Conference: Women in the History of Political Thought (4/7/2025) - 7-9 May 2025 Het Rustpunt Burgstraat 110-16, Ghent More and more exciting research is being produced by scholars of political theory and related fields––such as political science, history, and political philosophy––exploring the contributions of women to the history of political… Read more
Talk: New Research Perspectives on Italian Vernacular Rhetorics of the 16th Century by Dr. Elena Bilancia (4/2/2025) - GEMS is organising a talk by Dr. Elena Bilancia on ‘New Research Perspectives on Italian Vernacular Rhetorics of the 16th Century’. Wednesday 7 May, 2025 5 PM Camelot (Room 3.30, Blandijnberg 2) The development of vernacular rhetorical theory played a… Read more
Talk: Debating Private Censorship and Family Networks from Florence to Flanders: Lodovico Guicciardini’s Letters and the Publication of Francesco Guicciardini’s “Ricordi” by Dr. Jonathan Schiesaro (4/2/2025) - GEMS is organising a talk by Dr. Jonathan Schiesaro on ‘Debating Private Censorship and Family Networks from Florence to Flanders: Lodovico Guicciardini’s Letters and the Publication of Francesco Guicciardini’s "Ricordi"’ Monday 26 May, 2025 5 PM Camelot (Room 3.30, Blandijnberg… Read more
Roundtable: “Literary Afterlives, from the Eighteenth Century to the Present” (4/1/2025) - Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Roundtable: 2:30-4pm Reception: 4-5:30pm Faculteitszaal (1st floor, Blandijnberg 2) This interdisciplinary roundtable will explore the rich and varied afterlives of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature in contemporary media, culture, and criticism. A panel of leading scholars in literary… Read more
Reading Group: Postsecular Perspectives in Literary Studies (3/3/2025) - Alexander van de Sijpe and David Alvarez are organising a reading group about postsecular perspectives in literary studies. The first session will be held next Monday, March 10. Traditional secularization narratives suggest that, under the influence of modern trends—rationalization, scientific innovation,… Read more
GEMS News & Congrats (2/27/2025) - We congratulate the following GEMS-affiliated researches on their remarkable achievements from the past few months! Gulia Coppi presented her paper, “Will Spectators Always Be Spectators?”, at the Periodicals, History and Change: a Postgraduate Workshop, hosted at the historic Leeds Library.… Read more
Exhibition: Eeuwige Lente. Tuinen en Wandtapijten in de Renaissance (1/30/2025) - On Friday 7 February, Contactgroep Vroege Nederlandse Kunst will visit the exhibition Eeuwige Lente. Tuinen en Wandtapijten in de Renaissance in het Hof van Busleyden Museum in Mechelen and the nearby Koninklijke Manufactuur van Wandtapijten De Wit. Find the programme… Read more
Talk: ‘The Map After the Shipwreck: Angelo Poliziano and the Encyclopedic Ideal’ by Dr. Francesco Caruso (1/24/2025) - GEMS is hosting a talk by Dr. Francesco Caruso on Angelo Poliziano and the encyclopedic ideal. March 5, 2025 3 – 4PM Camelot (Room 3.30, Blandijnberg 2) For early humanists, engaging with the classics was an integral part of their intellectual… Read more
Talk: Religion, Race, and the Formation of the Secular in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s The Turkish Embassy Letters by David Alvarez (1/9/2025) - GEMS is hosting a talk by Prof. Dr. David Alvarez (DePauw University) on religion, race, and the formation of the secular in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s The Turkish Embassy Letters. February 19, 2025 2:30-3:30pm Auditorium B, Rozier 44 Europe and… Read more
Lecture: The Notion of Mannerisms in 20th Century Architectural Culture (12/17/2024) - Architecture's Mannerisms, or the Modern Path of an Unstylish Style The department of Architecture and Urban Planning is hosting a lecture by Andrew Leach (University of Sydney) on the notion of mannerisms in 20th century architectural culture. This talk reports… Read more