Archive
2022-2023
Sarton Chair Lecture - Faculty of Arts and Philosophy:
Thursday, October 20, 2022, 4 PM.
Aula UGent, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Ghent
Proximi: Prof. Maarten Van Dyck (Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences) and prof. Steven Vanden Broecke (Department of History)
Prof. dr. Geert Vanpaemel (KU Leuven): 'Oost en West. George Sarton en de nieuwe mondialisering van de wetenschapsgeschiedenis’
Friday, October 28, 2022, 4 PM.
Faculteitsraadzaal, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent
Proximi: Prof. Maarten Van Dyck en prof. Steven Vanden Broecke
Prof. dr. Geert Vanpaemel (KU Leuven): 'Vernacular Science. Exploring the Other Side of History'
Sarton Medals
Thursday, November 17, 2022, 4 PM.
Faculty Law and Criminology, Filmzaal, Paddenhoek 3, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Alexander De Becker (Department of Criminology, Penal Law and Social Law)
Prof. dr. Jean-Philippe Dunand, Université de Neuchâtel (Switzerland): 'From the Stichus slave to the Uber driver. Some reflections on the history of labour relations in Europe'
Thursday, November 24, 2022, 4 PM.
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Het Pand, zaal August Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Wouter Vanderplasschen (Department of Special Needs Education)
Prof. dr. Geert Van Hove (Ghent University): 'Disability Studies: ook een jong wetenschapsveld heeft een geschiedenis'
Thursday, December 15, 2022, 4 PM.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Het Pand (Refter) Onderbergen 1, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. Marijn Speeckaert (Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics)
Prof. dr. Joris Delanghe (Ghent University): 'De geschiedenis van scheurbuik en vitamine C deficiëntie'
Thursday, February 2, 2023, 4 PM.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aula UGent, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Geert Janssens (Department of Veterinary and Biosciences)
Prof. dr. Marcus Clauss, University of Zurich (Switzerland): 'Historical (and psychological) aspects of zoological science: the power of words, the tenacity of both simple rules and exceptionalism, and how the belief in perfection - not in God - separates creationists from evolutionists'
Sarton Chair Lecture - Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 4 PM.
Aula UGent, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Monica Höfte (Department of Plants and Crops)
Prof. dr. ir. Louise O. Fresco (Wageningen Universiteit, The Netherlands): 'Diverging world views: why food security remains a problem today'
Friday, February 17, 2023, 4 PM.
Campus Coupure, Coupure 653, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Monica Höfte
Prof. dr. ir. Louise O. Fresco (Wageningen Universiteit, The Netherlands): 'Food for the Future'
Sarton Medals
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 4 PM. THIS LECTURE WILL BE POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Proximus: Prof. dr. Maarten Sabbe (Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering)
dhr. Adriaan Linters, independent heritage consultant: 'Het erfgoed van/met de vuile handen'
Thursday, April 20, 2023, 4 PM.
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Raadzaal fac. Politieke en Sociale Wetenschappen (4e verd. Technicum),
St.-Pietersnieuwstraat, 41, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Raf Vanderstraeten (Department of Sociology)
Prof. dr. Rudolf Stichweh (University of Bonn): 'Sociology in the system of scientific disciplines: Genesis and contemporary transformations'
Prof. dr. Björn Wittrock (Universities of Uppsala and Stockholm): 'Unexpected Affinities: Social Science and Global History, 1910-2020'
2021-2022
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, March 24, 2022, 4 PM.
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Aula UGent, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Ghent
Proximi: Prof. dr. Yves T'Sjoen and Prof. dr. Christophe Verbruggen (Department of Literary Studies)
Prof. dr. Floris Cohen (University of Twente and Utrecht): 'De ideale wetenschapshistoricus - een portret in tal van luiken’
Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 4 PM.
Campus Boekentoren, Auditorium P, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent
Proximi: Prof. dr. Yves T'Sjoen and Prof. dr. Christophe Verbruggen (Department of Literary Studies)
Prof. dr. Floris Cohen (University of Twente and Utrecht): 'Grote vragen en hoe ze aan te pakken: beschavingsbreed vergelijkende wetenschapsgeschiedenis'
Followed by the awarding of the Sarton Medal (postponed AY 2019-20) of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
Campus Boekentoren, Auditorium P, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Yves T'Sjoen (Department of Literary Studies)
Prof. dr. Marita Mathijsen (University of Amsterdam): 'Wetenschap voor iedereen! Popularisering en democratisering van wetenschap, kunst en cultuur in de negentiende eeuw.'
Sarton Medals
Thursday, October 21, 2021, 4 PM.
Faculty Law and Criminology, Campus Aula, Filmzaal, Paddenhoek 3 (ingang 4), 9000 Ghent
Proximus: dr. Sebastien Vandenbogaerde (Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law)
Prof. dr. Jean-François Gerkens (ULiège): 'Acquiring by Occupatio. The Graham Island Case'
Thursday, February 24, 2022, 4 PM.
