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We are exceptionally pleased to welcome Professor Gert Storms (KU Leuven, Faculty of Psychology) as keynote speaker at the ninth Young Researchers Days in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science.
📅 December 15, 16:30–18:00
📍 Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven
Register here: lnkd.in/eZdkhM7C
📅 December 15, 16:30–18:00
📍 Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven
Register here: lnkd.in/eZdkhM7C
Don’t forget to register for our YRD keynote by professor Gert Storms next Monday!
'Science in Textbooks and Science in Practice: Two Different Worlds?'
Where? Aula Emma Vorlat, Leuven, or online
When? 15 December, 4:30-6 pm
More information and registration: bit.ly/43VHi3s
'Science in Textbooks and Science in Practice: Two Different Worlds?'
Where? Aula Emma Vorlat, Leuven, or online
When? 15 December, 4:30-6 pm
More information and registration: bit.ly/43VHi3s
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Don’t forget to register for our YRD keynote by professor Gert Storms next Monday!
'Science in Textbooks and Science in Practice: Two Different Worlds?'
Where? Aula Emma Vorlat, Leuven, or online
When? 15 December, 4:30-6 pm
More information and registration: bit.ly/43VHi3s
'Science in Textbooks and Science in Practice: Two Different Worlds?'
Where? Aula Emma Vorlat, Leuven, or online
When? 15 December, 4:30-6 pm
More information and registration: bit.ly/43VHi3s
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Come work with us! We are looking for a postdoc in #philbio or #philphysics to work on an interdisciplinary project that adopts the lens of self-organization & active matter to explore the boundary between living & nonliving systems www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #academicsky #philjobs #HPS #evosky
December 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Een nieuwe blogtekst van Christiaan Engberts over 600 jaar KU Leuven! 📜🌎
Deze keer over een van de bijzonderste collecties die de universiteit rijk is: een collectie bananen! 🍌
▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/een-ongekend...
Deze keer over een van de bijzonderste collecties die de universiteit rijk is: een collectie bananen! 🍌
▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/een-ongekend...
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Een nieuwe blogtekst van Christiaan Engberts over 600 jaar KU Leuven! 📜🌎
Deze keer over een van de bijzonderste collecties die de universiteit rijk is: een collectie bananen! 🍌
▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/een-ongekend...
Deze keer over een van de bijzonderste collecties die de universiteit rijk is: een collectie bananen! 🍌
▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/een-ongekend...
On 4 December 1865, Clémence Everard was born, the first woman to obtain a Belgian diploma in medicine. After her graduation in 1893 at the ULB, she worked in the laboratory of Paul Héger and collaborated with Jean Massart and Jules Bordet. Simultaneously, she opened her own practice in Brussels.
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
On 4 December 1865, Clémence Everard was born, the first woman to obtain a Belgian diploma in medicine. After her graduation in 1893 at the ULB, she worked in the laboratory of Paul Héger and collaborated with Jean Massart and Jules Bordet. Simultaneously, she opened her own practice in Brussels.
Dit zat gisteren in onze brievenbus. Bedankt aan Gewina, Wonderkamer en Ad Maas voor de kans om de nieuwe Bestor toe te lichten! En lees zeker ook de andere mooie bijdragen in Wonderkamer 12 - over middeleeuwse ideeëngeschiedenis, het kan niet altijd over het internet gaan.
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Dit zat gisteren in onze brievenbus. Bedankt aan Gewina, Wonderkamer en Ad Maas voor de kans om de nieuwe Bestor toe te lichten! En lees zeker ook de andere mooie bijdragen in Wonderkamer 12 - over middeleeuwse ideeëngeschiedenis, het kan niet altijd over het internet gaan.
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Hoe Georges Lemaître in een volgens Albert Einstein abominabel artikel als eerste benoemt dat we in een uitdijend heelal leven.
Lees hier een voorproefje van het nieuwe boek van Yannick Fritschy:
www.newscientist.nl/blogs/een-vo...
Lees hier een voorproefje van het nieuwe boek van Yannick Fritschy:
www.newscientist.nl/blogs/een-vo...
