Podcasts about Leuven

Vincent Byloo (1981) is radiomaker. Hij werkt al jaren voor Radio 1 en voor Studio Brussel, waar hij voor verschillende programma's redactie deed, en die soms ook zelf presenteerde. Hij maakte ondermeer Byloo en De Roo samen met Eva De Roo en Puntje van Kritiek samen met Tomas De Soete. In 2023 maakte hij de podcast Viva Lanoye naar aanleiding van de verjaardag van Tom Lanoye. Hij woont in Leuven samen met zijn vriendin Elke en zijn drie dochters.Binnen in huis zie je meteen de prachtige kast, die door twee ruimtes heen kruipt en waarin zowel platen, cd's als boeken staan. We gingen zitten aan de bureautafel vooraan in het huis om over boeken te praten. Vincent Byloo vertelt over zijn ontmoeting met Tom Lanoye en zijn contact met de schrijver nà de podcast, over zijn zoektocht naar de hoofdfiguur van Kartonnen Dozen. Het gaat over New York, over opgroeien én over het woord etterbak. Alle boeken en auteurs uit deze aflevering vind je⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠in de shownotes op wimoosterlinck.be⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wil je de nieuwsbrief in je mailbox? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wimoosterlinck.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wil je de podcast steunen? Bestel je boeken dan steeds via⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠de ⁠⁠link op wimoosterlinck.be⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠ Merci.De drie boeken van Vincent Byloo zijn:1. Tom Lanoye: Kartonnen dozen2. J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye3. Paul Auster: 4321Luister ook naar de drie boeken van: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stefan Hertmans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Eva Mouton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nicci French⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josse De Pauw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ish Ait Hamou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Murielle Scherre⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michèle Cuvelier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Françoise Chombar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠en ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vele anderen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Wil je het boek '103 boeken die je gelezen moet hebben' bestellen - het boek van de podcast? Dat kan op ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wimoosterlinck.be.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ik schrijf er met plezier iets in voor jou of voor de persoon aan wie je het boek cadeau wil doen.

Henk keert terug uit Parijs met een verkoudheid, een afkeer van Eurostar-koffie en het vaste gevoel dat vakantie vooral een logistieke strafexpeditie is. Daarna volgt Leuven, waar hotels hun gasten mishandelen met liftdeuren en bouwvakkers al vóór het ontbijt beginnen.Verder: een voormalig anti-Mandela-activist die jarenlang ongemerkt carrière maakte in de milieubeweging, de wonderlijke werking van jeugdzondes, de hypocrisie van de publieke verontwaardiging en waarom de term ‘mensen van kleur' vooral iets zegt over de mensen die hem gebruiken.Ook: Nelson Mandela, Sylvana Simons, een bedinspectie bij de VARA en het verhaal achter het Franse schandaalliedje Je t'aime… moi non plus.Kortom: ziekte, cynisme, geschiedenisles en een paar ongemakkelijke waarheden. Gewoon een normale week.

