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 3 - Suzanne Lilar, ground floor, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent.

11 February 2026: Basic introduction to the Dutch language by Jacques Van Keymeulen (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
18 February 2026: 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)
25 February 2026: 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)
4 March 2026: Geography and landscapes of the Low Countries by Marc Antrop (Faculty of Sciences UGent)
11 March 2026: 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)
18 March 2026: The Media in Flanders by Maxine De Wulf Helskens (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences UGent)
25 March 2026: The Belgian federation: origins, functioning, prospects by Maxime Vandenberghe (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences UGent)
1 April 2026: Van Eyck - an Optical Revolution by Max Martens (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
22 April 2026: Dutch Literature and Rebellion in the 19th C. by Lars Bernaerts (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
29 April 2026: 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)
6 May 2026: Belgium's colonial past by Gillian Mathijs (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
13 May 2026: The Gates. Migration and Urbanisation: past tensions, present futures by Tina De Gendt (Freelance historian, alumna of UGent)