Calendar of Belspo meetings

Read more about the official calendar of meetings of the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union lead or colead by BELSPO. The list includes official meetings and informal meetings.
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24.09.24 | Colloque BRAIN-be 'WomenExile'

Activists in Exile. Gender, Political Commitment and Migration in the Twentieth Century

The aim of this conference is to highlight recent developments in research on migrant activists, exploring the interactions between gender, political commitment and migration in the 20th century. Proposals may focus on women's involvement as well as on masculinities or gender relations in an activist context. How does gender influence militancy in migration? And how do political commitment and migration influence gender relations and the construction of femininity and masculinity?
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Summer 2024

L’ Africamuseum, les Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, les Musées d’Art et d’Histoire, l’Institut des Sciences Naturelles, l’Institut Royal d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique et le War Heritage Institute, reçoivent avec plaisir les enfants et les familles pour une journée d’amusement de qualité, par temps de pluie ou de soleil.
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Het Africamuseum, de Musea voor Schone Kunsten, de Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, het Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aeronomie en het War Heritage Institute, ontvangen met plezier kinderen en hun families voor een dag kwaliteitsvol amusement, bij regen en zonneschijn.
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till 31.07.24 | KBR

Nationale Expo | Expo nationale

The National Expo, a unique exhibition by museumPASSmusées and VRT at KBR, puts hidden art talent in the spotlight. This year, the visual artists were inspired by the work of James Ensor, as part of the Ensor Year 2024. The winners of The National Expo edition Ensor were chosen by the general public and a professional jury through a national competition. Discover the 70 talents from 28 June to 31 July at KBR!
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till 04.08.24 | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Magritte · Folon
The Dream Factory

As Brussels celebrates the 100th anniversary of surrealism, some of René Magritte's works will be traveling and gracing the walls of other exhibitions and museums. The Magritte Museum is taking advantage of this period to create a dialogue between the fascinating world of René Magritte (1898-1967) and the poetic creations of Jean-Michel Folon (1934-2005).
Magritte · Folon is more than an exhibition, it’s a dreamlike encounter and a fruitful dialogue between two unique worlds of imagination.
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till 25.08.24 | Museum of Natural Sciences

GIANTS: a BIG opportunity to feel small

Smilodon, Paraceratherium, Megatherium… They all roamed the earth after the dinosaurs. Do you know about them?
66 million years ago, an asteroid impact caused the extinction of a vast number of animal species like dinosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs. Providing an opportunity for a few small animals that had until then lived in the shadow of the giants! They diversified, and some grew in size, sometimes even to gigantic proportions.
GIANTS will take you on a journey back in time, from the Paleogene to the Quaternary. Meet eleven animals of spectacular proportions such as Otodus megalodon, the most powerful shark to ever have lived, and Gigantopithecus blacki, the Asian monkey as big as three orang-utans.
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till 29.09.24 | AFRICAMUSEUM

ReThinking Collections

How do we trace the origins of collections? How do we view such origins today? And what should become of these collections, within and beyond the museum’s walls?
ReThinking Collections is a new temporary exhibition on provenance research. Most of the collections in the AfricaMuseum were acquired during the colonial era, in what is now the DR Congo. Provenance research and the related matter of restitution are attracting more attention in current social and political debate.
The exhibition shows the sometimes complex realities of provenance research. It presents varied and occasionally surprising collections, without sidestepping questions related to this contested heritage. The museum also explores new perspectives and future approaches to colonial collections.
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-Upcoming exhibition-
from 11.10.2024 till 16.02.2025 | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Drafts
From Rubens to Khnopff

How is a work of art created ? This is the question that the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium seek to answer with an exhibition devoted to sketching. At its heart is the creative gesture, presented here in all its forms.
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DIGIT the Digitization Programme of the Belgian Science Policy

Preserving Belgium's rich cultural and scientific heritage and disclosing those valuable assets for researchers and the general public is important.
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