Filed under: Conference | Tags: 19th Century, Cultural Criticism, Heritage, Photography, Survey Movement, Urbanism
International Colloquium
Leuven (Belgium)
June 11, 2010
organized by the Research Unit for Cultural History since 1750, KULeuven
and KULeuven Campus Kortrijk
Filed under: Conference | Tags: Cultural Identity, Intercultural Identities, Migration, Regionalism
(collection Dirk Musschoot)
International Conference,
Kortrijk – May 27-29, 2010
Migration is a rich and controversial field, relevant to current political, sociological and media debates. In a globalized world, characterized by increasing cultural diversity and societal complexity, discussions about migration, integration, assimilation and (inter)cultural identity, call for a nuanced and in-depth discussion of the way in which people with different cultural backgrounds (try to and have to) live together and shape their cultural self-understanding. A comprehensive and thorough insight in these matters asks for a study of their long-term development, and thus for a multifaceted historical perspective. The acknowledgment of this necessity forms the starting point and scientific backbone of the conference.
International Conference,
Leuven – August 18-20, 2010
History education will relate to the modern age – or there will be no history education: this appears to be the rule for most Western societies. In the humanistic educational tradition, the past served to present pupils with concrete exempla for decent behaviour in contemporary society. And ever since history became a separate subject in secondary education in most European countries, from the late 18th century onwards, the present has functioned as a form of social security for history education.
International Colloquium
Date: May 29, 2009
Filed under: Conference | Tags: 19th Century, Belgium, Literature, National Identity, The Netherlands
Naties in een spanningsveld
Tegenstrijdige bewegingen in de processen van identiteitsvorming in de negentiende-eeuwse lage landen
13 en 14 februari 2009,
AMVC-Letterenhuis Antwerpen
Op vrijdag 13 en zaterdag 14 februari 2009 vindt in de aula van het AMVC-Letterenhuis te Antwerpen het congres ‘Naties in een spanningsveld’ plaats. Centraal tijdens deze twee dagen staat het onderzoek naar tegenstrijdige bewegingen in de processen van identiteitsvorming in de negentiende-eeuwse literatuur van de lage landen. Hoe kunnen de opvallende nationale versus internationale, en lokale versus ‘universele’ bewegingen, die tegelijkertijd aanwezig zijn in deze periode, worden samengedacht? Hoe manifesteert het verschil tussen de twee uiteenlopende literaire systemen van Nederland en Vlaanderen zich in deze tegenstrijdigheden?