Im 18. Jahrhundert erschütterte eine radikale Bewegung die jüdische Welt Osteuropas: der Frankismus. Angeführt von Jakob Frank, einem selbsternannten Messias, vermischte die Sekte Kabbala, christliche Mystik und bewusste Übertretung religiöser Gesetze zu einer explosiven Ideologie. Massenkonversionen zum Katholizismus, geheime Rituale und politische Intrigen folgten. Wir erzählen die Geschichte einer Bewegung, die zwischen den Welten operierte und bis heute Rätsel aufgibt.#kabbala #geschichte #allezeitderwelt #frankismus #geschichtspodcast❤️ Patreon: patreon.com/allezeitderweltOder Youtube-Kanalmitglied werden und exklusive Vorteile erhalten: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8d09rKkWS5MkIdAuzUpkmA/joinKapitel0:00 Intro: Jakob Frank und der Bote aus Warschau1:49 Willkommen zu Kabbala Folge 47:02 Sabbatianer, Pogrome und messianische Spannung8:07 Jacob Franks Herkunft und frühe Jahre27:08 Die Ritualmordbeschuldigung31:23 Massentaufe und Konversion zum Katholizismus36:01 Frank im Kloster Jasna Gora40:21 Franks Lehre wird aufgeschrieben52:16 Eva Frank und die Schwarze Madonna55:35 Entlassung und Neuanfang in Offenbach1:01:03 Tod Franks und das Erbe der Bewegung1:05:12 Frank als politischer Stratege1:08:17 Frankismus und die jüdische Moderne1:10:19 Abschlussgespräch und Ausblick1:13:45 Frankismus in modernen Verschwörungstheorien1:16:15 OutroQUELLENVERZEICHNISGarb, Jonathan: A History of Kabbalah: From the Early Modern Period to the Present Day. Cambridge University Press, 2020. [Hauptquelle für theologische und historische Einordnung]Doktór, Jan: „Frankism: The History of Jacob Frank or of the Frankists.“ In: A History of Kabbalah, hg. v. Jonathan Garb, Cambridge UP, 2020. [Hauptquelle für historiografische Revision]Maciejko, Paweł: The Mixed Multitude: Jacob Frank and the Frankist Movement 1755–1816. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. [Standardmonografie]Maciejko, Paweł: Sabbatian Heresy: Writings on Mysticism, Messianism and the Origins of European Modernity. Brandeis University Press, 2017.Scholem, Gershom: The Messianic Idea in Judaism and Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality. Schocken, 1971.Elior, Rachel: Jacob Frank's Book of the Words of the Lord: Mystical Automythography, Religious Nihilism and the Messianic Vision of Freedom. Peeters, Leuven 2019.Levine, Hillel: „Frankism as Worldly Messianism.“ In: Gershom Scholem's “Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism”, 50 Years After. Hg. v. Joseph Dan u. Peter Schäfer. Tübingen: Mohr, 1993, S. 283–300.

One Piece Kapitel 1184 ist da! Der Flashback von Brook geht in die nächste Runde. Diese Woche erwartet uns ein Flashback im Flashback. Wer wird wirklich Leuven töten? Ist Candel vielleicht ein God Knight der Manmeyer Familie? Mögliche Antworten wie immer im Podcast!

Wat zit er in De 7?De top van voetbalclub Antwerp is in gesprek met een Amerikaanse investeringsreus over een giga-lening. Lukt dat niet, dan komt de club misschien wel zwaar in de problemen.Rond twee uur vannacht heeft het parlement de centenindex en de pensioenhervorming definitief goedgekeurd. Belangrijke mijlpaal voor de fiscale hervorming van ons land. Wat betekent het ook alweer voor jou?En een Leuvense start-up haalt miljoenen op met een visuele breinprothese waarmee blinden weer kunnen zien. Of toch beperkt. We praten met de CEO. Host: Bert RymenProductie: Roan Van Eyck See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eulalio raz na glebie raz w odjeździe. Swift okrada Arensmana. Sprinterzy bronią się przed atakami górali i etap kończy się slalomem gigantem i pokazem mocy czekoladowej lokomotywy z Leuven. Chcesz folołować? – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pncastCykChcesz popaczeć? – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pncast/Chcesz połoglondać? – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5hNRM9CimnQAZTho-FBAcQ Chcesz pobiznesować? – e-mail: podnominal@gmail.com Chcesz dać zapomogę? – PATRONITE: https://patronite.pl/pncast Buycoffee: www.buycoffee.to/pncastPatroni : HIGROSYSTEM.PLMarek DrÓb

Gesprek met Raymond Hausoul gastdocent aan de ETF in Leuven op basis van een door hem geschreven bijdrage aan het boek "The Oxford Compendium of Hope" getiteld Hope and Transhumanism. Een uitgave van de Oxford Press in Oxford. (https://academic.oup.com/book/61728/chapter/541578971?login=false) Van hun site bij betreffend hoofdstuk: Abstract Influential figures such as Hans Moravec and Ray Kurzweil describe in their publications the possibilities that technological developments can eventually offer humanity to evolve to a “higher form.” This transhumanism movement, which is characterized by this search for a higher transformation of humanity, investigates how these ideological perspectives can be practically realized so that technological developments can optimally improve life on earth. This includes, for example, the question of what possibilities artificial intelligence and robotics offer humanity from an ideological-technological perspective. This chapter explores the hopes that characterize transhumanist proposals. In doing so, I distinguish between Anthony Scioli's four approaches to hope: (1) survival-oriented hope, (2) master-oriented hope, (3) attachment hope, and (4) meaning hope. The chapter shows that this approach provides a suitable classification-method to critically describe and evaluate the different approaches to hope in technological developments within transhumanism.

The phenomenal Raf Bischopps from Leuven talks about his remarkable endoscopy career. Delve into the world of a superksilled endoscopist, researcher, teacher and leader.

