Past events

VISU members Tine Meganck and Marlise Rijks would like to invite you for the next Studiolo meeting on early modern art, with two speakers on art and nature in the work of Stradanus.

On June 6th, 2026, VISU-director Pieter Martens will present a lecture called "A Building Site in Reverse: the destruction of Thérouanne in 1553".

On 28 May 2026, VISU member Caterina Cardamone will present a paper at the CISA Palladio seminar "Filarete tra corti e città" (Vicenza, 27-28 May 2026).

On 6 May 2026, VISU-member Tine Meganck will take part in the one-day conference at the University of Liège.

How can art help us learn to live together again in a time of division and uncertainty? In this lecture, South African art historian Premesh Lalu shows how art can be a source of courage and connection.

On Friday 13 March 2026, VISU-member Katarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans will take part a the two-day seminar called Mapping Diaspora: Voices, Practices, and Identities Beyond Borders .

On March 8, 2026, VISU-member Brenda Bikoko will take part in Women of Photography 24-Hour Conference-A-Thon with her presentation titled 'Pia Arke and Maud Sulter's Decolonial Visions Through Photography'.

We are delighted to invite you to our next guest lecture by Dr. Marta Wódz as part of the Global Art Histories series.

On Friday, the 20th of February, VISU-member Jelrik Hupkes will present his research during the Research Seminars in Architecture at KTH School of Architecture in Stockholm.

How do we understand freedom not only as a right, but as a responsibility? What can the past teach us about resisting the erosion of democracy? Timothy Snyder, renowned for his work on Central Europe, Ukraine, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust, remains one of today’s most incisive historians.

Visit Troubled Archives' exhibition What The Image Cannot Hold between 11-21 December 2025 at Brass in Forest.

On 4 December 2025, VUB and ULB jointly award honorary doctorates to five Brussels artists: Stromae, Amélie Nothomb, Lize Spit, François Schuiten and Ever Meulen. The festive ceremony takes place at Bozar in the great hall Henry Le Bœuf.