Programme

Lectures

Lectures take place on Wednesdays from 17:30 till 20:15.

All lectures are held in the building of the Faculty of Arts, Auditorium  3 - Suzanne Lilar, ground floor, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent.

  • 14 February 2024: Basic introduction to the Dutch language by Jacques Van Keymeulen (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
  • 21 February 2024: 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)
  • 28 February 2024: Geography and landscapes of the Low Countries by Marc Antrop (Faculty of Sciences UGent)
  • 6 March 2024: 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)
  • 13 March 2024: Literature and Rebellion in Ghent since the Middle Ages by Lars Bernaerts and Kornee van der Haven (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
  • 20 March 2024: The Media in Flanders by Maxine De Wulf Helskens (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences UGent)
  • 27 March 2024: The Belgian federation: origins, functioning, prospects by Maxime Vandenberghe (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences UGent)
  • 17 April 2024: Polyphonic Music in the Low Countries by Francis Maes (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy UGent)
  • 24 April 2024: 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)
  • 30 April 2024: 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)
  • 8 May 2024: Anthropology and Race in Belgium and the Congo (1839-1922) by Maarten Couttenier (Africa Museum)
  • 15 May 2024: Speaking about race in Dutch (and beyond) by Sibo Kanobana (Open University, NL and Faculty of Political and Social Sciences UGent)