Prof. em. Rob Faesen was jarenlang verbonden aan de universiteiten van Leuven, Antwerpen en Tilburg. De klemtoon van zijn onderzoek lag steeds op de middelnederlands mystiek van bekende figuren zoals Hadewijch en Jan van Ruusbroec. Als geen ander wist hij de oude teksten te ontsluiten voor een hedendaags publiek. Daarover kan Jonas meespreken, want tijdens zijn studies theologie zat hij vaak bij Faesen in de les. In zijn eigen boek Het Ene in het vele verwerkte Jonas zelf ook verschillende citaten van Ruusbroec omdat hij tijdens het lezen van zijn verzamelde werken telkens weer verbaasd stond van de prachtige teksten die exact leken uit te drukken wat hij zelf probeerde te verwoorden. Nog wat verder grasduinend in Ruusbroecs biografie, viel het Jonas ook op dat deze middeleeuwer eigenlijk heel wat te vertellen had over hedendaagse spiritualiteit. En daar wou Jonas wel eens verder over in gesprek met een expert. Daarom klopte hij nog eens aan bij zijn oude prof.Een sprecifieke passage uit de inleiding van Ruusbroec's verzamelde werken, werd het vertrekpunt voor hun gesprek: “Ruusbroec verzet zich tegen elke vorm van mystiek die de integriteit van de menselijke persoon zou aantasten. De ‘aardige prior' van Groenendaal verandert in een strenge rechter wanneer hij tegen het gedachtegoed van de broeders van de Vrije Geest reageert. Dit gedachtegoed koos ervoor zich helemaal terug te trekken in de essentie van de ziel, en snijdt de vruchtbare uitwisseling weg tussen een gelukzalige rust in de essentie van God en de intense activiteit van de liefde, die op haar beurt opnieuw het genieten in liefde versterkt. Hij bekritiseert ook de devotie die louter tot affectie en sentiment verwordt, en die de kritische rol van het intellect vergeet. Volgens Ruusbroec brengt een echte mystieke aanraking alle menselijke vermogens tot intense activiteit. Alleen wanneer die vermogens de limiet van hun kracht hebben bereikt, dient zich de mogelijkheid van echte passieve, overgave aan, terwijl vermogens van de mens elk op hun niveau actief blijven.”Het mag in deze paragraaf dan wel gaan over Ruusbroecs kritieken op specifieke spirituele bewegingen van zijn tijd, toch zou het evengoed over huidige tendensen kunnen gaan. Zo wordt mystiek in sommige kringen wel eens gereduceerd tot louter intuïtie en persoonlijke ervaring. En ook vandaag wordt spiritualiteit soms beleefd als iets waar je je zweverig in terugtrekt, weg van elke actieve rol in de samenleving. Ruusbroec liet zich echter nooit vangen door eenvoudige contrasten zoals hoofd versus hart of actie versus contemplatie. De teksten van deze doctor divinus ecstaticus (doctor van de goddelijke extase) kenmerken zich door een gebalanceerde diepgang die de lezer steeds verder meeneemt in de subtiliteiten van de mystieke ervaring en het spirituele leven.***Groetjes uit Shambhala is een productie van Volzin.nl.