Een voorproefje uit Heelal op hol
In dit voorproefje van Heelal op hol: hoe Georges Lemaître als eerste benoemt dat we in een uitdijend heelal leven.
www.newscientist.nl
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Hoe Georges Lemaître in een volgens Albert Einstein abominabel artikel als eerste benoemt dat we in een uitdijend heelal leven.
Lees hier een voorproefje van het nieuwe boek van Yannick Fritschy:
www.newscientist.nl/blogs/een-vo...
Lees hier een voorproefje van het nieuwe boek van Yannick Fritschy:
www.newscientist.nl/blogs/een-vo...
What better way to end the year than with a workshop on Gender, Religion, and the Production of Knowledge in the Early Modern Period?
Register now: bit.ly/3KszdN0
Register now: bit.ly/3KszdN0
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
What better way to end the year than with a workshop on Gender, Religion, and the Production of Knowledge in the Early Modern Period?
Register now: bit.ly/3KszdN0
Register now: bit.ly/3KszdN0
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The gargantuan Congo Panorama, unveiled at the 1913 Ghent World Exhibition, might be the biggest painting ever made. But it was a lie, meant to show visitors that the Belgian colonisers were friendly and peaceful - as a new AfricaMuseum exhibition reveals:
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1855...
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1855...
The Congo painting that Belgium can never show again
“It looks amazing, but the message is horrific."
www.brusselstimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The gargantuan Congo Panorama, unveiled at the 1913 Ghent World Exhibition, might be the biggest painting ever made. But it was a lie, meant to show visitors that the Belgian colonisers were friendly and peaceful - as a new AfricaMuseum exhibition reveals:
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1855...
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1855...
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"Plots herkende ik het handschrift": professor Koenraad Van Cleempoel (UHasselt) ontdekt bij toeval verloren gewaand manuscript van Mercator in klooster in Spanje 🇪🇸
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"Plots herkende ik het handschrift": professor Koenraad Van Cleempoel (UHasselt) ontdekt bij toeval verloren gewaand manuscript van Mercator in klooster in Spanje | VRT NWS: nieuws
In Spanje is een verloren gewaand manuscript uit de 16e eeuw gevonden van Gerardus Mercator, de Vlaamse cartograaf en humanist die de moderne wereldkaartprojectie ontwierp. Het was professor Koenraad ...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"Plots herkende ik het handschrift": professor Koenraad Van Cleempoel (UHasselt) ontdekt bij toeval verloren gewaand manuscript van Mercator in klooster in Spanje 🇪🇸
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vrtnws.be/p.mRayweMO7
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On Thursday 27 November (14:00–16:00), Anse De Weerdt will defend her PhD dissertation titled 'The Politics of Light: Colonial Power, Knowledge Transmission, and The Magic Lantern in Belgium (1885–1945)' in Brussels.
The entrance is free, but register by sending an email to [email protected]
The entrance is free, but register by sending an email to [email protected]
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
On Thursday 27 November (14:00–16:00), Anse De Weerdt will defend her PhD dissertation titled 'The Politics of Light: Colonial Power, Knowledge Transmission, and The Magic Lantern in Belgium (1885–1945)' in Brussels.
The entrance is free, but register by sending an email to [email protected]
The entrance is free, but register by sending an email to [email protected]
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Nominations are open for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026, recognising the best scholarly English-language book in the history of science.
📆 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026.
Anyone may nominate (self-nominations welcome).
Submit via our online form on the BSHS website www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
📆 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026.
Anyone may nominate (self-nominations welcome).
Submit via our online form on the BSHS website www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Nominations are open for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026, recognising the best scholarly English-language book in the history of science.
📆 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026.
Anyone may nominate (self-nominations welcome).
Submit via our online form on the BSHS website www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
📆 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026.
Anyone may nominate (self-nominations welcome).
Submit via our online form on the BSHS website www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
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Pleased to announce that this week the Michel Serres theme issue of Wijsgerig Perspectief will be published, with contributions from @masssimons.bsky.social, René ten Bos, Maria Karssenberg and myself.
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Pleased to announce that this week the Michel Serres theme issue of Wijsgerig Perspectief will be published, with contributions from @masssimons.bsky.social, René ten Bos, Maria Karssenberg and myself.
