B-MAGIC search menu search content Lecture recordings Gabriela Cruz and Erkki Huhtamo Lecture by Gabriela Cruz Chair: Leen Engelen Magic lantern: Seeing far, seeing self, and other delights in Méliès’s Lanterne Magique, Hoffmann’s Rat Krespel and Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann The stupendous …

Centre for Philosophical Psychology search menu search content Reconceiving Perception Reconceiving Perception The aim of this conference is to bring together views on perception of a relational, pragmatic and embodied variety. By comparing and contrasting these different accounts, their strengths a…

Science Abstracts Abstracts Where is The Book hidden? By Prof. dr. Ignacio Barros Paul Erdös used to talk about The Book, a fictional massive volume containing the most beautiful proofs of all mathematical theorems. We, working mathematicians, only glimpse at shadows of small parts of The Book. In …

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 9 ‘We think others will not abide by the rule of four’ May 12th 2020 The Great Corona study surveyed our attitude about relaxation of the measures We have little faith in others when it comes to respecting the ‘rule of four’. A…

Applied Engineering Project CORELSA Project CORELSA Project CORELSA: device for remote lung examinations Jan Steckel and team develop device to aid the fight against COVID-19 worldwide With his team at Flanders Make @UAntwerp, Prof Jan Steckel (Electronics and ICT Engineering Technology) developed a…

Nele Bernheim unpaid staff Research Nele Bernheim Research team Power in History - Centre for Political History Couture Norine: The embodiment of th Belgian Avant-Garde, 1918-1952. 01/10/2006 - 30/09/2009 Abstract This project wishes for the first time to offer a thorough study of the couture house …

Mind-Bending Grammars search menu search content Framework and methodology - Mind-Bending Grammars Framework and methodology The approach is constructionist (Goldberg 1995, 2006, Croft 2001), seeing grammatical items as form-meaning combinations that are interconnected in a complex associative netwo…

The 14th International Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography search menu search content The 14th International Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography February 4-7, 2025 (Antwerp, Belgium) Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we would like to warmly welcome you to the …

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content Coronavirus Research News Why COVID-19 has to be taken seriously Geert Molenberghs (UHasselt and KU Leuven), Pierre Van Damme (UAntwerpen), Sarah Vercruysse (UHasselt), Niel Hens (UHasselt and UAntwerpen) - July 2020 It has often been claimed that the infection…

Science Programme Faculty Research Day - 8 February 2024 Programme Faculty Research Day - 8 February 2024 8.30 - 9.00 Registrations open 9.00 - 9.10 Welcome by the dean Gerrit Beemster 9.10 - 9.50 Inaugural lecture 'Where is The Book hidden?' by Ignacio Barros (Department of Mathematics) + questions…

Geobiology search menu search content CuriezeNeuzen in the Garden The biggest citizen science research project on heat and drought 'CurieuzeNeuzen in de tuin' is an initiative by the University of Antwerp, De Standaard, in collaboration with Rabobank.be, Orange, Vito, VMM, Departement Enonomie, Wete…

Integrated Training in Dry Eye Disease Drug Development search menu search content The Quinze-Vingts (XV-XX) National Ophthalmology Hospital Founded in 1260 as a hospice for impoverished blind people, it housed 300 beds (15x20) and it based its name on the vigesimal numerical system used at that tim…

Media for all 10 search menu search content Media for All 10 Conference Human agency in the age of technology Thank you! Media For All 10 is officially a wrap and what an amazing edition it was! The theme of this year’s edition was Human Agency in the Age of Technology and while it is impossible t…

InForMining search menu search content Technological innovation From cyanide revolution to digital revolution Throughout the history of gold mining, technological innovation have allowed miners to increase value-to-volume ratios, and to target deposits that were previously deemed unprofitable. These…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Final Conference Programme Preconference + main conference 4-7 May 2022 Registration Registrations are closed. Programme You can find the final programmes below. Download the full Final Conference 5-7 May programme here (pdf - 1,37 MB) Download the full Preconferen…

Research Centre for Visual Poetics search menu search content Research mission Research Mission Mission Statement Visual Poetics is a research group in theatre, film and related artistic media at the University of Antwerp, divided in 4 areas of research: performative, intermedial, artist's and textu…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Global study highlights deaths from neonatal sepsis & steps to improve treatment Geneva - A global observational study, which involved more than 3,200 newborn babies suffering from sepsis in 19 hospitals in 11 countries, has shown that ma…

Research Centre for Visual Poetics search menu search content Mission Statement Mission Statement Visual Poetics is a research group in theatre, film and related artistic media at the University of Antwerp, covering 4 lines of research: performative, intermedial, artist's and textual poetics. Missio…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Erfgoeddag 2021 Ghent (24-25/04/2021) Ghosts and Ghouls: Seeing is believing DATE: 24 and 25 April 2021 TIME: 10h-18h (with a break between 13 and 14h) VENUE: House of Mysteries, Jan Botermanstraat 2, 9000 Ghent https://www.houseofmysteries.be/ Currently, all time …

Mind-Bending Grammars search menu search content Results Results After one year of Mind-Bending Grammars exciting results have already emerged. The case of be going to may serve as an illustration. About 1600 be going to was used literally for going to some place, as in I’m going to Antwerp. A cen…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content CuriezeNeuzen in de Tuin University of Antwerp and 'De Standaard' launch biggest ever citizen science research project on heat and drought. For several years in a row, heat and drought records have followed one another. Our summers are getting hotter …

Annemie Leemans assistant professor Research Annemie Leemans Research team Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center (ViDi) Expertise In my research I fore-mostly concentrate on how the early modern visual culture developed. The focus lies on the knowledge needed to create artefacts and the proces…

Science Gold nanoparticle research and... Versace Gold nanoparticle research and... Versace Antwerp electron microscope images featured in Versace campaign Fashion brand links new collection to gold nanoparticle research by Prof. Sara Bals (UAntwerp) Most people wouldn't suspect there's a link betwe…

Reuse Lab search menu search content Mivas Circular: The transition of Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE) to the circular economy Context Sheltered workplaces or Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE) Custom are an important figurehead of the social economy in Belgium. Based on the missi…

Arts and Media Archaeology | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Artist talks Deirdre Feeney University of South Australia Deirdre Feeney is a cross-disciplinary artist and lecturer of Contemporary Art at The University of South Australia. Her research interests incl…