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'