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Campus Coupure E2, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Godelieve Gheysen (Department of Biotechnology)
Prof. dr. Erick Vandamme (Ghent University): 'Microbes, Spontaneous Generation, Miasma and Concepts of Origin of Life: from Antiquity till Today'
Thursday, March 17, 2022, 4 PM.
Faculty of Sciences, Campus De Sterre, S9, lokaal A2, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Marnix Van Daele (Department of applied mathematics, computer science and statistics)
Prof. dr. Gerhard Wanner (University of Geneva) [postponed AY 2019-20]: '250 years of Euler-Fourier (with a recent application)'
Followed at 5 PM by the awarding of the Sarton Medal (postponed AY 2020-21) of the Faculty of Sciences
Campus De Sterre, S9, lokaal A2, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Jan Nyssen (Department of Geography)
Prof. dr. M. De Dapper (Ghent University) [postponed AY 2020-21]: 'Geoarcheologie: een gelukkig huwelijk tussen geo-wetenschappen en archeologie'
Thursday, March 31, 2022, 4 PM.
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Het Pand, Refter, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Ann Buysse, dean
Prof. dr. Michel Vandenbroeck (Ghent University): 'De moeilijke relatie tussen opvoeders en opvoedingswetenschappen: een historische, sociale en politieke reconstructie'
Thursday, April 28, 2022, 4 PM.
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Sint-Pietersabdij, Sint-Pietersplein 9, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Dieter Fauconnier (Department of electromechanical, systems and metal engineering)
Prof. dr. Harry van Leeuwen (Eindhoven University of Technology): 'The History of Tribology in the Low Countries'
Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 4 PM.
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Auditorium Devreker, Tweekerkenstraat 2, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Frank Caestecker (Department of Economics)
Prof. dr. Youssef Cassis (European University Institute Florence) [postponed AY 2019-20]: 'Europe's Financial History in the Twentieth Century'
Thursday, May 12, 2022, 4:30 PM.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UZGent, Aud. I (0K12F), C, Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Norbert Lameire (Ghent University)
Prof. dr. Raymond Vanholder (Ghent University): 'De geschiedenis van de dialyse'
Thursday, May 19, 2022, 5 PM.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Campus Diergeneeskunde, Aud. Maximum, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke
Proximus: prof. dr. Ann Van Soom (Department of Obstetrics, reproduction and herd health)
Prof. dr. Aart de Kruif (Ghent University): 'De geschiedenis van de veterinaire verloskunde.'
2019-2020
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, October 24, 2019, 4 PM.
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Aula, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Raf Vanderstraeten (department of Sociology)
Prof. dr. Karin Knorr Cetina (University of Chicago, USA): 'Takeover by Science. The long history of contemporary Financial Markets'
Friday, October 25, 2019, 4 PM.
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Campus Aula, decaan John Vincke-zaal, Korte Meer 5, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Raf Vanderstraeten (department of Sociology)
Prof. dr. Karin Knorr Cetina (University of Chicago, USA): 'The most Radical Change Yet: The Emergence of Semi-Autonomous Cognitive Systems with Humans-out of-the-Loop'
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Thursday, November 21, 2019, 4 PM.
Faculty of Law and Criminology, Campus Aula, NBIII, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. Dirk Heirbaut (department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law)
Prof. dr. Mathias Schmoeckel (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany): 'Conditions of a successful European Economic Order'
Thursday, December 12, 2019, 4:30 PM.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Het Pand, zaal August Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Piet Hoebeke (dean)
Prof. dr. Willem Oosterlinck (Ghent University, Belgium): 'Nierstenen door de eeuwen heen tot nu'
Thursday, January 30, 2020, 4 PM.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Campus Merelbeke, Aud. Maximum (entrance 22), Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke
Proximus: Prof. dr. Pieter Cornillie (department of Morphology)
Dr. Anton Ervynck (Vlaams Instituut voor het Onroerend Erfgoed): 'Archeozoölogisch onderzoek van de relatie tussen mens en dier. De ontwikkeling van een wetenschap op het raakvlak van biologie, diergeneeskunde en antropologie'
Thursday, February 20, 2020, 4 PM.
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Het Pand, zaal August Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Jasper Feyaerts (department of Psycho-analysis and clinical consulting)
Prof. dr. Louis Sass (Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA): 'Everywhere and nowhere: on the nature and necessity of phenomenology (in psychology and psychiatry)'
Thursday, March 5, 2020, 4 PM.
