Lisa Demets postdoc researcher FWO Research Lisa Demets Research team Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) Expertise Dr. Lisa Demets specializes in the political and cultural history of the late Middle Ages (c. 1200–1500). Her research focuses on gender history and urb…

Ina Weber unpaid staff Research Ina Weber Research team Media, ICT and interpersonal relations in Organisations and Society (MIOS) Countering online hate speech through technological interventions. 01/03/2024 - 28/02/2025 Abstract The spread of hate speech in digital spaces such as social media plat…

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content 10th Contact Day 10th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries University of Antwerp Tuesday 16 May 2017 09h15 - 17h30 Location: City campus University of Antwerp, building D, room D.013, Grote Kauwenberg 18, 2000 Antwerp The Institute of…

Arts & Media Archaeology search menu search content Women in Nineteenth-Century Popular Science Performances and Displays This subproject of Science at the Fair examines a neglected aspect of the social, cultural and artistic role of women in fairground communities and their impact on the circulatio…

Nele Wynants associate research professor Nele Wynants Research team Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (ARIA) Expertise As an art and cultural historian, I focus on the interactions between theatre, science and media, and their overlapping histories in the period 1800-1914. How was science vul…

Honorary degrees search menu search content Honorary degrees 2012 In 2012, the University of Antwerp conferred its honorary doctorates on 29 March. Five honorary doctorates were awarded: four for scientific merit and one for general merit. Scientific merit Prof Luc Devroye Belgian mathematician Luc …

Instituut Joodse Studies zoeken menu zoek inhoud 10de contactdag 10de Contactdag Joodse Studies van de Lage Landen Universiteit Antwerpen Dinsdag 16 mei 2017 09.15 uur - 17.30 uur Locatie: Stadscampus Universiteit Antwerpen, gebouw D, lokaal D.013, Grote Kauwenberg 18, 2000 Antwerpen Het Instituut v…

Elina Vrijsen unpaid staff About Elina Vrijsen Meat, Media, and Masculinities Meat, media, and masculinity: A qualitative study of how cultural associations between meat and masculinity are reflected in men's identities, media, and interpretations This research examines the culturally entrenched ass…

Katrien Schaubroeck professor Research Katrien Schaubroeck Research team Center for Ethics Expertise Within the fields of moral psychology and meta-ethics I focus on the nature and importance of moral emotions (shame, regret, anger...) and on the connection between love and morality. Within feminist…

Remco Sleiderink full professor Research Remco Sleiderink Research team Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) Expertise Remco Sleiderink (°1968) is full professor of Medieval Dutch literature at the University of Antwerp. In his research, he often focuses on the composit…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Space is the place. Workshop (22/11/2019) Mapping Visual Media & the Geospatial Turn DATE: 22 November 2019, 09:00 - 21:30 VENUE: University of Antwerp, Stadscampus, building SR (SR.008), Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerpen B-magic and the Centre for Urban History (Unive…

5th Edition Vesalius Continuum search menu search content Poster presentations DAY 2 - 8 May 2026 Grauwzusters Convention Center, Lange Sint-Annastraat 7, Antwerp Dana Baran (Romania) From Human Anatomy to Human Identity in Brancusi’s Work The Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957) st…

5th Edition Vesalius Continuum search menu search content Oral presentations DAY 1 - Thu 7 May 2026 Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Mutsaardstraat 31, Antwerp Roberta Ballestriero (Italy) From Flesh to Form – From Studio to Specimen: Artistic Anatomy and Scientific Illustration at the Academy …

Centre for Ethics search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Self-Deception: A Kantian Perspective and Solution 01/10/2026 - 30/09/2029 Abstract As is well known, self-deception raises two main, seemingly unresolvable paradoxes. The first is as follows: if self-deception is intentional, it…

Heidi Vandebosch full professor Research Heidi Vandebosch Research team Media, ICT and interpersonal relations in Organisations and Society (MIOS) Expertise Research on cyberbullying (amongst young people): prevalence, profiles of bullies and victims, impact, and the role of policymakers, police, (s…

Instituut Joodse Studies zoeken menu zoek inhoud 2009-2010 Walter Benjamins Treue - True to Walter Benjamin? 14-17 September 2009 IWBA and IWBG Joint Conference University of Antwerp Applying the notion of "fidelity" – "Treue" – to Walter Benjamin’s intellectual legacy highlights central issue…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Our projects Ongoing projects Sabbatical Leave Karolien Poels. 15/09/2026 - 14/09/2027 Abstract During my sabbatical leave (October 2026 until September 2027) I aim to concentrate on two complementary research lines that jointly consolidate my long-term…