens) and Art of the 20th-Century and Contemporary Art (Hilde Van Gelder). All members of the Department develop empirical and/or theoretical approaches to Flemish and Belgian art in an international perspective

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Research Unit of History of Church and Theology KU Leuven

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At the crossroads of theology and history and rooted in a tradition of cutting edge source-based scholarship, Leuven research in the history of church and theology is characterized by an interest in both institutional and theological-spiritual aspects. The holding together of these dimensions gives the research unit its unique interdisciplinary profile. In research and teaching, the four traditional periods in the history of Church and ...

History Research Unit, Leuven KU Leuven

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The History Research Unit, Leuven, consists of the following five reseach groups:

  • Ancient History, Leuven
  • Medieval History, Leuven
  • Early Modern History (15th-18th Centuries), Leuven
  • Cultural History since 1750, Leuven
  • Modernity & Society 1800-2000, Leuven