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Paviljoen Charles Vandenhove, Centrum voor Architectuur en Kunst, Rozier 1, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Pieter Uyttenhove (department of Architecture and urban planning)
Prof. dr. Carola Hein (TU Delft, the Netherlands): 'Oil and Water: Port city regions as nodes in global petroleumscape'
Thursday, March 26, 2020, 4 PM. [Postponed due to Covid-19]
Faculty of Sciences, Campus Ledeganck, Aud. 3, L11, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Marnix Van Daele (department of Applied mathematics, computer science and statistics)
Prof. dr. Gerhard Wanner (University of Geneva, Switzerland): '250 years of Euler-Fourier (with a recent application)'
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 4 PM. [Postponed due to Covid-19]
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Het Pand, zaal August Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Yves T'Sjoen (department of Literary studies)
Prof. dr. Marita Mathijsen (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands): 'Wetenschap voor iedereen! Popularisering en democratisering van wetenschap, kunst en cultuur in de negentiende eeuw.'
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, 4 PM. [Postponed due to Covid-19]
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Campus Tweekerken, Aud. Devreker, Tweekerkenstraat 2, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Frank Caestecker (department of Economics)
Prof. dr. Youssef Cassis (European University Institute, Florence, Italy): 'Europe's Financial History in the Twentieth Century'
2017-2018
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, October 12, 2017, 4.OO PM.
Aula, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Gent
Proximi : Prof. Johan Lagae en Prof. Maarten Delbeke (Department of Architecture and Urban Planning)
Prof. dr. Adrian Forty (The Barlett School of Architecture, London, GB): 'What makes architecture tick?'
Friday, October 13, 2017, 1.00 PM.
Faculty of Engineeering and Architecture, Campus Boekentoren, Aud. L, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent
Proximi : Prof. Johan Lagae en Prof. Maarten Delbeke (Department of Architecture and Urban Planning)
Prof. dr. Adrian Forty (The Barlett School of Architecture, London, GB): 'The Limits of Drawing'
2018-2019
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, October 11, 2018, 4 PM.
Aula, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. Steven Vanden Broecke (department of History)
Prof. dr. Robert Westman (University of California, San Diego, USA): 'Either/Or vs. Both/And: Carl Gustav Jung, Wolfgang Pauli and the Kepler-Fludd Polemic'
Friday, October 12, 2018, 4 PM.
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Campus Boekentoren, Aud. Cumont, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. Steven Vanden Broecke (department of History)
Prof. dr. Robert Westman (University of California, San Diego, USA): 'Science and Survival: Jonas Salk, Jacob Bronowski and the 'Two Cultures' Question'
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Thursday, November 22, 2018, 4 PM.
Faculty of Law and Criminology, Campus Aula, NBIII, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. Dirk Heirbaut (department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law)
Prof. dr. Paul Brand (University of Oxford, GB): 'The beginning of the English common law (to c. 1350)'
Thursday, December 13, 2018, 4 PM.
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Paviljoen Charles Vandenhove, Centrum voor Architectuur en Kunst, Rozier 1, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. Gert de Cooman (department ELIS)
Prof. dr. Glenn Shafer (Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick, USA): 'Did Blaise Pascal and Christiaan Huygens provide a probability?'
Thursday, January 17, 2019, 4 PM.
Ghent University Museum, Het Pand, zaal August Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: dr. Marjan Doom (director Ghent University Museum)
Prof. dr. Gita Deneckere (Ghent University, Belgium): 'Wetenschapsgeschiedenis en nieuw humanisme: de erfenis van George Sarton en Julius M. het Gents Universiteitsmuseum'
Thursday, February 14, 2019, 4 PM.
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Campus Aula, decaan John Vinckezaal, Korte Meer 5, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. Raf Vanderstraeten (department of Sociology)
Prof. dr. Pauli Kettunen (University of Helsinki, Finland): 'Conflicting interests and science-based planning in the making of the welfare state'
Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 4 PM.
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Campus Tweekerken, Aud. Devreker, Tweekerkenstraat 2, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. Glenn Rayp (department of General Economics)
Prof. dr. Claude Diebolt (Université de Strasbourg, France): 'We are Ninjas: How Economic History has infiltrated Economics'
Thursday, March 28, 2019, 4 PM.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Het Pand, zaal August Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. Christian Burvenich (department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology)
Prof. dr. Peter Bols (University of Antwerp, Belgium): 'Is modern-day Veterinary Medicine a product of the Age of Enlightenment?'
Thursday, April 25, 2019, 4 PM.
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Auditorium Oehoe, Campus Coupure A, Coupure 653, 9000 Ghent
Proximus: Prof. Marc Van Meirvenne (dean)
Prof. dr. Eric Thoen (Ghent University, Belgium): 'De landbouwtechniek van toen en de invloed ervan op de vorming van onze hedendaagse landschappen'
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 4 PM.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sportimonium, Trianondreef 19, 1981 Hofstade
Proximus: Prof. Matthieu Lenoir (department of Movement and Sport Sciences)
Prof. dr. Roland Renson (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium): 'The enigma of the halma: an iconographic approach to unravel the technique of ancient Greek long jump'
2017-2018
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, October 12, 2017, 4.OO PM.
