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Alex Ross recommends 'Guillaume de Machaut: Secretary, Poet, Musician'
Music critic Alex Ross lists Guillaume de Machaut: Secretary, Poet, Musician as one of his notable music books of 2011.
Theme: Lieven Gevaert Series
Named after a ground-breaking figure in the Belgian photography industry, the Lieven Gevaert Series is a peer reviewed series of innovative books on photography.
Lieven Gevaert Series
BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S GREATEST HISTORIANS
Henri Pirenne (1862-1935) was a Belgian historian of international stature. He had an intellectual reputation that extended far beyond the borders of his own country. The Histoire de Belgique, which he published in the early decades of the twentieth century, was regarded as a model of innovative national history. His ideas about the development of the medieval city attracted attention, and his thesis on... Read more
With a contribution by John Braithwaite himself: 'Opportunities and dangers of capitalist criminology'
Over the past decades, the Australian social scientist John Braithwaite (1951) has played a crucial role in the development of international criminology. He is universally considered one of the most renowned criminologists of our times and he has characteristically put his scientific engagement at the service of humanity and society by aiming at social justice, participative democracy, sustainable development and... Read more
Sacred places have long exercised a special fascination. Sacred places are not static entities but reveal a historical dynamic. They are the result of cultural developments and have varied multidimensional levels of significance. They are places where time is, as it were, suspended, and they are points where holy times and holy places meet. Sacred places are places apart.
It is this specificity in the context of the Christian religions of the West... Read more
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ACADEMIC HERITAGE LEUVEN
Omstreeks 1900 maakte de Leuvense fotograaf Edouard Morren een unieke fotoreportage over de Leuvense universiteitsgebouwen. De 78 foto's werden ingebonden in een luxueus foto-album, dat op het Leuvense universiteitsarchief wordt bewaard. Deze... Read more
