with Petra James (ULB), Hubert Roland (UCLouvain), Quintus Immisch (UCLouvain), Martina Mecco (ULB), Alice Stašková (University of Jena), Julia Rebecca Glunk (University of Freiburg/Literature Archive Salzburg), Helga Mitterbauer (ULB), Svetlana Čečovic, Patrick McGuinness (University of Oxford), Eva Wiegmann (University of Mainz), Eszter Balázs (Ludovika University of Public Service Budapest), Lucie Merhautová (Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Adacemy of Sciences, Prague), Štěpán Zbytovský (Charles University Prague), Laurent Béghin (UCLouvain), Xavier Galmiche (Sorbonne Université), Adrian Armstrong (Queen Mary University of London), Clément Dessy (FNRS/ULB), Ulrich Tiedau (University College London), Eve Filée (ULB), Matteo Colombi (University of Leipzig), David Hopkin (University of Oxford).

In collaboration with UCLouvain, Université d'Oxford and Maison française d'Oxford

International workshop focused on mediators between Belgium and Central Europe with the aim to examine the transfer of Belgian modernism (1870-1940) and to explore current concepts of cultural theory from a historical perspective.

The first workshop organized in the frame of the PDR Project "La Belgique 'lue' en tchèque et en allemand", intends to develop a preliminary discussion about Belgium in a a triangular interpolation which includes Czech and German-speaking cultural contexts,bringing together researchers from different European universities and institutions.

Tuesday 22nd & wednesday 23rd April 2025, from 1.30 pm to 7 pm

Maison française d'Oxford
Norham Road
OX2 Oxford

Free entry

This conference will take plce in English, French & German.