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Who was Ferdinand Gonseth? If you want Ties van Gemert and me talk about this half-forgotten Swiss philosopher of science and what role he played in 20C #philsci, you can join online!
This Wednesday!
sigma.mathsworlds.org/activities/s...
This Wednesday!
sigma.mathsworlds.org/activities/s...
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Who was Ferdinand Gonseth? If you want Ties van Gemert and me talk about this half-forgotten Swiss philosopher of science and what role he played in 20C #philsci, you can join online!
This Wednesday!
sigma.mathsworlds.org/activities/s...
This Wednesday!
sigma.mathsworlds.org/activities/s...
We are exceptionally pleased to welcome Professor Gert Storms (KU Leuven, Faculty of Psychology) as keynote speaker at the ninth Young Researchers Days in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science.
📅 December 15, 16:30–18:00
📍 Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven
Register here: lnkd.in/eZdkhM7C
📅 December 15, 16:30–18:00
📍 Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven
Register here: lnkd.in/eZdkhM7C
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We are exceptionally pleased to welcome Professor Gert Storms (KU Leuven, Faculty of Psychology) as keynote speaker at the ninth Young Researchers Days in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science.
📅 December 15, 16:30–18:00
📍 Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven
Register here: lnkd.in/eZdkhM7C
📅 December 15, 16:30–18:00
📍 Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven
Register here: lnkd.in/eZdkhM7C
Conférence sur les sciences, la place de l'épistémologie et "le combat pour la science" dans notre société actuelle. Donnée par la mathématicienne et philosophe des sciences Laurence Bouquiaux à Liège, organisée par Académie royale.
📅09/12 - 18u30
📍Liège - Le Bocholtz
👉https://bit.ly/48gqbMd
📅09/12 - 18u30
📍Liège - Le Bocholtz
👉https://bit.ly/48gqbMd
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Conférence sur les sciences, la place de l'épistémologie et "le combat pour la science" dans notre société actuelle. Donnée par la mathématicienne et philosophe des sciences Laurence Bouquiaux à Liège, organisée par Académie royale.
📅09/12 - 18u30
📍Liège - Le Bocholtz
👉https://bit.ly/48gqbMd
📅09/12 - 18u30
📍Liège - Le Bocholtz
👉https://bit.ly/48gqbMd
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Online lecture, open to all: 2 Dec 18:30 (GMT)
Renée Bergland on her book 'Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science'
Winner of @bshsnews.bsky.social Hughes Prize, for the best #histSTM book accessible to a broad audience
www.bshs.org.uk/online-lectu...
Renée Bergland on her book 'Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science'
Winner of @bshsnews.bsky.social Hughes Prize, for the best #histSTM book accessible to a broad audience
www.bshs.org.uk/online-lectu...
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Online lecture, open to all: 2 Dec 18:30 (GMT)
Renée Bergland on her book 'Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science'
Winner of @bshsnews.bsky.social Hughes Prize, for the best #histSTM book accessible to a broad audience
www.bshs.org.uk/online-lectu...
Renée Bergland on her book 'Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science'
Winner of @bshsnews.bsky.social Hughes Prize, for the best #histSTM book accessible to a broad audience
www.bshs.org.uk/online-lectu...
On 16 November 1935, Emile Francqui passed away. Few people have left such a significant mark on Belgian science. In the interwar period, he built an extensive network including the royal palace and established various scientific and financial organizations. In 1928, he helped found the FNRS.
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
On 16 November 1935, Emile Francqui passed away. Few people have left such a significant mark on Belgian science. In the interwar period, he built an extensive network including the royal palace and established various scientific and financial organizations. In 1928, he helped found the FNRS.
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Descartes woonde in Amsterdam toen hij rond 1630 zijn eigen theorie formuleerde over het ontstaan van een Aarde. Hij kende de manuscripten van Stevin bovendien. De Franse filosoof schetste schematisch hoe een planeet met aardlagen kon ontstaan. 8/9
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Descartes woonde in Amsterdam toen hij rond 1630 zijn eigen theorie formuleerde over het ontstaan van een Aarde. Hij kende de manuscripten van Stevin bovendien. De Franse filosoof schetste schematisch hoe een planeet met aardlagen kon ontstaan. 8/9
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(Journée d'étude) Les hallucinations : histoire et perspectives histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/11/les-... #histSTM
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
(Journée d'étude) Les hallucinations : histoire et perspectives histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/11/les-... #histSTM
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Een nieuwe blogtekst van Christiaan Engberts over 600 jaar KU Leuven! 📜🌎
Met deze keer: een Bijbels Museum, een Heilig Land, een katholieke tussenpersoon in Palestina en een verrassende kelder. 📖
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Met deze keer: een Bijbels Museum, een Heilig Land, een katholieke tussenpersoon in Palestina en een verrassende kelder. 📖
▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/het-heilige-...
