MONDO search menu search content Guided city tour - Zurenborg area 27 February 2022 Zurenborg is like a village, situated around the Dageraadplaats. Zurenborg is also a residential area known for its Cogels-Osylei. Together they form a unique ensemble that has been planned and laid out with a lot ca…

B-MAGIC search menu search content The Religious and the Spiritual The Magic Lantern in the Hands of the Freemasons Postdoc: LENK Sabine (UA/ULB) Supervisor: VANHAESEBROUCK Karel (ULB) Different Belgian interest groups used the lantern to disseminate their convictions. Some operated publicly, trying…

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development search menu search content Lecture and debate George Monbiot. Feral: Rewilding the land, sea and human life Lecture and debate George Monbiot. Feral: Rewilding the land, sea and human life IMDO and the excellence centre Global Change Ecology invit…

Research centre Ruusbroec Institute search menu search content Masterpiece The oldest printed book from Flanders List of Masterpieces (Topstukkenlijst) In Spring 2012 the Flemish Government decided to adopt an item from the Ruusbroec Institute Library in its List of Masterpieces. This means that the…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Climate changes in Alpine flora Heat and drought can trigger persistent changes in Alpine flora UAntwerp researchers study impact of warming and drought in the Alps The summer of 2018 was exceptionally warm and dry in large parts of Europe. Again. Thi…

Center for European Philosophy search menu search content The Enchanted World of Medieval Europe (2018) The Enchanted World of Medieval Europe: Immune to Deconstruction? A study day organized by the Center for European Philosophy When? Friday 23 November 2018, 13:00-20:00 Where? University of Antwer…

Biophysics and Biomedical Physics search menu search content Optical coherence tomography (OCT) Optical coherence tomography (OCT) Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-contact, non-invasive interferometric technique which allows micrometer resolution imaging of tissues. OCT can be classified …

Biophysics and Biomedical Physics search menu search content Real-time optical coherence tomography (OCT) using a GPU Real-time optical coherence tomography (OCT) using a GPU Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-contact, non-invasive interferometric technique which allows micrometer resolutio…

Antwerp Centre for Digital Humanities and Literary Criticism search menu search content Forgotten Books Interdisciplinary Science publication by Mike Kestemont and colleagues How much medieval literature did we lose? Mike Kestemont and colleagues – including Remco Sleiderink and Elisabeth de Bruij…

Pieter De Graef unpaid staff Research Pieter De Graef Research team Centre for Urban History Buying more with less income? Household production and changing consumer preferences in the smallholding economy of inland Flanders during the 18th century in the light of the Industrious Revolution debate. …

Department of Mathematics search menu search content Sparse exponential analysis (Ferre Knaepkens) Exponential analysis is termed an inverse problem because it consists in extracting an exponential model’s linear and nonlinear parameters from a limited number of observations of the model’s behav…

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content Veerle Vanden Daelen The Reconstruction of the Antwerp Jewish Community after the Second World War (1944-1960) Veerle Vanden Daelen, De heropbouw van de Joodse gemeenschap in Antwerpen na de Tweede Wereldoorlog (1944-1960). Lomir vayter zingen z…

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content Kaddish for Ruth Klüger: Her Legacy and the End of the Auschwitz Century Wednesday 1 March 2023 Hof van Liere | Prentenkabinet | Prinsstraat 13 | 2000 Antwerp Free entrance. Registration by e-mail: ijs@uantwerpen.be. In order to mark thirty yea…

All Aboard search menu search content A Global Pen Friends Story Connected by ink, united in Antwerp Through initiatives like the Global Pen Friends project, students can bridge geographical and cultural divides, fostering empathy, mutual respect, and lasting friendships across borders. Together wit…

Arvi Sepp unpaid staff Research Arvi Sepp Research team Institute of Jewish Studies Expertise Arvi Sepp is a specialist in the culture-historical analysis of the connections between literature and ideology in religious and linguistic minorities as well as in artistic subcultures. His work focuses on…

Network on Migration and Global Mobility search menu search content Young people on the move lost a lot, but not their potential Author: Joelle Badran Joelle Badran has a background in humanitarian aid and emergency response and is interested in migration studies and children on the move. She is cur…

Lynn Roth TT. asst. research professor Research Lynn Roth Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Expertise The Laboratory of Physiopharmacology has a major track record in cardiovascular disease. Our research involves the morphological and hemodynamic changes that occur during vascular ageing a…

Literary and Theatrical Studies search menu search content Sacrificial Narratives The Literary and Theatrical Section’s Cross-sectional Panel Academia Europaea 29th Annual Conference 2017 Chair: Vladimir Biti Sacrificial narratives are one of the most persistent and cross-cultural forms in which t…

Power in History search menu search content Recent PhD defenses Alexia Coussement, Universiteit van 't Stad: Een ontstaansgeschiedenis van de Universiteit Antwerpen, 1954-2003, 4 December 2023 Promovenda: Alexia Cousement Datum doctoraatsverdediging: 4 december 2023 Promotor: Henk de Smaele Abstract…

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 …

Wim Martinet full professor Research Wim Martinet Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Expertise Research in the Laboratory of Physiopharmacology is focusing on the morphological and haemodynamic changes that occur during the development and rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. Various experim…

Guido De Meyer full professor Research Guido De Meyer Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Expertise Our research involves the morphological and haemodynamic changes that occur during the development and rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. Various experimental models have been established in …

Ilja Van Damme professor Research Ilja Van Damme Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Antwerp Time Machine - Spatial History - Urban History - History of urban life, culture, and creativity - History of consumption - History of retailing and shopping Cherchez la femme: Women and the Boom…

Back to the Future search menu search content Early Modern Motherhood By Sanne Hermans 21/08/2024 Most people worldwide celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. However, exceptions exist, such as in Antwerp, where mothers are honoured on August 15 during the Catholic feast of Assumption D…

Tim Soens full professor Research Tim Soens Research team Centre for Urban History Power in History - Centre for Political History Expertise Tim Soens is an expert in Landscape and Environmental history, with specific emphasis on - climate history (Little Ice Age to Anthropocene) - coastal and river…