Most of us today would assume that morality and ethics, being value propositions, are questions for inspired leaders, religious creeds, poets—in other words, for the humanities. But what if I told you that we can construct a system of ethics and morality by studying math—more specifically: the laws of thermodynamics? That's what Professor Drew M Dalton argues in his latest book. Dalton traces a line of metaphysical inquiry from Kant through Spinoza, Nietzsche, and others up to today to show how we get from E=mc2 to a full-throated call to resist evil and alleviate suffering to our very last breath. By overturning our assumptions about the nature and value of reality, The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism (Northwestern UP, 2024) presents a provocative new model of ethical responsibility that is both logically justifiable and scientifically sound. Dalton argues for “ethical pessimism,” a position previously marginalized in the West, as a means to cultivate an account of ethical responsibility and political activism that takes seriously the unbecoming of being and the moral horror of existence. Drew M. Dalton is a professor of English at Indiana University, having received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Leuven in Belgium. His research focuses on the normative implications of different metaphysical systems and, specifically, he's interested in how questions of right and wrong, good and evil, beauty and pleasure are framed within aesthetics, literary theory, ethics, and political philosophy. He is the author of Longing for the Other: Levinas and Metaphysical Desire (Duquesne University Press, 2009), The Ethics of Resistance: Tyranny of the Absolute (Bloomsbury, 2018), and The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism (Northwestern University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Most of us today would assume that morality and ethics, being value propositions, are questions for inspired leaders, religious creeds, poets—in other words, for the humanities. But what if I told you that we can construct a system of ethics and morality by studying math—more specifically: the laws of thermodynamics? That's what Professor Drew M Dalton argues in his latest book. Dalton traces a line of metaphysical inquiry from Kant through Spinoza, Nietzsche, and others up to today to show how we get from E=mc2 to a full-throated call to resist evil and alleviate suffering to our very last breath. By overturning our assumptions about the nature and value of reality, The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism (Northwestern UP, 2024) presents a provocative new model of ethical responsibility that is both logically justifiable and scientifically sound. Dalton argues for “ethical pessimism,” a position previously marginalized in the West, as a means to cultivate an account of ethical responsibility and political activism that takes seriously the unbecoming of being and the moral horror of existence. Drew M. Dalton is a professor of English at Indiana University, having received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Leuven in Belgium. His research focuses on the normative implications of different metaphysical systems and, specifically, he's interested in how questions of right and wrong, good and evil, beauty and pleasure are framed within aesthetics, literary theory, ethics, and political philosophy. He is the author of Longing for the Other: Levinas and Metaphysical Desire (Duquesne University Press, 2009), The Ethics of Resistance: Tyranny of the Absolute (Bloomsbury, 2018), and The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism (Northwestern University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Most of us today would assume that morality and ethics, being value propositions, are questions for inspired leaders, religious creeds, poets—in other words, for the humanities. But what if I told you that we can construct a system of ethics and morality by studying math—more specifically: the laws of thermodynamics? That's what Professor Drew M Dalton argues in his latest book. Dalton traces a line of metaphysical inquiry from Kant through Spinoza, Nietzsche, and others up to today to show how we get from E=mc2 to a full-throated call to resist evil and alleviate suffering to our very last breath. By overturning our assumptions about the nature and value of reality, The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism (Northwestern UP, 2024) presents a provocative new model of ethical responsibility that is both logically justifiable and scientifically sound. Dalton argues for “ethical pessimism,” a position previously marginalized in the West, as a means to cultivate an account of ethical responsibility and political activism that takes seriously the unbecoming of being and the moral horror of existence. Drew M. Dalton is a professor of English at Indiana University, having received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Leuven in Belgium. His research focuses on the normative implications of different metaphysical systems and, specifically, he's interested in how questions of right and wrong, good and evil, beauty and pleasure are framed within aesthetics, literary theory, ethics, and political philosophy. He is the author of Longing for the Other: Levinas and Metaphysical Desire (Duquesne University Press, 2009), The Ethics of Resistance: Tyranny of the Absolute (Bloomsbury, 2018), and The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism (Northwestern University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/secularism

Most of us today would assume that morality and ethics, being value propositions, are questions for inspired leaders, religious creeds, poets—in other words, for the humanities. But what if I told you that we can construct a system of ethics and morality by studying math—more specifically: the laws of thermodynamics? That's what Professor Drew M Dalton argues in his latest book. Dalton traces a line of metaphysical inquiry from Kant through Spinoza, Nietzsche, and others up to today to show how we get from E=mc2 to a full-throated call to resist evil and alleviate suffering to our very last breath. By overturning our assumptions about the nature and value of reality, The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism (Northwestern UP, 2024) presents a provocative new model of ethical responsibility that is both logically justifiable and scientifically sound. Dalton argues for “ethical pessimism,” a position previously marginalized in the West, as a means to cultivate an account of ethical responsibility and political activism that takes seriously the unbecoming of being and the moral horror of existence. Drew M. Dalton is a professor of English at Indiana University, having received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Leuven in Belgium. His research focuses on the normative implications of different metaphysical systems and, specifically, he's interested in how questions of right and wrong, good and evil, beauty and pleasure are framed within aesthetics, literary theory, ethics, and political philosophy. He is the author of Longing for the Other: Levinas and Metaphysical Desire (Duquesne University Press, 2009), The Ethics of Resistance: Tyranny of the Absolute (Bloomsbury, 2018), and The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism (Northwestern University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of us today would assume that morality and ethics, being value propositions, are questions for inspired leaders, religious creeds, poets—in other words, for the humanities. But what if I told you that we can construct a system of ethics and morality by studying math—more specifically: the laws of thermodynamics? That's what Professor Drew M Dalton argues in his latest book. Dalton traces a line of metaphysical inquiry from Kant through Spinoza, Nietzsche, and others up to today to show how we get from E=mc2 to a full-throated call to resist evil and alleviate suffering to our very last breath. By overturning our assumptions about the nature and value of reality, The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism (Northwestern UP, 2024) presents a provocative new model of ethical responsibility that is both logically justifiable and scientifically sound. Dalton argues for “ethical pessimism,” a position previously marginalized in the West, as a means to cultivate an account of ethical responsibility and political activism that takes seriously the unbecoming of being and the moral horror of existence. Drew M. Dalton is a professor of English at Indiana University, having received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Leuven in Belgium. His research focuses on the normative implications of different metaphysical systems and, specifically, he's interested in how questions of right and wrong, good and evil, beauty and pleasure are framed within aesthetics, literary theory, ethics, and political philosophy. He is the author of Longing for the Other: Levinas and Metaphysical Desire (Duquesne University Press, 2009), The Ethics of Resistance: Tyranny of the Absolute (Bloomsbury, 2018), and The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism (Northwestern University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

