Research centre Ruusbroec Institute search menu search content Printed religious books from before 1800 In much of the research at the Ruusbroec Institute religious texts, both handwritten and printed, have provided the focal point. This has lead to numerous publications. It has also lead to the cre…

Diversity and inclusion search menu search content Accommodations for religious holidays What if you have to give a presentation on Eid al-Adha? Or maybe you have a mandatory practice sessions on Yom Kippur? Do you celebrate Orthodox Christmas and do you have an exam scheduled that day? The religiou…

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…

Books and Culture | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content The Religious Image Manuscripts, Prints and Books - Production, Use and Interpretation Religious Imagery in Manuscripts, Prints and Books in The Low Countries Programme Highlights Gain an in-depth understanding …

Books and Culture | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Books and Culture: The Religious Image Manuscripts, Prints and Books - Production, Use and Interpretation Summer School | 2025 Info is from 2025. Updates on future summer schools will be shared in February 2026.…

Books and Culture | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Books and Culture: The Religious Image Manuscripts, Prints and Books - Production, Use and Interpretation Summer School | 2025 Info is from 2025. Updates on future summer schools will be shared in February 2026.…

Books and Culture | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content The Plantin Press and the Religious Book Location: University of Antwerp Date: 27 June - 1 July 2022 Partners: Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum Antwerp, Consortium of European …

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Luc Braeckmans emeritus occasional assignment - emeritus with assignment Research Luc Braeckmans Research team Expertise The members of the centre are available for lectures, seminars and advice on the topics of their current research. Rationality and religious trust 01/07/1997 - 30/06/1999 Abstract…

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Bachelor of Social-Economic Sciences Learning outcomes of the Bachelor of Social-Economic Sciences Learning outcomes of the Bachelor of Social-Economic Sciences 1. The Bachelor will be able to describe and allude to the most important basic concepts, theories, paradigms and research topics within th…

Get to know UAntwerp search menu search content Advanced Master of Governance and Development Ossei | Ghana 'The student needs are taken into account' I pursued a B.A. in English and Sociology and a Master’s degree in International Relations. I chose the University of Antwerp because of its confli…

Leni Franken onderwijsbegeleider Publicaties Leni Franken Les enseignements relatifs aux religions en Belgique (parties francophone et néerlandophone) : le poids de la « pilarisation ». Bron Éducation comparée - ISSN 0339-5456-29 (2025) p. 107-129 Auteur(s) Laure Tisseyre, Leni Franken, José-L…

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Research centre Ruusbroec Institute search menu search content Miracles The tradition of collecting cultic miracle stories stretches from Augustine’s miracles of Saint Stephen to those of Our Lady of Czestochowa today. During the late medieval and early modern period, parish churches and guilds in…

Research centre Ruusbroec Institute search menu search content Stigmatics Research on stigmatics of the nineteenth and early twentieth century can provide new insights on lived religion, celebrity culture and the cult of living saints, political Catholicisms, and the tensions and collaborations betw…

Patricia Stoop teaching assistant Education Patricia Stoop 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Middle Dutch Middle Dutch Course code: 1036FLWGES Bachelor of History The Dutch-language literature from the beginning until 1789 The Dutch-language literature from the beginning until 1789 Course code…

Research centre Ruusbroec Institute search menu search content Current research Which questions do we try to answer? The Ruusbroec Institute is active in a unique domain of research. Nowhere else has the history of spirituality in the Low Countries been studied on a long-term, structural basis in su…

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Lieke Smits onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Lieke Smits Religious imagination in the late medieval Low Countries: theories and practices Bron Ons geestelijk erf : driemaandelijks tijdschrift voor de geschiedenis van de vroomheid in de Nederlanden - ISSN 0774-2827-94:1-3 (2024) p. 5-18 Auteur(s) L…

Veerle Fraeters gewoon hoogleraar Publicaties Veerle Fraeters Religious imagination in the late medieval Low Countries: theories and practices Bron Ons geestelijk erf : driemaandelijks tijdschrift voor de geschiedenis van de vroomheid in de Nederlanden - ISSN 0774-2827-94:1-3 (2024) p. 5-18 Auteur(s…

Bhumi Vanderheyden principal tutor Research Bhumi Vanderheyden Research team Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) From bishop to witch: the religious and mental world of ordinary people in the diocese of Antwerp, 16th-17th century. 01/10/2009 - 30/09/2011 Abstract This is a fundamental resear…

Tine Van Osselaer associate professor Research Tine Van Osselaer Research team Research centre Ruusbroec Institute Expertise Tine iVan Osselaer s associate professor in the history of spirituality, devotion and mysticism at the Ruusbroec Institute of the University of Antwerp. In the last years, she…

Walter Van Herck professor Research Walter Van Herck Research team Center for European Philosophy Expertise Research and referee assignments concerning philosophy in general, philosophy of religion, world views and their interactions with culture and society. Marguerite Porete and Simone Weil on aff…