Aula, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Gent
Proximi : Prof. Johan Lagae en Prof. Maarten Delbeke (Department of Architecture and Urban Planning)
Prof. dr. Adrian Forty (The Barlett School of Architecture, London, GB): 'What makes architecture tick?'
Friday, October 13, 2017, 1.00 PM.
Faculty of Engineeering and Architecture, Campus Boekentoren, Aud. L, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent
Proximi : Prof. Johan Lagae en Prof. Maarten Delbeke (Department of Architecture and Urban Planning)
Prof. dr. Adrian Forty (The Barlett School of Architecture, London, GB): 'The Limits of Drawing'
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Thursday, November 23, 2017, 4 PM.
Faculty of Law, Campus Aula, NBIII, Universiteitstraat 4,9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Rik Opsommer (Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law)
Prof. dr. Ignacio Czeguhn (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany): 'The German colonial companies in the 19th century'
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 4 PM.
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Campus Boekentoren, Faculteitsraadzaal, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Erik Weber (Department of Philosophy & Moral Science)
Prof. dr. Friedrich Stadler (Universität Wien, Austria): 'George Sarton, Ernst Mach, and the Unity of Science Movement - A Case Study in History and Philosophy of Science'
Thursday, December 14, 2017, 4 PM.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Het Pand, Refter, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. dr. Dirk Matthijs en Prof. dr. Johan Vande Walle (Department of Pediatrics and medical genetics)
Prof. dr. Jules Leroy (Universiteit Gent, Belgium): 'Gent herontdekt Mendel'
Thursday, January 11, 2018, 4 PM.
Gentse Universitaire Musea, Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent
Proximus : dhr. Jeroen Vanden Berghe (Logistiek Beheerder Universiteit Gent)
Dhr. Patrick Allegaert (Artistic advisor at Museum dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium): 'Museum Dr. Joseph Guislain. Communiceren over geschiedenis en de actualiteit van de psychiatrie'
Thursday, February 8, 2018, 5 PM.
Faculty of Sciences, Museum voor de Geschiedenis van de Wetenschappen, Campus De Sterre (S30), Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Johan De Grave (Department of Geology)
Prof. dr. Peter Van den haute (Universiteit Gent, Belgium): 'De turbulente zoektocht naar de ouderdom van de aarde tijdens de 19e eeuw'
Thursday, March 8, 2018, 4.30 PM.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Campus Merelbeke, Aud. B, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke
Proximus : Prof. Eric Cox (Department of Virology, parasitology and immunology)
Prof. dr. Bruno Goddeeris (KU Leuven, Belgium): 'The immunological tsunami at the end of the 19th century”: Paris versus Berlin'
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 4 PM.
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Campus Dunant, Auditorium 4, H. Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Wouter Duyck (Department of Experimental Psychology)
Prof. dr. Marc Brysbaert (Universiteit Gent, Belgium): 'The emergence of psychology as a science: How American history writing created an illusion of psychology schools at war with each other'
Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 4.30 PM.
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Campus Tweekerken, Auditorium Devreker, Tweekerkenstraat 2, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Frank Caestecker (Department of General Economics)
Prof. dr. Pedro Lains (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal): 'European Economic History: the contribution of the periphery'
Thursday, May 31, 2018, 4 PM.
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Campus Aula, John Vinckezaal, Korte Meer 5, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Raf Vanderstraeten (Department of Sociology)
Prof. dr. Kaat Wils (KU Leuven, Belgium): 'Hypnotism, Self and Society. A Historian’s Perspective'
Thursday, May 31, 2018, 5 PM.
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Campus Aula, John Vinckezaal, Korte Meer 5, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Raf Vanderstraeten (Department of Sociology)
Prof. John Peters (Yale University, USA): 'The Curious Power of Names' (SARTON MEDAL 2016-2017 (POSTPONED))
2016-2017
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, December 1, 2016, 4.30 PM.
Aula, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Gent
Proximi : Prof. Diederik Depla en Prof. R. De Gryse (Department of Solid State Sciences)
Prof. dr. Joseph Greene (University of Illinois, USA): 'The History of Ancient Metallurgy Leading to Modern Materials Science'
Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 5 PM.
Faculty of Sciences, Campus De Sterre, leszaal AO, S9, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Gent
Proximi : Prof. Diederik Depla en Prof. R. De Gryse (Department of Solid State Sciences)
Prof. dr. Joseph Greene (University of Illinois, USA): 'The Historical Evolution of Thin-Film Physical-Vapor Deposition: From the 1600s to Ghent University Today'
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Thursday, October 27, 2016, 4 PM.
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Faculteitsraadzaal Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent
Proximus: Prof. Yves T’Sjoen (Department of Literary Studies)
Prof. dr. Steward Van Wyk (University of West-Kaapland, South-Africa): 'Writing apartheid: the representation of the past in recent Afrikaans literary texts with emphasis on Black Afrikaans writing'
Thursday, November 10, 2016, 4 PM.
