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- Approach a specific professor
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Events
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Dec 18
Lecture 'Meet the Expert - OneBenthic: New insights using big marine data'
Meeting room 0.1, Sterre Campus S8, Krijgslaan 297, 9000 Ghent
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Dec 18
Lecture 'The End of the Age of Irony'
Room 2.24, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent
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Jan 20
Lecture 'Networks, Influence and the Politics of Scenographic Discourses: Using Digital Tools to Map Artistic Signatures'
Library lab Loveling, Faculty Library of Arts and Philosophy, Rozier 44, 9000 Ghent
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Jan 21
Workshop 'Meet the Expert - Methodological Issues in Translation Studies Theses'
Campus Mercator, room BK.03, Groot-Brittanniëlaan 45, 9000 Ghent