Projects
Historical thinking about migration history in secondary education: examination of its disciplinary and civic potential and of Flemish teachers’ opinions KU Leuven
“When times collide”: A meta-historical analysis of history and memory in post-war Guatemala. Ghent University
Between 1960 and 1996, Guatemala was shattered by an internal armed conflict that resulted in the death of 200,000 people, including genocide against the indigenous Mayan population. By conducting ethnographic field research I investigate different ways of dealing with the conflict and analyze their political implications. I aim at testing time concepts empirically by introducing them in transitional justice.
Environmental history of the summits of the southern Vosges (13th - 18th century). University of Antwerp
Biography, history and philosophy in the 3rd century BCE Peripatos: the case of Hieronymos of Rhodes KU Leuven
Unraveling the origins, technical history and sciences behind the colouring of textiles, Conste des ververs, 1619-1623. University of Antwerp
SRP-Groeifinanciering: Historical sociolinguistics: towards a new history of Dutch in Flanders Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Reparations for African Americans? A metahistorical investigation into the ways in chisch Americans relate to the history of slavery Ghent University
My research will examine the ways history has been used in recent debates that have taken place in the United States about the idea of paying reparations to African Americans for the historical injustice of slavery. This examination will involve a discussion of the way modern societies perceive the past, and the relationship between the past and the present day.
Activating the fonds d'atelier. History, materiality and significance of nineteenth-century plaster models in Belgian collections. University of Antwerp
Historical-critical Study of the New Testament and its Reception History in the Early Church KU Leuven
My research covers two fields that both have to do with the study of the New Testament. The first is the historical-critical study of the New Testament. In this respect, three aspects should be mentioned: study of the Synoptic Problem (i.e., the relationship between the three synoptic gospels), specifically, the defence of the Two-Document Hypothesis and the reconstruction of Q, the source of Matthew and Luke for the double tradition ...