Faculty of Law, Location: Auditorium NB III - Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Dirk Heirbaut (Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law)
Prof. dr. Louis Berkvens (University of Maastricht, The Netherlands): 'Vergelijkende rechtsgeschiedenis van de EU-regio Maas-Rijn. Een driehoeksverhouding'
Thursday, February 23, 2017, 4 PM.
Gentse universitaire Musea, Campus De Sterre, S30, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Danny Segers (Ere-directeur Museum for the History of the Sciences, UGent)
Prof. dr. Philippe De Maeyer (Ghent University): 'Cartografie als kapstok voor ontwikkeling'
Thursday, March 9, 2017, 4 PM.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Het Pand, zaal Rector Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Ingrid Kerckaert (Department of Basic Medical Sciences)
Dr. Frank IJpma (Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, The Netherlands): 'De anatomische lessen van het Amsterdamse chirurgijnsgilde'
Thursday, April 27, 2017, 4 PM.
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Auditorium 4, H. Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. Stijn Vanheule (Department of Psycho-analysis and Clinical Consulting)
Prof. dr. Dany Nobus (Brunel University London, GB): 'Freud Unbound: The Shaping of Psychoanalysis by the Great War'
2015-2016
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, October 22, 4 pm.
Aula Ghent University, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Gent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Marc Brysbaert (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Department of Experimental Psychology)
Prof. dr. Willem Levelt (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands): 'The first golden age of psycholinguistics 1865-World War I'
Friday, October 23, 4 pm.
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Auditorium 4, H. Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Gent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Marc Brysbaert
Prof. dr. Willem Levelt (University of Nijmegen): 'Localism versus holism. Historical origins of studying language in the brain'
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Thursday, October 29, 4 pm.
Faculty of Law, Auditorium NB, Universiteitsstraat 4, 9000 Gent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Dirk Heirbaut (Department of Metajuridica, Private and Business Law)
Prof. dr. Jean-Louis Halpérin (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France): 'Returning to the primacy of statutory law in legal history?'
Thursday, November 26, 5.30 pm.
Sarton Medal 2014-2015 (postponed)
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Auditorium E (first floor), Plateau building, J. Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent
Proximus: Prof. dr. Johan Lagae (Department of Architecture and Urban Planning)
Prof. dr. Zeynep Çelik (New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States): 'Archaeology, Architecture and Ethnography'
Thursday, December 10, 4 pm.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Auditorium Hoogbouw 1, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke
Proximus : Prof. dr. Paul Simoens (Department of Morphology)
Dr. Katrien Vanagt (University of Twente, The Netherlands): 'De experimenten van V.F. Plempius (1601-1671) en de omwentelingen in het onderzoek naar het zien'
Thursday, January 14, 2016, 4 pm.
Het Pand, zaal Rector Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. dr. Jan Victor (Department of Physical Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery)
dr. William De Groote (Collegium Medicum Historicum Brugense, Bruges, Belgium): 'De geschiedenis van de traumatologie'
Thursday, Februari 18, 4 pm.
Campus Ardoyen, Auditorium Magnel, Technologiepark 904, 9052 Zwijnaarde
Proximus : Prof. dr. Luc Taerwe (Department of Structural Engineering)
Prof. dr. Manfred Curbach (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany): 'What European History, Legendary Bridges and the Design of the Euro Have in Common'
Thursday, March 24, 4 pm
Campus De Sterre, Museum of the History of Sciences, Krijgslaan 281 (S30), 9000 Gent
Proximus : Prof. dr. José Martins (Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry)
Prof. dr. Pierre De Clercq (Ghent University, Belgium): 'In het spoor van August Kekulé te Gent (1858 - 1867)'
2014-2015
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, December 11, 2014, 4pm.
Aula, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Gent.
Professor Roy M. MacLeod (Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney): 'The Scientists Go to War: Community and Conscience, 1914-1919'
Friday, December 12, 2014, 4pm.
Pirennezaal, UFO, St.-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Gent.
Proximi : prof. dr. Peter Van Nuffelen en prof. dr. Christophe Verbruggen.
Professor Roy M. Macleod (Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney): 'Reflections on the Other 'Two Cultures': The Role of Internal and External Factors in the History of Science'
Sarton Medal lectures:
Thursday, October 16, 2014, 4pm.
Faculty of Law, auditorium NB III (3rd floor), Universiteitsstraat 4, 9000 Gent.
Proximus : Prof. dr. Dirk Heirbaut (Vakgroep Grondslagen en geschiedenis van het Recht)
Prof. dr. Jos Monballyu (KU Leuven): 'De rechtstaat en zijn verwerking van de Eerste Wereldoorlog in België'
Thursday, November 6, 2014, 4pm.
