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Hosting two panel discussions on future thinking
 

* High Tech, Low Tech, Bio Tech

* Switching Gears


Guests include Sylvia Gillis, Lies Eeckman, Jo Caudron, a.o.

 

STUK
March 19, 2024

LEUVEN

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Modereren van leesclub 'Het interessegebied' van Martin Amis, nalv de première van 'The Zone of Interest' van Jonathan Glazer.

 

Bibliotheek Tweebronnen
January 27, 2024

Leuven

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Literary talk on 'Tussen morgenzee en avondland', debut novel of Ramy El-Dardiry, winner of the Bronzen Ull-Award 2023.

By Willemsfonds.

 

De Krook & Minard
November 25, 2023

Ghent

in DUTCH

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Panel on the unknown aspects in the thinking of Hannah Arendt, with philosophers Hans Achterhuis and Tinneke Beeckman.  
By Vermeylenfonds, Hannah Arendt Instituut & Avansa.

 

De Krook
October 27th 2023​

Ghent

in DUTCH

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Literary afternoon about ageism, the power of older age and music. Hosting

 

Sint-Baafsabdij
June 24th 2023​

Ghent

in DUTCH

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Hosting literary evening around loss, death and love, with Fikry El Azzouzi, Michel Faber, Corinne Heyrman, Maria Barnas en Jeroen Olyslaegers . Live percussion by Aya Suzuki. Entire show aon BdBTV.

 

Bijloke muziekcentrum
April 1st 2023​

Ghent

in DUTCH

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Interview with writer Adania Shibli, author of the novel Minor Detail (Fitzcarraldo) / Een Klein Detail (Koppernik) for Passa Porta Festival 2023

 

MAD House of Creators
March 25 2023​

Brussels

in ENG

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Panels on artistic freedom and freedom & polical philosophy with writer Burhan Sönmez, linguist Sibo Kanonbana, philosopher Tinneke Beeckman & criminologist Christophe Busch

 

Zuiderpershuis
March 17 2023​

Antwerp

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Book Launch 'Politiek zonder Partijen' -  Simone Weil translated and contextualized by Alicja Gescinska
 

With: Alicja Gescinska, philosopher Joke Hermsen & mayor Mathias De Clercq

 

Minard
14 March '23​

Ghent

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Panel talk on music and gender, with author Gaea Schoeters, violinist Ann Cnop, soprano Elise Caluwaerts & musicologist Lieselotte Bijnens.

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Organisation of Lunalia & city of Mechelen

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Mechelen

March 8 2023

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Gigs winter 2023
  • CEMPER- dance as intangibale heritage and museums -  Mechelen, Jan 31st 2023

  • Davidsfonds Inspiratiedag - panel with Martha Claeys, Hans Bourlon & Emmanuel Gerard -- Mechelen Feb 11 2023

  • Dig It Up, Mediawijs - panel with Olga Van Oost, Sophie Heijkoop, Kris Rutten & Dorine De Vos -  Antwerpen, Feb 14 2023

  • 15 jaar testament.be - Brussels, March 9 2023

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City Talk: New Belgium, New Brussels
 

With: Laura Nsengiyumva & Tom Naegels

 

Bozar Talks & Debates
25 Jan.'23​

Brussels

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Miscellaneous winter 2022
  • Hosting conference LGBTQI+ & immigration (EU project), Mechelen, nov 2022

  • Re opening CC Belgica, Dendermonde, dec 2022

  • Cities, Migration & Human Rights / Stad Mechelen & Filmhuis, Mechelen, dec 2022

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Panel host 'Opinievorming onder de loep' with Kelia Kaniki Masengo, Marijke Verdoodt (GO! onderwijs), Karl van den Broeck (Apache & Bozar) & Wies de Graeve (Amnesty International Belgium)

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November 17, 2022

Mechelen, Lamot

In Dutch

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Panel host talk 'The Philosopher Queens' with Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting 

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November 12, 2022

Ghent, viernulvier

In ENG 

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Panel host 'Machiavelli & Arendt' with Tinneke Beeckman & Veronica Vasterling

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Panel host 'The Blue New Deal' with Chris Armstrong

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October 30, 2022

Amsterdam, Bellevue & Melkweg

In ENG & DU

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Day host & panel host Cultuurzaken voor Cultuurloket

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October 22, 2022

Brussel, La Vallée

In Dutch

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Panel with Meron Knikman (Vrouwenraad)  &  professor Els De Vos (UA)  on the feminist & inclusive city, for Hannah Arendt Institute.

