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‘Iemand Anders’ by Nele Van Den Broeck: Self-Mockingly in Search of a New Existence
6 December 2023
In Iemand anders (Someone Else), the debut novel of Belgian singer and actress Nele Van den Broeck, the main character is forced into a different role overnight. This results in an at times very comic tale of a woman searching her way in life once more.
Madness, Mourning, and Sadness Surround Flemish Primitive Hugo Van Der Goes
1 December 2022
The Death of the Virgin, a masterpiece by Hugo van der Goes from the fifteenth century, has been restored. The result can be admired in a versatile exhibition in Bruges, built around the panel. A combination of old and new masters invites you to look closely, but also to let yourself be touched.
How Belgium Helped Shape the British Identity
12 August 2022
From Waterloo to the Westhoek, the Belgian soil is full of British corpses. Professor of English Literature and Culture Marysa Demoor has explored the very close links between the two nations; links that could even be considered decisive in the development of British identity. The relationship was n
Results of the Survey ‘The State of the Dutch Language’ 2021
8 November 2021
In social settings, on social media, and at work, the Dutch language is doing well. But the use of Dutch demands continued support in higher education, and the use of dialects and regional languages deserves further attention too.
Attractive Articles and a Functional Website. Your Opinion on the Low Countries
8 July 2020
High-quality content and a user-friendly website, but more articles about language and history. These are some of the conclusions we can draw from the survey we presented to you about our website.
Watch the Amazing Results of the Restored Ghent Altarpiece
18 December 2019
The central panel of The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, shines like never before. The second stage of the restoration of Van Eyck’s masterpiece has come to an end. The restoration stripped away the 16th-century overpainting to reveal an abundance of fine details.
The Book Tower’s Long Tail
25 June 2019
On 23 May 2007 Google and the University of Ghent signed an agreement. As a result, the Book Tower became the fifteenth institution worldwide to join the American company in its ambition to digitize the world's paper heritage. Ghent University Library and the Royal Library in The Hague (14 July 2010
The European Elections in the Low Countries: Mini-Europe
4 June 2019
The European elections in the Low Countries did not provide clear-cut results. The voters were dispersed across multiple different parties, from the Extreme Left to the Extreme Right. The loss of the Christian Democrats and the gains of the Greens were visible in both Belgium and the Netherlands, an
Get ‘m: five Dutch music, theatre and dance companies conquer Washington
4 April 2019
As a result of the efforts of the collaborative project Never Grow Up!, five Dutch groups find their way to Washington, USA, for a season-long focus.
Individual in an Undivided World. Charlotte Van den Broeck, Maud Vanhauwaert and Ellen Deckwitz as New Romantic Poets
18 March 2019
Interesting about young poets like Van den Broeck, Vanhauwaert and Deckwitz is that while they distance themselves from the avant-gardism of the twentieth century, they also present themselves as new Romantics. Contemporary young Dutch-speaking poets are not afraid of expressing emotions and combine a focus on the I-perspective with a sense of community, while placing people in broader social and environmental systems, as was customary in the early nineteenth century. The result is work that does well on stage and appeals to a diverse group of both younger and older poetry readers.
A Feverish Decade. The Religious Heritage of the 1960s in the Netherlands
18 March 2019
For a long time the Netherlands was one of the most Catholic countries in the world. That may well come as a surprise. If there is one religious denomination with which the Netherlands is invariably associated it is Calvinism. And in the eyes of Europeans from further south, even Dutch Catholics think and behave like Calvinists in disguise. The religious heritage of the 1960s in the Netherlands is in several respects ambiguous. It was not the increasing secularisation that characterised it, but a modernist resistance to the disintegration that was already making itself felt beneath the surface in the by then outdated traditional forms of devotion.The resulting feverish modernisation and reflection led in subsequent decades to a backlash that appears,however, in its turn, to be equally temporary. The traditional churches will not recover quickly and definitely not in their pre-1960s forms. But religion is by no means finished – certainly not in a country where it has traditionally been deeply cherished by both Protestants and Catholics.