Faculty of Sciences, Museum of the History of Sciences, Krijgslaan 281 (S30), 9000 Gent.
Proximus : Prof. dr. Dirk Ryckbosch (Vakgroep Fysica en Sterrenkunde)
Prof. dr. Danny Segers (Museum Geschiedenis voor de Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent): 'Facetten van de geschiedenis van de fysica aan de hand van wetenschappelijke instrumenten. Verschillende verhalen achter één voorwerp'
Thursday, January 15, 2015, 4pm.
Gentse Universitaire Musea, Museum of the History of Sciences, Krijgslaan 281 (S30), 9000 Gent.
Proximus : Prof. dr. Danny Segers (directeur-diensthoofd Museum voor de Geschiedenis van de Wetenschappen UGent)
Dr. Marta C. Lourenço (Museum of Natural History and Science, University Lisbon, Portugal): 'Scientific Collections, Museums and Heritage: Creating Connections and Engaging Society through History'
Thursday, February 12, 2015, 4pm.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Het Pand, zaal Rector Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent.
Proximi : Prof. dr. Stan Monstrey en Prof. dr. Yves Van Nieuwenhove (Vakgroep Heelkunde)
Prof. dr. Paul Wylock (Vrije Universiteit Brussel): 'Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835), baanbrekend chirurg vóór de tijd van de anesthesie'
Thursday, March 12, 2015, 4pm.
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, facultaire vergaderzaal Decaan John Vincke, Korte Meer 5, 9000 Gent.
Proximus : Prof. dr. Raf Vanderstraeten (Vakgroep Sociologie)
Prof. dr. Helmut Staubmann (Universität Innsbruck, Austria): 'Rise and Decline of Functionalism and Current Problems of Methodology in the Social Sciences'
Thursday, April 23, 2015, 16 u.
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Jozef Plateauzaal, J. Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent.
Proximus : Prof. dr. Johan Lagae (Vakgroep Architectuur en Stedenbouw)
Prof. dr. Zeynep Çelik, (New Jersey Institute of Technology, VS): 'Archaeology, Architecture and Ethnography'
2013-2014
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, November 28, 2013, 4pm.
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Aula, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Gent.
Proximi : dr. Liesbeth De Mol en Prof. dr. Maarten Van Dyck (Department of Philosophy & Moral Science)
Prof. dr. Karine Chemla (CNRS, Paris en Université Paris Diderot): 'The Dangers and Promises of Comparative History of Science'
Friday, November 29, 2013, 4pm.
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Faculty Room (first floor, room 117), Blandijnberg 2, 9000.
Proximi: dr. Liesbeth De Mol en Prof. dr. Maarten Van Dyck.
Prof. dr. Karine Chemla (CNRS, Paris en Université Paris Diderot): 'Issues on units in the mathematics of ancient China'
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Thursday, December 12, 2013, 4pm.
Faculty of Law, Auditorium NBII, Universiteitsstraat 4, 9000 Gent.
Proximus: Prof. dr. Rik Opsommer (Department Foundations and History of Law)
Prof. Dr. Heiner Lück (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany): 'Flemish settlements in Germany and their law during the Middle Ages'
Thursday, February 13, 2014, 4pm.
Faculty of Medicine and Health, Het Pand, zaal Rector Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent.
Proximus : Prof. dr. Raymond Vanholder (Department of Internal medicine, Nefrology)
Prof. dr. Norbert Lameire (Emiritus professor of Medicine, Ghent University): 'Oorlogen, rampen, en nieren'
Thursday, March 13, 2014, 5pm.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hoogbouw, Fac. Diergeneeskunde, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke.
Proximus : Hilde De Rooster (Department of Medicine and Clinical Biology of Small Animals)
Prof. dr. Erik Aerts (History Research Unit, KU-Leuven): 'De vele facetten van Felix. Kat en mens in de Lage Landen tijdens middeleeuwen en nieuwe tijd'
Thursday, April, 24, 4pm.
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, John Vincke room, Korte Meer 5, 9000 Gent.
Proximus: Prof. dr. Raf Vanderstraeten (Vakgroep Sociologie)
Prof. dr. Johan Heilbron (Erasmus University Rotterdam & Université de Paris - Sorbonne): 'Auguste Comte and the Second Scientific Revolution'
Thursday, June 5, 2014, 4pm.
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Jozef Plateauzaal, J. Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent.
Proximi : Prof. Guy Marin en Prof. Denis Constales (Vakgroep Chemische Proceskunde en Technische Chemie)
Prof. dr. Grigoriy S. Yablonsky (Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA): 'A brief history of time in chemistry'
2011-2012
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, October 27,2011, 4pm.
Aula, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Gent.
Collega Proximus : prof. Raf Vanderstraeten
Prof. dr. Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University, USA): 'The Politics of Public Reason'
Friday, October 28, 2011, 4pm.
