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.

12 February 2025: Basic introduction to the Dutch language by Jacques Van Keymeulen (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
19 February 2025: 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)
26 February 2025: 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)
5 March 2025: Geography and landscapes of the Low Countries by Marc Antrop (Faculty of Sciences UGent)
12 March 2025: 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)
19 March 2025: The Media in Flanders by Maxine De Wulf Helskens (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences UGent)
26 March 2025: The Belgian federation: origins, functioning, prospects by Maxime Vandenberghe (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences UGent)
2 April 2025: Polyphonic Music in the Low Countries by Francis Maes (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
23 April 2025: Literature and Rebellion in Ghent since the Middle Ages by Lars Bernaerts and Kornee van der Haven (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
30 April 2025: 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)
7 May 2025: Belgium and its colonial past by Gillian Mathys (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
14 May 2025: The Gates. Migration and Urbanisation: past tensions, present futures by Tina De Gendt (Freelance historian, alumna of UGent)