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Book launch event and symposium | Art Platform Japan | 23 February, Tokyo
12th February, 2023 in Latest news
The translation initiative of Art Platform Japan (APJ) has commissioned the translation of two books that will shed new light on the narrative of contemporary Japanese art, hoping that these publications will elevate the understanding of an…
Herbekijk het debat ‘Tot de bodem. De toekomst van landbouw in Vlaanderen’
10th February, 2023 in Latest news
Op maandag 30 januari 2023 vond het debat ‘Tot de bodem’ plaats. Tijdens dit debat gingen Maïka De Keyzer (KU Leuven), Heleen Desmet (Bond Beter Leefmilieu), Zuhal Demir (Vlaams minister van Justitie en Handhaving, Omgeving, Energie en Toerisme) en H…
Maïka De Keyzer | Tot de bodem
21st December, 2022 in Author’s corner
Het huidige debat is sterk polariserend: landbouw versus ecologie, vermarkting versus subsistentie, schaalvergroting versus familiebedrijven, comparatieve voordelen en specialisatie versus diversiteit, enzovoort. Met het boek ‘Tot de bodem’ wil edito…
Pieter Verstraete | Stilte in de klas
2nd December, 2022 in Author’s corner
In zijn boek ‘Stilte in de klas’ verkent Pieter Verstraete aan de hand van niet eerder ontgonnen archiefmateriaal de geschiedenis van de pedagogische betekenis van stilte.
Sarah Hegenbart | From Bayreuth to Burkina Faso
29th November, 2022 in Author’s corner
Sarah Hegenbart traces the path from Wagner’s introduction of the Gesamtkunstwerk in Bayreuth to Schlingensief’s attempt to charge the idea of the total artwork with new meaning by transposing it to the West African country Burkina Faso.
Pierre-Philippe Fraiture | Unfinished Histories
22nd November, 2022 in Author’s corner
‘Unfinished Histories’ explores how the imperial past has lived on in Belgium, but also in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.
Annelies Andries | Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
22nd November, 2022 in Author’s corner
In het volume Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani in de reeks Operatheek toont Annelies Andries hoe esthetische idealen botsten met de praktische vereisten van een operaproductie.
Lesly Deschler Canossi and Zoraida Lopez-Diago | Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation
15th November, 2022 in Author’s corner
The Diamond Open Access publication ‘Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation: Another Way of Knowing’ emerges from the project Women Picturing Revolution. The editors and co-funders of the project, Lesly Deschler Canossi and Zoraida Lopez…
Writing an Academic Book | Experiences of First-time Authors
15th November, 2022 in Author’s corner
Me-Linh Riemann, author of ‘Leaving Spain’, and Pedro Moura, author of ‘Visualising Small Traumas’ share their experiences on writing their first academic book.
Nidesh Lawtoo | Homo Mimeticus
15th November, 2022 in Author’s corner
In his book ‘Homo Mimeticus’ Nidesh Lawtoo proposes a new theory of one of the most influential concepts in western thought (mimesis) to confront some of the hypermimetic challenges of the present and future.
Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina | Who Owns Africa?
8th November, 2022 in Author’s corner
‘Who Owns Africa?’ addresses the role of foreign actors in Africa and their competing interests in exploiting the resources of Africa and its people.
Book Launch | Contemporary Photography in France | November 12 | Paris
24th October, 2022 in Latest news
The Jeu de Paume bookstore and Leuven University Press invite you to meet Olga Smith, art historian, specialist in contemporary art and photography on the occasion of the publication of the book ‘Contemporary Photography in France. Between Theory and…