Projects
A relationship of reciprocity? The changing position of teaching and research wiithin the nineteenth-century history professorship. KU Leuven
Strategic Research Programme: Cultures of Mathematics: Logic, Philosophy and History of Mathematical Practices. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The royal museums of art and history: the history of its buildings ans its collections based on the museum's archives (RMACH). University of Antwerp
Promotion of a healthy lifestyle in women with a history of gestational diabetes KU Leuven
The prevalence of gestational diabetes (GDM) increases worldwide with rates between 9-35%, posing challenges to maintain high-quality care in the management of GDM. A valuable solution to cope with this increasing burden could be the organization of group education. In this research project, we will analyze the collected data of a prospective observational cohort study with the aim to evaluate women’s satisfaction about (group) education, ...
The Teaching of the History of One's Own Country - International Experiences in a Comparative Perspective KU Leuven
This project aims to investigate how teachers deal with the plurality of perspectives and experiences in the past when teaching the history of one’s own country in secondary school classrooms (12-18 years old). Via classroom observations, teacher and student interviews, and the analysis of pedagogical documents, it is examined what kinds of perspectives and experiences teachers bring in, which ones they prioritize, if they enhance ...
Writing the history of industrial enterprises in modern China. Analysing the role of local and foreign models. KU Leuven
This project will focus on the emergence of China’s modern industrial enterprises. It will do so by studying the role of China’s governmental and business actors as recipients of knowledge in a number of case-studies during China’s modernization (1912-1993). The research will study the introduction of external knowledge into domestic contexts and explore the interaction between local and foreign elements. The main research question will be: ...
Imperialism in British, South African and New Zealand history textbooks: representations of 19th century conflict during the decolonial period (1947-1997) KU Leuven
This research focuses on how empire figured in post Second World War history education. There is a lack of literature that explores the intra-imperial connections between the metropolitan education system and ex-dominion education systems, which played a crucial role in shaping white, non-white and indigenous perceptions of empire. This PhD will provide a comparative and entangled perspective on the ways in which representations of Britain’s ...
Re-Educating the Veterans and Reminding the Public: A Rehabilitative and Commemorative History of Nigerian Civil War KU Leuven
The research is tailored towards exploring and understanding the nature of re-integration and re-education strategy that was adopted to help disabled veterans of the Nigerian civil war - the troops of the federal military government. (Re-) education plays a vital role as one of the key components for rehabilitating disabled veterans. Veterans are generally in need of support to successfully complete their after-service transition. Disabled ...
Celebrating gender and neglecting history: The history of gender representation in Moroccan primary school textbooks for colonial period onwards (1912-2022) KU Leuven
This research focuses on the history of gender representation in Moroccan textbooks and manuals for primary school grades within a broad chronological period (from the colonial era 1912 to date).The present research main objective is to investigate how gender was represented in primary school textbooks at three points in time: the French and Spanish colonial period, the immediate postcolonial era, and the present day, in terms of the visual ...