A panoramic landscape, from the Greek pan (everything) and horama (view), refers to a vantage point from which the entire research landscape of the Faculty of Arts can be seen in the full 360 degrees. It symbolizes the multidimensional nature of humanities research. On one hand, it highlights the interdisciplinary outlook of the conference; on the other, it emphasizes the importance of situating our research within broader societal and cultural contexts. After all, what connects us across disciplines is not methods or theories, but the society in which our research is embedded—and to which it ultimately speaks.
Following this panoramic lens, possible overarching pathways include:
- Time: How does the past connect to the present in your research? What continuities or ruptures do you observe? What can we earn from history to inform present or future scholarship?
- Space: How does your research relate to specific places, languages, or cultures? What insights emerge from comparing contexts—both local and global, as well as familiar and foreign?
- Approach: How do different methods (qualitative and quantitative, corpus-based and experimental) interact in your work? What new pathways open up through methodological dialogue?
- Perspective: “Does your research incorporate perspectives from different fields, making it interdisciplinary?”
- Innovation: To what extent does your work follow established traditions—and where might there be room for innovation, rethinking, or “thinking outside the box”? Which lesser-explored areas or voices deserve renewed attention?
Organising Committee
- Lara Baert (Linguistics)
- Caroline Vandyck (Literature)
- Cato Denissen (Linguistics)
- Alexander Van Herpe (Linguistics)