Organisations
Department of History Ghent University
Department of International public law Ghent University
Department of Legal theory and legal history Ghent University
Department of Literary Studies Ghent University
Department of Philosophy of Law Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Topic A: Convergence of humanitarian law and human rights law The interplay of human rights in peacetime and wartime. Comparison of human rights instruments with international humanitarian law. Topic B: The foundations of modern public law The philosophy of law of Carl Schmidt The French revolution and foundations of modern law The philosophical foundations of the federal constitution
Dutch Literature, Leuven KU Leuven
Dutch Literature Research, Leuven
Geert Claassens’ research focusses on Middle Dutch chivalric epics and romances, the oeuvre of Petrus Naghel (the so called ‘Bible Translator of 1360’), the problem of fictionality in medieval literature and the possibilities of a modern narratological approach of medieval texts. Currently he is also engaged in several edition projects (amongst others Roman van Walewein, Beatrijs, ...
Early Modern History (15th-18th Centuries), Leuven KU Leuven
Research in the early modern history section focuses on the Low Countries between 1500 and 1800 in the wider context of Europe (the Habsburg empires) and the world (the Iberian global empires). Methodologically, comlex analytic models are privileged for the study of governmental and organisational structures (Leuven University, the Inquisition, Church-State relations, diplomatic culture), cultural exchange (images and imaginations of overseas ...