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: Geography and landscapes of the Low Countries by Marc Antrop (Faculty of Sciences UGent)
5 March 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)
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: Immigration to Ghent by Tina De Gendt (Freelance historian, alumna of UGent)