A-PECS search menu search content Blackening of the red pigment vermillion For centuries on end, vermillion red remained one of the most popular pigments and was used by our greatest painters. It is a widely known fact, however, that over time the red degrades and turns black. Researchers at the Uni…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Study of pigment degradation processes Why van Gogh's Sunflowers are wilting The colour of Vincent van Gogh's famous Sunflowers is changing over time, because of the mixture of pigments used by the Dutch master in his paint…

Dennis Baert unpaid staff Research Dennis Baert Research team Institute of Jewish Studies Jewish Nation - Zionist State – Divine Law: The Critical Political Theology of Jewish Dialogical Philosophy. 01/10/2014 - 30/09/2015 Abstract Critical political theology is a discipline that develops politica…

Integrated Sustainable Chemistry - InSusChem search menu search content Organic Synthesis - ORSY Organic Synthesis - ORSY The expertise of the ORSY group is situated in the area of homogeneous catalysis (transition metal-catalyzed reactions), heterocyclic chemistry and photocatalytic chemistry. Part…

Centre for Urban History search menu search content Pioneers of Capitalism in the Low Countries Workshop On 30 June 2023, The Center for Urban History, the Posthumus Institute and AIPRIL host a workshop that is dedicated to the brand new book of Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden, published in 2…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Sven Verbruggen Bio Since 2019, Sven Verbruggen has been working as a full-time professor at the University of Antwerp and leads the Design Sciences Hub together with Alexander D’Hooghe and Sylvianne Van Butsele. Sven graduated as an engineer-architect…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Sarah Melsens 2018-2020 Architect, Engineer, or Builder? A history of professional demarcation through practice and discourse, Pune (India) 1930-1992 Promotors: Inge Bertels, Amit Srivastava (University of Adelaide) In India, qualified architects are the…

Margaux De Greef predoc researcher FWO Research Margaux De Greef Research team Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Plastics in Modern and Contemporary Art: A holistic approach in preservation. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Plastics in Belgian art museums, how should they be conserved? Alo…

Fabio Affaticati predoc researcher FWO Research Fabio Affaticati Research team ADReM Data Lab (ADReM) RAPTOR: a novel multi-view integrative framework to identify key features of T cell based immunology. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Disentangling the complex reticular components of the immune sy…

Government and Law search menu search content Cedric Jenart Cedric Jenart is a tenure track assistant professor in the field of constitutional law at the University of Antwerp. He holds a doctorate in law (University of Antwerp), an LL.M. degree (Harvard Law School as a Fulbright Boas and B.A.E.F. s…

Hosna Ghaderi doctoral scholarship holder Research Hosna Ghaderi Research team Translational Neurosciences (TNW) Statistical opto-biomechanical eye model. 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025 Abstract Ophthalmic research has made significant progress, evolving from basic ocular refractive models to the sophistic…

Johan Boxstaens guest professor Research Johan Boxstaens Research team Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change The working alliance between probation officers and probationers in the field of community supervision: a mixed-methods approach. 01/09/2018 - 30/08/2019 Abstract How society…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Inge Bertels Bio Inge Bertels is a historian and master in conservation (KULeuven, 1998 and 2000). Her personal research focuses on the intersection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century construction history, architectural and urban history. Since Februar…

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…

Research centre Ruusbroec Institute search menu search content Recent Acquisitions Recent acquisitions The acquisition of old books is no longer a top priority for the Ruusbroec Institute Library. Due to limited funding our acquisition policy has become more pragmatic. Since we are not able to buy a…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Jelle Angillis 2020 - 2024 Building in a Transforming Society. An Exploration of the Dynamic Interplay Between Construction Workers and Contractors in Post-war Belgium 1944-1980 Promotors: Inge Bertels, Lara Schrijver This study explores the evolving soc…

Pol Specenier emeritus occasional assignment Research Pol Specenier Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Development of a novel immunometabolic combination strategy for glioblastoma. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2024 Abstract Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common malignant primary b…

Jasper Segerink researcher Research Jasper Segerink Research team Centre for Urban History Accommodating (im)mobility. Spaces of accommodation as hubs between global migration flows and local urban life, 1850-1930. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2024 Abstract Both in contemporary literature as in historical res…

Gedrag- en neuro-economie zoeken menu zoek inhoud Hormones and behavior study - Gedrag- en neuro-economie - ACED EXPERIMENT INFO RESULTS: What determines if the first interaction between strangers will be a pleasant experience? We conducted an experiment to investigate the extent to which the percei…

Hanne Kloots teaching assistant - UC associate professor - unpaid staff Research Hanne Kloots Research team Centre for Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics (CLiPS) Expertise Language variation in Dutch Identifiability and intelligibility of the speech of hearing impaired…

Tijdschrift Stadsgeschiedenis zoeken menu zoek inhoud 2006 - 2 - Stadsgeschiedenis Editie 2006 - 2 Full text 2006/2 (pdf - 2Mb) Clé Lesger: Migrantenstromen en economische ontwikkeling in vroegmoderne steden. Nieuwe burgers in Antwerpen en Amsterdam, 1541-1655 Anne Winter: De microcontext van stede…

Law and Development search menu search content Collaboration Collaboration In light of its research mission, the Law and Development research group collaborates with academic partners, both at the national and the international level. It was one of the driving partners behind the foundation of the L…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Sylvie Linsuke Schistosomiasis in Democratic Republic of Congo: burden, morbidity, management and control Project summary Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by parasitic worms found in fresh water. Fresh water snails are also infected b…

Research Centre for Visual Poetics search menu search content MARCEL BROODTHAERS & CINEMA POÈMES CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUES, MOVING SCRIPTS Symposium and Film Program, CINEMATEK and WIELS, 17-18 June 2022 Marcel Broodthaers, famous for his iconic art objects and décors, also made some fifty short films. …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Tom DECROO Community-based ART in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons learnt from Community ART Groups in Tete province, Mozambique Thesis abstract Globally an estimated 36.7 million people are living with HIV (PLHIV). By June 2016, 18.2 million were enroll…