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Een nieuwe blogtekst van Christiaan Engberts over 600 jaar KU Leuven! 📜🌎
Met deze keer: een Bijbels Museum, een Heilig Land, een katholieke tussenpersoon in Palestina en een verrassende kelder. 📖
▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/het-heilige-...
Met deze keer: een Bijbels Museum, een Heilig Land, een katholieke tussenpersoon in Palestina en een verrassende kelder. 📖
▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/het-heilige-...
In November 1915, the “emergency university” of Amersfoort closed — a Dutch university created for Belgian refugees during WO I. Its classes offered not just education, but also served a moral purpose and had to maintain a lasting bond with home.
NL: bit.ly/49bm3OB
FR: bit.ly/47TOgam
NL: bit.ly/49bm3OB
FR: bit.ly/47TOgam
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In November 1915, the “emergency university” of Amersfoort closed — a Dutch university created for Belgian refugees during WO I. Its classes offered not just education, but also served a moral purpose and had to maintain a lasting bond with home.
NL: bit.ly/49bm3OB
FR: bit.ly/47TOgam
NL: bit.ly/49bm3OB
FR: bit.ly/47TOgam
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In the new #openaccess companion on student notes from Latin Europe (@leuvenup.bsky.social), our own Lorenz Demey, together with collaborators, contributes a chapter arguing that student notes hold great promise as sources for intellectual #history 👇 lup.be/book/student... #HPS #earlymodern #philsky
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In the new #openaccess companion on student notes from Latin Europe (@leuvenup.bsky.social), our own Lorenz Demey, together with collaborators, contributes a chapter arguing that student notes hold great promise as sources for intellectual #history 👇 lup.be/book/student... #HPS #earlymodern #philsky
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For the next two days, I will be at 'The human phenomenon. Plessner's crossroads' conference in Cologne, talking about Helmuth Plessner's reception history in Dutch philosophy of technology and science #hopot #hopos #philsci #philtech philevents.org/event/show/1...
The human phenomenon. Plessner's crossroads
Among the great European thinkers of the 20th century, HelmuthPlessner occupied a special position. Having studied medicineand zoology and then turning to philosophy, his thought articulatesvarious ce...
philevents.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
For the next two days, I will be at 'The human phenomenon. Plessner's crossroads' conference in Cologne, talking about Helmuth Plessner's reception history in Dutch philosophy of technology and science #hopot #hopos #philsci #philtech philevents.org/event/show/1...
The botanical garden of Meise is hosting an exhibition on Belgian biologist Jean Massart, a pioneer of nature preservation, and his photography. Long before the word “ecology” existed, he captured our natural world with his camera.
More information via the link below! 👇
bit.ly/4oLxbWI
More information via the link below! 👇
bit.ly/4oLxbWI
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The botanical garden of Meise is hosting an exhibition on Belgian biologist Jean Massart, a pioneer of nature preservation, and his photography. Long before the word “ecology” existed, he captured our natural world with his camera.
More information via the link below! 👇
bit.ly/4oLxbWI
More information via the link below! 👇
bit.ly/4oLxbWI
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The journal History of Humanities invites proposals for Special Issues aka Theme Issues. A Theme can comprise, for instance, 8-10 papers of 10,000 words each, by different authors on a coherent theme of current interest in history of the humanities.
See: www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/hoh...
See: www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/hoh...
History of Humanities: Instructions for Authors
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The journal History of Humanities invites proposals for Special Issues aka Theme Issues. A Theme can comprise, for instance, 8-10 papers of 10,000 words each, by different authors on a coherent theme of current interest in history of the humanities.
See: www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/hoh...
See: www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/hoh...