Op het eerste gezicht ligt onze zuiderbuur België om de hoek. Op het tweede gezicht liggen we soms mijlenver uit elkaar, en kennen we België van thema’s waar wij Nederlanders niet dagelijks mee bezig zijn. Een serieus heuvellandschap, een enorme industriële erfenis, een taalgrens en diepe littekens van een Eerste Wereldoorlog. Maar op het derde gezicht zijn onze Belgische broeders en zusters verrassend dichtbij. We lezen Suske en Wiske, kijken Samson en Gert, luisteren Jacques Brel en Stromae, consumeren wafels en bier. En we twijfelen zelfs een beetje over België. Maar er wordt niet alleen getwijfeld, we gaan ook! Naar Brugge, Gent en Antwerpen, we fietsen in de Ardennen, we studeren in Leuven en rijden rondjes in de metro van Charleroi. Hoewel, dat misschien net weer niet. Hoe dan ook, we nemen België graag tot ons. Maar dat, lieve luisteraars, leidt ook tot vooroordelen en misverstanden. En na ons een maand gelaafd te hebben aan België, duiken wij nog één keer de studio in. Deze keer met een echte Belg, en niet de minste: wetenschappelijke omnivoor Lieven Scheire! Adverteren in deze podcast, een op maat gemaakte pubquiz als werkuitje of zoek je een andere samenwerking? Mail dan naar info@grotepodcastlas.nl.

ถ้าพูดถึงศูนย์กลางของโลกเทคโนโลยี หลายคนคงนึกถึง Silicon Valley ในสหรัฐอเมริกา หรือฐานทัพของ TSMC ในไต้หวัน แต่เชื่อหรือไม่ครับว่า สถานที่ที่กุมชะตาของวงการชิปแทบทุกตัวบนโลกใบนี้ กลับไม่ได้อยู่ในประเทศมหาอำนาจ แต่ซ่อนตัวอยู่อย่างเงียบ ๆ ในเมืองเล็ก ๆ ของประเทศเบลเยียม ที่มีชื่อว่า Leuven ที่นี่คือที่ตั้งของ IMEC องค์กรเบื้องหลังที่ทำให้ศัตรูคู่อาฆาตทางธุรกิจอย่าง Intel, Samsung และ TSMC ต้องยอมวางอาวุธ แล้วเดินมาจับมือกัน ทำไมองค์กรที่ไม่แสวงหาผลกำไรแห่งนี้ ถึงกลายเป็นผู้กุมอนาคตของอุตสาหกรรม Semiconductor มูลค่าหลายล้านล้านบาท และกำหนดทิศทางเทคโนโลยีของโลกใบนี้ได้ คลิปนี้มีคำตอบครับ เลือกฟังกันได้เลยนะครับ อย่าลืมกด Follow ติดตาม PodCast ช่อง Geek Forever's Podcast ของผมกันด้วยนะครับ #เซมิคอนดักเตอร์ #อุตสาหกรรมชิป #ผลิตชิป #เทคโนโลยี #นวัตกรรม #ธุรกิจเทคโนโลยี #ข่าวไอที #เล่าเรื่องธุรกิจ #ชิปคอมพิวเตอร์ #การผลิตชิป #IMEC #ASML #TSMC #Intel #Samsung #ความรู้รอบตัว #นวัตกรรมอนาคต #geekstory #geekforeverpodcast