Faculteit Politieke en Sociale Wetenschappen, Auditorium Decaan John Vinck, Korte Meer 7, 9000 Gent.
Collega Proximus : prof. Raf Vanderstraeten
Prof. dr. Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University, USA): 'Fields and Fallow: The Interdisciplinarity of Science and Technology Studies'
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Thursday, November 17, 2011, 4pm.
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid, Auditorium A, Universiteitsstraat 4, 9000 Gent.
Collegae Proximi : profs D. Heirbaut, G. Martyn en R. Opsommer
Prof. dr. Sean Donlan (University of Limerick, Ireland): 'The law touches us but here and there, and now and then: Edmund Burke, law, and legal theory'
Friday, December 2, 2011, 4pm.
Faculteit Wetenschappen, Het Pand, Zaal Vermeylen, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent
Collega Proximus : prof. Peter Van den haute
Prof. dr. Paul De Paepe (UGent) Belgen en Belgische plaatsnamen vereeuwigd door de geologie
Thursday, December 15, 2011, 4pm.
Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, Auditorium D, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke.
Collega Proximus : Prof. H. De Brabander
Dr. Luc Devriese (UGent): 'Van peirdemeester via veearts tot dierenarts'
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 4pm.
Geneeskunde en gezondheidswetenschappen, Faculteitsraadzaal, UZ Gent, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent.
Collega Proximus : prof. Frank Vermassen (Vakgroep Heelkunde)
Prof. dr. Raphaël Suy (KULeuven): 'De zoektocht naar het menselijk pis-vlies ofte waterblaas'
Thursday, March 15, 2012, 4pm.
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Auditorium E, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent.
Collega Proximus : Prof. Eric Schliesser
Prof. dr. Niccolo Guicciardini (Università di Bergamo, Italia): ''Specious algebra is fit enough to find out, but entirely unfit to consign to writing and commit to posterity': Newton's publication strategies as a mathematical author'
Thursday, April 26, 2012, 4pm.
Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Auditorium I, Tweekerkenstraat 2 (gebouw Hoveniersberg), 9000 Gent.
Collega Proximus : Prof. Freddy Heylen
Prof. dr. Michel De Vroey (UCL): 'Reflections on the history of macroeconomics from Keynes to the present'
Thursday, May 10, 2012, 4pm.
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen, Aud. D, J. Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent.
Collega Proximus : prof. Guy Chatel
Prof. dr. Marvin Lawrence Trachtenberg (New York University): 'Building-in-Time: Thinking and Making Architecture in the Premodern Era'
2010-2011
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 4 pm.
Aula, Voldersstraat 9.
Jon Van Rood (
Thursday, April 28, 2011, 4 pm.
Aula, Voldersstraat 9.
James E. McGuire (University of Pittsburgh): 'Ideas and Texts: Newton and the Intellectual History of Science'
Thursday, April 28, 2011, 8 pm.
Public debat on science and globalization (in Dutch)
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Friday October 22, 2010, 4 pm.
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen, faculteitsraadzaal, UZ Gent, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent.
Collega proximus : Prof. Luc Noens
Prof. Jon Van Rood (Universiteit Leiden): '"You will never forget your mother!"'
Thursday, November 18, 2010, 4 pm.
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid, Auditorium NBII, Universiteitsstraat 4, 9000 Gent.
Collegae proximi : Prof. Dirk Heirbaut en Prof. Georges Martyn
Prof. dr. Emanuele Conte (Università degli Studi di Roma Tre): 'Framing the Feudal Bond. A Chapter of the History of Ius Commune in Medieval Europe'
Thursday, December 9, 2010, 4 pm.
Faculteit Wetenschappen, Aula, Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Gent.
Collega proximus : Prof. Philippe De Maeyer
Prof. Luc Daels (Universiteit Gent): 'Het landschap: het geheugen van de mensheid'
Thursday, February 17, 2011, 4 pm.
Faculteit Politieke en Sociale Wetenschappen, Facultaire Vergaderzaal Decaan John Vincke, Korte Meer 5 (1ste verdiep), 9000 Gent.
Collega proximus : Prof. Raf Vanderstraeten
Prof. dr. Hartmann Tyrell (Universität Bielefeld): 'History and Sociology - Their Early History and Differentiation'
Thursday, March 17, 2011, 4 pm.
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen, Jozef Plateauzaal, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, (gelijkvloers, linkervleugel), 9000 Gent.
Collega proximus : Prof. Jan Vierendeels
Prof. John Anderson (University of Maryland, USA): 'Breaking the Sound Barrier: the Intellectual Breakthroughs in Aerodynamics that Made it Possible'
Friday, April 29, 2011, 4 pm.
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Auditorium B, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent.
Collegae proximi : Prof. Maarten Van Dyck en dr. Steffen Ducheyne
Prof. dr. James E. McGuire (University of Pittsburg): 'In God Power and Essence are not distinguished:' Descartes on Causa Sui'
2009-2010
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 4 pm.
