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Two women are shown in side-by-side portraits. The woman on the left has long gray hair and a neutral expression. The woman on the right has black hair and smiles gently. Hilde Heynen & Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno | Architecture & Feminist Critical Theory

13th February, 2026 in Author’s corner

‘Architecture & Feminist Critical Theory’ collects Hilde Heynen’s most significant texts from three decades of intellectual work, centred on three feature concepts: mimesis, dwelling, and displacement.

A man with glasses and a beard stands with arms crossed, wearing a suit and tie. Fabrizio Amerini | Thomas Aquinas and Hervaeus Natalis on Concepts and Intentional Objects

13th February, 2026 in Author’s corner

In ‘Thomas Aquinas and Hervaeus Natalis on Concepts and Intentional Objects’, author Fabrizio Amerini explores the views on mental acts, concepts, and objects of the mind of two of the most eminent Dominican authors of the late Middle Ages.

A person with glasses and a plaid shirt Christiaan Engberts | Decentering Leuven University

26th January, 2026 in Author’s corner

Since its foundation in 1425, the university has always been a transnational institution. Christiaan Engberts explores how this transnational character has shaped the university across six centuries.

Jens van de Maele | Behind Office Doors

21st January, 2026 in Author’s corner

‘Behind Office Doors’ traces how design, technology and organisational thinking shaped 20th-century office life.

A man with a friendly smile stands in a classroom, wearing a light blue shirt. A chalkboard and wooden paneling are visible in the background. Wout Saelens | Fossil Consumerism

14th January, 2026 in Author’s corner

In his book ‘Fossil Consumerism’, author Wout Saelens offers a reinterpretation of the historical roots of global warming, finding these not in the industrial mill, but in the intimate, overlooked spaces of the home.

A woman with long hair, wearing a yellow patterned dress, sits outdoors holding a book titled Lisa Marie Daunt | Constructing Faith in the Antipodes

16th December, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Constructing Faith in the Antipodes’, Lisa Daunt shows how Queensland’s church architecture was shaped by its unique time and place, offering a perspective distinct from northern hemisphere accounts of modernism.

A man speaks into a microphone alongside a smiling woman. Behind them, a figure in a red costume stands. The setting is indoors, with wooden walls. Hugo Frey and Maaheen Ahmed | The Visionary Art of Franco-Belgian Comics, 1930s to 1960s

1st December, 2025 in Author’s corner

The exhibition catalogue ‘The Visionary Art of Franco-Belgian Comics, 1930s to 1960s’ offers an insightful introduction to French-language comics of the mid-20th century. In this Q&A, editors Hugo Frey and Maaheen Ahmed share stories behind these los…

A black and white photo split vertically. On the left, a man in glasses. On the right, a woman in glasses. Nidesh Lawtoo and Willow Verkerk | Homo Mimeticus III

1st December, 2025 in Author’s corner

The volume ‘Homo Mimeticus III’ argues that plasticity—understood in its double capacity to receive form and to give form—plays a transformative role in the many lives of homo mimeticus qua homo plasticus. A Q&A with the editors.

A woman with long brown hair smiles warmly against a gray background. Nena Vandeweerdt | Women and Work through a Comparative Lens

24th October, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Women and Work through a Comparative Lens’, author Nena Vandeweerdt offers a multifaceted understanding of women’s economic roles in premodern Europe.

A person wearing glasses and a blue shirt stands in front of vibrant green foliage. Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse | Historisch denken

22nd October, 2025 in Author’s corner

In de reeks ‘Historisch denken’ is net het zevende deel ‘Denken en dialogeren over identiteit’ verschenen. In een Q&A vertelt Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse meer over het opzet en het doel van de reeks.

A person with a beard and a slight smile stands indoors, wearing a light blue shirt. The background features blurred green and white panels. Bram De Maeyer | Building for Belgium

22nd October, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Building for Belgium’ author Bram De Maeyer examines the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ embassy-building programme from 1945 to 2020.

Side-by-side portraits of a man with short light hair and glasses, and a woman with long dark hair. Daniel Harkett and Katie Hornstein | Animal Modernities

12th August, 2025 in Author’s corner

‘Animal Modernities’ challenges the traditional human-centered focus of art history and explores how modern art, visual culture, and modernity itself emerge from relationships between humans and animals.