Science at the Fair search menu search content Archival sources Archival sources While a portion of our primary materials comes from major national and municipal repositories—such as the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), and Delpher—many of the so…

Erwin Steegen guest lecturer Education Erwin Steegen 2025-2026 2024-2025 2025-2026 Management and Legislation in the Archival Sector Management and Legislation in the Archival Sector Course code: 2080FOWERF Master of Heritage Studies close overlay 2024-2025 Management and legislation in the archival…

Vincent Cattersel docent - senior onderzoeker HOME-AGE Project Vincent Cattersel Belspo FED-tWIN HOME-AGE project The collection of the KMKG-MRAH holds a vast number of objects from across the globe, dating from prehistory to the 20th century. Nevertheless, from its early conceptualization in 1885, …

Gerrit Verhoeven associate professor Education Gerrit Verhoeven 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Master Dissertation Master Dissertation Course code: 2005FOWCOR Master of Conservation-Restoration Master Dissertation Including Traineeship Master Dissertation Including Traineeship Course code: …

Henry van de Velde search menu search content The royal museums of art and history The history of its buildings ans its collections based on the museum's archives Project Leaving aside a handful of recent scientific articles, the only general publication on the history of the Royal Museums of Art an…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Habibe Tuba Bölük 2021 - present The Formation of Civil Engineering in the Ottoman Empire Promotors: Mario Rinke, Mascarenhas Mateus (University of Lisbon) This research project investigates the formation of civil engineering in the Ottoman Empire by f…

Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences search menu search content The Royal Museums of Art and History The history of its buildings and its collections based on the museum's archives (1835-2025) The Royal Museums of Art and History Leaving aside a handful of recent scientific articles, the only general …

Stefanie De Winter postdoc researcher FWO Research Stefanie De Winter Research team Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) The Loss of Original Experience due to Ageing in Color Field Painting: Towards an Interdisciplinary Reconstruction of Art Method (IRECONA). 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2025 Abstract…

Michèle Corthals teaching assistant Research Michèle Corthals Research team Power in History - Centre for Political History The Gender of Resistance: Discourses and practices of female resistance in Belgium during the Second World War. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract This research project aims to…

Ontwerpwetenschappen CODENAME SICILYWAR From dusty records to a research project on Sicilian antiquities at risk (1940 - 1945) CODENAME SICILYWAR From dusty records to a research project on Sicilian antiquities at risk (1940 - 1945) Prof. dr. Antonino Crisà (Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Sau…

Margot Luyckfasseel Research Margot Luyckfasseel Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Margot Luyckfasseel specializes in Congolese history from below (late 19th century to the present), with a thematic focus on urban-rural relations, language ideologies, and debates on “authenticity”…

Inge Bertels full professor - dean Research Inge Bertels Research team Henry van de Velde Expertise Architectural history, construction history and urban history. Heritage studies. Re-Use of historical buildings Under the radar: self-organized renovation practices among distressed homeowners in Flan…

Heritage Practice Communities in a Digitized World search menu search content Isto Huvila Department of ALM, Uppsala Univerisity About Isto Huvila’s primary areas of research are information and knowledge management, social and participatory information practices, information work, knowledge organ…

Gerrit Verhoeven associate professor Research Gerrit Verhoeven Research team Centre for Urban History Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Henry van de Velde Expertise Gerrit Verhoeven is a FED-tWIN assistant professor in cultural heritage and history. At the UAntwerpen, he teaches courses on…

Cultures of Dance search menu search content Round Table “Bronnengids Podium: De kunst van het vinden” / "Source Guide Performing Arts: The Art of Finding" This round table was organized by CEMPER (Centre for Music and Performing Arts Heritage, Flanders) on the occasion of the official launch of…

Heritage Practice Communities in a Digitized World search menu search content Department of ALM (Participation, Digitalisation and Heritage) Uppsala University About the group's interests/expertise The research programme at the Department of ALM brings together perspectives from archival studies, in…

Bart Decroos assistant professor Research Bart Decroos Research team Henry van de Velde Expertise Literature review, archival research, oral histories, interview-based surveys. Lost in Representation: Investigating the Material Agency of Media in the Architectural Design Process. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/…

Research Centre for Visual Poetics search menu search content Expertise De Laet Timmy - Research on the relationship between dance history and contemporary dance, with a specific focus on practices of re-enactment - The reiterative nature of live performance in relation to (embodied) documentation, …

Johan Poukens senior researcher Research Johan Poukens Research team Accountancy and Finance Expertise - Data management, data modeling, data collection - Economic and financial history (18th-20th century) BelHisFirm: long-term firm-level data for the social sciences. 01/05/2024 - 30/04/2028 Abstrac…

Arnoud Jensen teacher/tutor - academic interim staff predoc Website of Arnoud Jensen Peasants into Stewards As of 8 October 2021, I have been granted a PhD Fellowship for fundamental research by the FWO for my project 'Peasants into Stewards'. This research project will investigate whether short-ter…

Margot Luyckfasseel About Margot Luyckfasseel Margot Luyckfasseel Contact Stadscampus Show email address Sint-Jacobsmarkt 13 2000 Antwerpen, BEL Margot Luyckfasseel joined the University of Antwerp as a Junior Research Professor in Modern African History in October 2024. She specializes in Congolese…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Jimmy Nzally Bio Jimmy Henry Nzally is an interdisciplinary researcher with expertise in African History, Political Science, Migration Studies, and Postcolonial Studies. His research methodologies include historiography, archival research, oral history, …

Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts search menu search content Towards Documentary Choreography - Encounter #2 Attending to bodies 28-30 April 2025 - Beursschouwburg, Les Grands Carmes & KVS BOL Brussels Initiated by Arkadi Zaides Kamal Aljafari, A Fidai Film (2024), film still “Towards Docume…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Glass synthesis according to historical recipes In order to validate the historical glassmaking recipes found in archival sources, we present an innovative experimental method of glass synthesis using the correct raw materi…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Schreurs Astrid Bio Astrid Schreurs is a PhD student holding a FRESH grant from the Fund for Scientific Research – FNRS. Her research project, supervised by Profs. Philippe Sosnowska(ULiège), Inge Bertels(UAntwerpen) and Claudine Houbart (ULiège), fo…