The Institute of Cultural Studies (KU Leuven) is proud to be part of the new Research Network for Dance Studies CoDa | Cultures of Dance Continue reading
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Visitor Experience at the Mu.Zee & Royal Museum of Fine Arts: Calling for Participants for online survey
Are you a keen art lover or museum visitor? If so, could you give a bit of your time to fill in my survey? Continue reading
Transatlantic Modernism, Art and Cultural Mediators between Belgium and Argentina, 1910-1958
Have you ever thought of arts modernism beyond a Eurocentric perspective? Have you ever imagined modernism can be expressed alternatively? Have you ever known that there was a huge connection between Belgian and Argentine arts? Continue reading
IN/BETWEEN PLACES: and now online
Organized by the artists platform Place, the exhibition IN / BETWEEN PLACES was scheduled from March12 to March 19, 2020 at Ecole de Recherche Graphique (ERG) in Brussels. The show had to close the day after the opening for health reasons due to Covid-19. Continue reading
Project Climate Crisis: WARM ALARM
The fight to save our climate is certainly no new battle. As globalisation, access to information, technology and its accessibility have inevitably increased in modern times, with all the positive aspects it has brought, has also created suffering and detrimental elements. Continue reading
Digital D.I.Y. CAFe
According to annual tradition, the cultural policy event of the Cultural Studies program takes place towards the end of the academic year. This year the event is called D.I.Y CAFe and is organized by us: Cathelijne Jennes, Lan Jacobs, Laure Verstreken and Rani De Leener. The name stands for Do It Yourself Cultural Arts Fair event. Continue reading
Stories Beyond Borders
Why is it crucial that migration stories are listened to? What can these stories reveal on a humanistic level? How do people respond to the current migration crisis happening all around the world? Continue reading
The ‘Heritage Turn’ and making impact with the intangible through Cultural Studies
For those of us doing research in the humanities, working in a time of isolation may cause us to question the impact of our roles as researchers, when we may be relegated to tasks as simple (yet necessary) as reading and writing. Continue reading
🕵️♂️ European Crime TV: Participants Wanted for Online Survey
Do you like watching crime series on TV or on streaming services? If so, the DETECt project needs you! Continue reading
Enjoying Science Fiction of the Seventies: UFO and Space: 1999
While we are stuck in isolation, online video streaming can offer some ways to pass the time. Recently two very interesting shows from the 1970s were posted on Youtube: UFO and Space: 1999. Continue reading
