Culture Commons Quest Office search menu search content Durable Discussions essays from the Disarming Design Department This volume comprises seventeen essays written by designers and artists from the Disarming Design Department of Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam. Engaged in social, material, and po…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Vacancy in Flanders Vacancy is a growing problem in the context of demographic pressure. Although it is sometimes caused by the normal functioning of the real estate market, speculation, economic trends, policy decisions, also various c…

Culture Commons Quest Office search menu search content Commonism A New Aesthetics of the Real After half a century of neoliberalism, a new radical, practice-based ideology is making its way from the margins: commonism, with an o in the middle. It is based on the values of sharing, common (intellect…

Urban Studies Institute search menu search content Author meets critics Squatters in the Capitalist City AMC144 | WEDNESDAY 14 JULY, 18:15-19:45 CEST Miguel A. Martínez - Professor of Housing and Urban Sociology IBF (Institute for Housing and Urban Research), Uppsala University | P O Box 514, S…

Cultures of Dance search menu search content Abstracts MORNING Keynote Lecture | Doing Dance Research | Scott deLahunta I am currently working on the issue of ethical practices in technology development. For this presentation, I will provide the basis for why I think dance research has a place here.…

International Design Workshop Week search menu search content Workshops #1 What the Body Does Remember / How to become? by Hélène Aarts and Sarah Westphal Harry Potter, Superman, Wonder Woman & co; What they all have in common is their special abilities to overcome struggles and grow though given …

International Design Workshop Week search menu search content Biographies Venkatkrishnan Ashok Venkatkrishnan Ashok is a trained Architect with an experience spanning over 15 years. He is passionate about the connections between abstract art and Architecture and all that falls in between. Venkat and…

International Design Workshop Week search menu search content Biographies Venkatkrishnan Ashok Venkatkrishnan Ashok is a trained Architect with an experience spanning 15 years. He is passionate about the connections between abstract art and Architecture and all that falls in between. Venkatkrishnan …

Centre for Urban History search menu search content Betting on the Next Pope ... in Antwerp in 1559 7/5/2025 By Jeroen Puttevils Tekst in het Nederlands volgt onderaan. On 22 April 2025, just a day after Pope Francis I’s death, the sports betting agency Ladbrokes offered to bet on who would become…

Kathleen Gyssels professor Research Kathleen Gyssels Research team Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) Antwerp Centre for Digital humanities and literary Criticism (ACDC) Institute of Jewish Studies Expertise Postcolonial literatures, African, African-American, and Cari…

Back to the Future search menu search content Blog Betting on the Next Pope ... in Antwerp in 1559 7/5/2025 By Jeroen Puttevils On 22 April 2025, just a day after Pope Francis I’s death, the sports betting agency Ladbrokes offered to bet on who would become the next Holy Father and what papal name…

Diana Arbaiza associate professor Research Diana Arbaiza Research team Antwerp Centre for Digital humanities and literary Criticism (ACDC) Expertise I specialize in modern Spanish literary and cultural studies (from the eighteenth century to contemporary cultural production). I particularly focus on…

International Design Workshop Week search menu search content Biographies #1 Johanna Roth Johanna Roth is an architect investigating how space shapes culture, identity, and everyday life. She studied at ETH Zurich, UdK Berlin, and ETSAM Madrid, and worked as Project Leader for five years with Peter …

International Design Workshop Week search menu search content Workshops #1 A tribune by Traumnovelle Rather than defining community through the prism of identity and belonging, we propose to foster the creation of a new community based on shared ideals. Participants will be invited to design and con…

Ruurd van Diggelen emeritus occasional assignment Research Ruurd van Diggelen Research team Geobiology Eco-hydrological analysis and field experiments (ANTHROPOFENS). 08/04/2021 - 07/04/2026 Abstract Before restoration attempts of degraded wetlands are carried out, it is essential to first analyze t…

Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts search menu search content PhD defences Attend a phd defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research ÎNTERZONE (architecture of the ritual space) - Bart Van Dijck (7/11/2025) Bart Van Dijck 7 November 2025, room K 2.1, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, A…

Antwerp Centre for Digital Humanities and Literary Criticism search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Modernist Authors' Reading: Genesis in Authors' Libraries (MARGINAL). 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2030 Abstract MARGINAL examines authors' creativity through the traces of their own reading. The …