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October 15, 2022

Mechelen

In Dutch

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Presenter & panel host book launch Kevin Absillis, for UA, Davidsfonds uitgeverij & Standaard Uitgeverij

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Panel with professor Olivia Rutazibwa, Martha Claeys, Maarten Van Ginderachter & Walter Weyns.  

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October 6, 2022

Antwerp

In Dutch

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Presenter & Panel Host Inspiratiedag Inclusie voor Federale Gerechtelijke Politie 

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Panelgesprekken met Patrice De Mets, Ine Van Wymersch, Christophe Busch, Dewi Vandevyver, Lode Uytterschaut, Peter Couseement, Veerlde De Wolf, Sven Mastbooms, Ergys Brocaj e.a.  

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September 22nd, 2022

Beveren

In Dutch

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Presenter & Panel Host UITGESPROKEN Theater aan Zee 2022

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'Zelfzorg' and 'Pyschisch Welzijn' with Marian Donner, Barbara Raes, Suzanne Grotenhuis, Tom Struyf, Michael Bloosen, and others 

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August 2 & 3 2022

Oostende

In Dutch

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Panel host
panel discussion on 'Yaya Na Leki' with Moussa Don Padzou and Lieven Miguel Kandolo, with Avanza Mechelen and bibliotheek Predikeren
Thoughts on decolonializing, Black Lives Matter and brotherhood.

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May 12 2022

in Dutch

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Panel host
panel discussion 'Silence and activism'

as part of the festival Touching Silence
with Fleur Pierets, Rachida Lamrabet and Anthony van Bosschem 

 

April 19 2022

in Dutch

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Host exclusive online edition of Imperial Days



 

February 27th, 2022

In Dutch, ENG subtitles

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General host & panel host

panel discussions on sustainability, impact & thriving events

for Visit Flanders
with a.o. ​Geert Bruynseels (EventFlanders), Geneviève Leclerc (Meet4Impact) and Peter Decuypere (Toerisme Vlaanderen)  

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March 25 2022

in Dutch

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Panel host

table talk

'A path/diversion to a women-friendly city'

for Hannah Arendt Institute

with Apolline Vranken (L’ architecture qui dégenre) and Wouter Stes (Plan International) 

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March 22 2022

in Dutch

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Panel host

author's talks with Aya Sabi, Niña Weijers, Mohammed Benzakour, Heleen Debruyne, Maarten Inghels & Mira Feticu
 

for Memento Woordfestival Kortrijk

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March 19 2022

in Dutch

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Panel host

panel discussion

'Which stories make us strong?'

for Willemsfonds

with Minister Sven Gatz, Marius Meremans (Flemish Member of Parliament) and Hanne Geukens (director De Federatie)

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March 12 2022

in Dutch

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Panel host

panel discussion

'Building feminist cities - an intersectional approach to mobility'

for Europalia, deBuren, Rhea (VUB) & KVS

with Leslie Kern (Canadian geographer), Apolline Vranken (architect), Eva Kail (urban planner) and René Boer (Failed Architecture platform) 

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March 10 2022

in English

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Panel host

sofa talks

for the City of Mechelen

with Fanny Matheusen, Anja Moortgat, Suzanne Demesmaeker, Anita Nyame, Maxine Willemsen, Romy Schlimbach, Tamara Lenaerts and Leen Binnemans

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March 06 2022

in Dutch

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Panel host
panel discussion 'Human rights and philosophical dialogue'
for Busleyden Atheneum Pitzemburg

with Khalid Benhaddou, Jelle Creemers and Anton Van Dyck 

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January 28 2022

in Dutch

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Panel host
panel discussion 'Gender in top management'

for the Diversity Policy Department and Agency for Government Personnel of the Flemish Government

with Barbara Van den Haute, Julie Bynen and James Van Casteren

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December 16 2021

in Dutch

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Presentation Meet in Flanders Academy #8

‘Future and organisation of events and congresses in 2022' online debate for Visit Flanders

with Leen Laconte (Overleg Kunstenorganisaties), Marc Van Ranst (KUL), Bert Blocken (KUL & TU Eindhoven), Niel Hens (UA) and Hugo Slimbrouck (Event Confederation) 

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December 10 2021

in Dutch

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Panel host MuseumTalks

  • 'Painful past, fraught legacy' with Professor Aspha Bijnaar for AfricaMuseum and FARO

