Mieke Bleyen

(supervisor: Prof. Jan Baetens, co-supervisor: Prof. Hilde Van Gelder)

• “Minor” photography: the case of Belgian photography during and as of World War II (with a special emphasis on Cobra “paroptics” and “entoptics” on the one hand and on new visions of time, story, and narrative on the other hand)
• Funding: an O.T. at the K.U. Leuven
• Thesis to be defended fall 2011 (K.U.Leuven)

Laurens Dhaenens

(supervisor: Prof. Hilde Van Gelder; co-supervisor: Javier Gimeno Martinez)

• Latin America - Europe: Redefining borders in Modern Art. A study of the European experience of River Plate artists between 1900 and 1930
• Duration: 2009 - 2013

Tania Gamez de Leon

(supervisor: Prof. Jan Baetens)

• The building of an image: Mexico portrayed in photographs at the turn of the twentieth century
• Funding: CONACYT (Mexico)
• Thesis to be defended fall 2011 (K.U.Leuven)

Bart Geerts

(supervisor: Prof. Hilde Van Gelder)

• Painting out of Place: a practice-based research on the relevance and possibilities of contemporary painting
• Funding: Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg
• Duration: 2005-2011

Wendy Morris

(supervisor: Prof. Hilde Van Gelder)

• Towards a theorization of the political in post-TRC South African art, from the point of view of the engagement of the artist.
• Funding: doctoraatsbeurs FAK
• Duration: 2005 - 2012

Esther Rosser

(supervisor: Prof. Hilde Van Gelder, co-supervisor: dr. Javier Gimeno Martínez)

• Fashion photography as contemporary art? : A critical analysis of parallel and distinct aspects of form and theory.
• Duration: 2008 - 2013

Inge Van Reeth

(supervisor: Prof. Hilde Van Gelder)

• Subject: Archetypes from Fairytales in contemporary Art
• Duration: 2009-2013