Events

Professor Steven Vanden Broecke talks about Govaert Wendelen, one of the most overlooked figures in both national and international scientific history.

In September, Ghent University will host the interdisciplinary summer course ‘The Object(ive) of the Humanities: objectivity, politics and knowledge production’.

The Congo Panorama 1913. Colonial illusion exposed, a critical examination of colonial propaganda and the realities it concealed, is the upcoming exhibition at the AfricaMuseum.

On Friday 16 October 2026, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., the Belgian Association for Contemporary History is organising an afternoon seminar on positionality in historical research on the contemporary period.

In the new exhibition “BORDERS”, artists and scientists explore what borders are, what they mean, and how they are changing.

On Sunday 6 September, the Industriemuseum Ghent and ETWIE will host the lecture ‘Nervous Diseases in Historical Perspective’, as part of the exhibition 'Powder to the People'.

From 3 July to 16 August 2026, the Royal Palace will once again be open to the public. Visitors can explore the Science and Culture exhibition, themed 'Music, Sound & Imagination'.

The Academy is organizing a Joint Session of the Classes on the theme “Freedom, neutrality, university".

The international conference “What Can BodyCultures Do?" at the University of Mons invites participants to rethink the body.

As part of the Powder to the People exhibition, Professor Joris Vandendriessche offers an insight into the history of nervous disorders since the late nineteenth century.