  • 'Genetics, race and racism' with Professor Amade M'charek for AfricaMuseum


In the context of the exhibition 'HUMAN ZOO - The age of colonial exhibitions' 

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November 24 2021 & January 26 2022

in Dutch

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Panel host

panel discussion on the future of Erfgoedlabo Leuven

at Tweebronnen library, Leuven

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October 28 2021

in Dutch

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Presentation and guidance workshops

participation moment
for Mechelen City of Culture

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October 16 2021

in Dutch

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Book launches

Ontmoeting met Lize Spit -  Bibliotheek Wichelen

August 20 2022

in Dutch
 

'Liefdesverklaring aan de Nederlandse Taal' - Mira Feticu for Cultuurlab, Forum Vlaamse Vrouwen and Mol librabry
 

October 6 2021

in Dutch

 

Previously
 

  • 'Mazzel Tov' - Margot Vanderstraeten (2018)
    Kazerne Dossin Mechelen

  • ​'Wij & Ik' - Saskia De Coster (2013)
    De Zondvloed Mechelen

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General presentation and panel host

panel discussions WASCABI 2021

for De Federatie

at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels

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September 3 2021

in Dutch

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Panel host

  • 'Diversity' with Jamilla Channouf and Rashif El Kaoui

  • 'Poverty' with Jos Geysels, Wim Van Lancker and Assita Kanko

  • 'Power and impotence of science' with Dirk Draulans and Patrick Loobuyck

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July 26-27-29 2021

in Dutch

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Panel host

table talk 'Tackling racism'

for Hannah Arendt Institute

with Lieven Miguel Kandolo (Hand in Hand Tegen Racisme) and Ilke Adam (VUB)

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June 29 2021

in Dutch

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Panel host

table talk 'Police in a super-diverse society'

for Hannah Arendt Institute

with Dominique Van Ryckeghem (Federal Police) and Sofie De Kimpe (VUB)

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June 15 2021

in Dutch

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Presentation and panel host

book launch 'The life of the mind'

for Hannah Arendt Institute

with Dirk De Schutter and Remi Peeters

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June 9 2021

in Dutch

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Panel host

following screening of documentary ‘Mother’ 

for Alumniwerking UGent

with Kristof Bilsen (filmmaker ‘Mother’), Gudrun Callewaert (care giver and founder of Het Ventiel vzw), Anne Sieben (neurologist UZ Gent) and Arne De Jaegere (theatre director and VRT journalist)

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May 31 2021

in Dutch

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Panel host Speakers Corner

for vzw Klein Verhaal

with Joke Quintens (Moving Marseille), Eric Corijn (VUB), Matthias De Groof (UAntwerpen) and Lukas Pairon (SIMM & Music Fund)

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May 13 & 27 2021

in Dutch

 

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General presentation and

six panels and workshops

for Toerisme Vlaanderen

in the framework of Reizen naar Morgen

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April 19- 23 2021

in Dutch

 

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Avant-première 'Au Suivant' & 'Moteur Synchrone'

for Danspunt, Passerelle and FABULEUS

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April 17 2021

in Dutch

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Book launch and panel discussion

'Last train to London' - Meg Waite Clayton & Henri Roanne

i.c.w. Harper Collins Publishers, Agora uitgeverij and Kazerne Dossin

 

January 20 2020

in English

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Panel host

panel discussion

'Why women have better sex under socialism' 

i.c.w. Rosa vzw

at Vooruit, Ghent

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November 30 2019

in Dutch

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Presentation
congress EFFORTS 2019 on fortified heritage 

at Felix Archief, Antwerp

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November 28 & 29 2019

in English

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Interview and panel

with directors & writers​

for Kazerne Dossin

at UGC Cinema Antwerp 

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January 2019

in English

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Presentation for Minister Alexander De Croo and panel host panel discussion
on the future of work and 21st Century Skills

for Codefever

with Koen Deleus, Servaas Bingé, Rolans Texeira, Kenneth Van Daele, Inge De Clerck and Frederik De Swaef

 

June 2018

in Dutch

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Presentation and debate

International Conference

'Measuring the Effectiveness of Children’s Right'

for The National Commission on the Rights of the Child

 

February 2018

in English

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Panel host

Ontwikkelingsdebat

on humanitarian and development aid

for Foreign Affairs Department

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May 2017

in Dutch 

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Presentation and panel host

Salon for Tourism

on carrying capacity and hospitality

for Kunststeden Vlaanderen

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December 2015, Leuven

November 2016, Bruges

in Dutch 

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