Aula, Voldersstraat 9.
Prof. Dr. Lisa Jardine (
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 6 pm.
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Auditorium A, Blandijnberg 2.
Collega proximus: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pieters
Prof. Dr. Lisa Jardine (Queen Mary, University of London): 'Hooke versus Huygens: Who really perfected the pendulum clock?'
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 4 pm.
Faculteit Wetenschappen, Het Pand, Zaal Rector Vermeylen, Onderbergen 2.
Collega proximus: Prof. Dr. Danny Segers
Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Henriet (Universiteit Gent): 'Veritas liberavit eum – Prof. Alphonse-François Renard (1842-1903) en zijn tijd: een jezuiet, geoloog, mens en durfdenker in het oog van de storm'
Thursday, February 25, 2010, 4 pm.
Faculteit Rechten, Auditorium NBII, Universiteitsstraat 4.
Collega proximus: Prof. Dr. Georges Martyn
Prof. Dr. Serge Dauchy (CNRS - Université Lille Nord de France): 'L'arrestographie, science fort douteuse?'
Thursday, March 25, 2010, 4 pm.
Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, Auditorium D, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke.
Collega proximus: Prof. Dr. Piet Deprez
Prof. Dr. Johann Schaeffer (Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover): 'The ugly
2008-2009
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, November 13, 2008, 4 pm.
Het Pand, Onderbergen 1.
Prof. Dr. Jens Høyrup (Roskilde University, Denmark): 'Baroque mindset and the new science: the dialectic of the seventeenth-century culture'
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Friday, November 14, 2008, 4 pm.
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Faculteitsraadzaal, Blandijnberg 2.
Collega proximus: Prof. Dr. E. Weber
Prof. Dr. J. Høyrup (Roskilde University, Denmark): 'State, ‘justice', scribal culture and mathematics in ancient Mesopotamia'
Thursday, December 11, 2008, 5:30 pm.
Faculteit Rechten, Auditorium NBII, Universiteitsstraat 6.
Collega proximus: Prof. Dr. M. Maresceau
Prof. Dr. P. Letto-Vanamo (University of Helsinki, Finland): 'Law, History and the European Integration'
Thursday, February 12, 2009, 4 pm.
Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische Wetenschappen, Auditorium 4, Henri Dunantlaan 2.
Collega proximus: Prof. Dr. R. Hartsuiker
Prof. Dr. P. Eling (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Nederland): 'Afasiologie, Waar en Hoe?'
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 4 pm.
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen, Faculteitsraadzaal, De Pintelaan 185.
Collega proximus: Prof. Dr. E. Mortier
Prof. Dr. M. Lamy (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, België): 'The development of artificial oxygen carriers'
2007-2008
Sarton Chair Lecture:
Thursday, October 18, 2007.
Prof. Dr. Douwe Draaisma (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen): 'Van wie is het syndroom van Asperger?'
Friday, October 19, 2007, 4 pm.
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Blandijnberg 2, auditorium A.
Collega Proximus: Jurgen Pieters
Prof. Dr. Douwe Draaisma (RU Groningen): 'De neurologisering van de psychiatrie'
Sarton Medal Lectures:
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 4 pm.
Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen, Het Pand.
Collega Proximus: Nico Boon
Prof. Dr. John William Fisher Costerton (University of Southern California, Los Angeles): 'Biofilms in nature and disease'
Thursday, November 29, 2007, 4 pm.
Faculteit Rechten, Auditorium I, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Gent.
Collega Proximus: Dirk Heirbaut
Prof. Dr. Fred Stevens (KU Leuven): 'De Volkenbond: een entra’cte?'
Thursday, January 17, 2008, 4pm.
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen, Faculteitsraadzaal.
Collega Proximus: Philippe Kesteleyn
Prof. Em. Dr. J. J. Delaey (Universiteit Gent): 'Het oog bij Vesalius'
Thursday, February 21, 2008, 4 pm.
Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, auditorium VII.
Collega Proximus: Ignace De Beelde
Prof. Dr. Yannick Lemarchand (Université de Nantes): 'Compter, rendre compte et contrôler ; regards sur cinq siècles d'histoire de la comptabilité'
Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 6 pm.
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen, auditorium G, Jozef Plateaustraat 22.
Collega Proximus: Dirk De Meyer
Prof. Dr. Antoine Picon (Harvard University, Graduate School of Design): 'Learning from Utopia: Contemporary Architecture and the Quest for Political and Social Meaning
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 4 pm.
Faculteit Wetenschappen, S12, lokaal 01.35.
Collega Proximus: Danny Segers
Prof. Em. Dr. Jozef Uyttenhove (Universiteit Gent): 'Nucleaire elektronica als pionier in de ontwikkeling van de instrumentatie in de 20ste eeuw'