Lectures 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'