Programme

Lectures

Lectures take place on Wednesdays from 17:30 till 19.30.

All lectures are held in the building of the Faculty of Arts, Auditorium 1 - Jan Broeckx, ground floor, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent.

10 February 2027: Basic introduction to the Dutch language by Jacques Van Keymeulen (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
17 February 2027: Voices and sources in the Belgian news media by Ellen Thorisaen (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, UGent)
24 February 2027: Rubens or Rembrandt? Art, Politics and the Roots of Belgium and the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th centuries by Jonas Roelens (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
3 March 2027: Jan Van Eyck and the Ghent Altarpiece: an Optical Revolution by Max Martens (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
10 March 2027: The Belgian federation: origins, functioning, prospects by Maxime Vandenberghe (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences UGent)
17 March 2027: The Urban Roots of Medieval Europe: the contribution of the cities of Flanders by Marc Boone (former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
24 March 2027: Climate change adaptions in the Benelux by Amaury Frankl (Faculty of Sciences UGent)
14 April 2027: The position of Flanders in the Belgian Economy by Marc De Clercq (former dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration UGent and former vice-rector of Ghent University)
21 April 2027: Ending life and procreating in Flanders and in the Netherlands by Freddy Mortier (former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent and former vice-rector of Ghent University)
28 April 2027: Belgium's colonial past by Gillian Mathijs (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
5 May 2027: Great Books in Dutch Literature by Lars Bernaerts (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
12 May 2027: The Gates. Migration and Urbanisation: past tensions, present futures by Tina De Gendt (Freelance historian, alumna of UGent)