De mysterieuze Satoshi Nakamoto, bedenker van bitcoin, komt misschien gewoon uit Leuven...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this BeerTalk episode, we head to Belgium — to Leuven, one of the country's true beer hotspots — and step into a place that instantly sticks in your memory: Bart Delvaux's taproom brewery in Kessel-Lo, where beer culture meets bike culture in the most Belgian way possible. Bart shares how it all started with homebrewing in a basement, then took a surprising turn during a work relocation to Chicago — and a bicycle crash that (ironically) led him straight into the world of American taprooms. What began as a setback became the spark for a new life: returning to Belgium, building a brewery, and creating a space where locals and visitors can drink fresh beer on draft, right next to the kettles. We talk about Bart's crossover brewing philosophy — from an easy-drinking cream ale and a smooth, low-ABV tripel, to a bold West Coast IPA, plus monthly specials that range from refreshing sour gose to stouts with chili, tonka beans, and other twists. Bart explains why they don't bottle, how they keep quality and freshness in their own hands, and why the taproom experience matters just as much as the beer itself. One highlight: Bart's obsession with creating beers that surprise you — like a white stout that looks like a pilsner but drinks like a stout, built through careful ingredient testing (and a lot of patience). And yes, we also get into hop water, food collaborations (tacos + jalapeño gose!), and the warm, supportive way Leuven's brewers work together...

Hoog tijd om eens iemand van seizoensrevelatie Okapi Aalst naar de podcast te halen. Niemand is sant in eigen land. Olivier Foucart, moest eerst zijn coachingcarrière in het buitenland (Duitsland) lanceren voor hij een kans kreeg op het hoogste niveau in België. Live in Gent praat hij over zijn carrière, het geweldige seizoen van Okapi, de nakende BNXT-titel van Antwerp Giants en tot slot werpt hij zijn blik op het breaking news in de BNXT League. Die transfer van Tytan Anderson van Leuven naar Oostende, kan dat zomaar?Maarten Weynants zet een en ander recht en heeft een origineel lijstje mee: wie is de most improved player dit seizoen in de competitie?

Danny is the creator of the Persuasion Blueprint, a framework that shows SMB leaders how missed moments in conversation are costing businesses thousands. Rather than recycled sales scripts, Danny teaches teams how presence, caring, and precise connection win loyalty and referrals without pushing harder. With dual MBAs from the University of Chicago and Katholieke Universiteit tel Leuven, and a background as an ultra-endurance athlete who's summited 20 major peaks worldwide, Danny brings hard-earned lessons in grit and high-pressure performance to everyday business conversations. He's coached hundreds of teams to recover hidden profit lost to miscommunication, often by demonstrating how leaders can pause in the moment, rebuild trust, and turn customer updates or tough team meetings into engines of alignment. What sets Danny apart is practical, memorable tactics teams use on regular calls and negotiations. He's helped thousands in the dental and healthcare world transform how they build trust, with a social reach of over 15,000 medical business owners. Whether it's discovery calls, customer support, or internal meetings, Danny equips listeners with ways to co-create buy-in that actually sticks.

In deze aflevering van De Jogclub T&F ontvangen PJ en Michael man in vorm Pieter Sisk. Ze hebben het over het Belgische Record dat hij afsnoepte van Ivo Vandamme, zijn hoogtestage in Leuven, zijn plannen voor de zomer en zoveel meer.

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Fr. Robert McTeigue reflects on the deliberate destruction of the University of Leuven's historic library in World War I as an example of how tyrants attack beauty, truth, memory and identity — and warns that a subtler modern tyranny simply acts as if the past never existed. Watch on YouTube: Tyrant's Burn Libraries, Right?

Elles occupent un rôle souvent discret et pourtant prépondérant dans le monde chrétien. Les femmes représentent une moitié de fidèles peu entendue et bloquée par les hommes dans leur accès à des fonctions élevées au sein de l'Église, en tout cas de l'Église catholique où elles ne peuvent devenir ni prêtre, ni évêque, ni cardinal et encore moins pape. Mais certaines branches du christianisme évoluent plus rapidement. Le 25 mars dernier, Sarah Mullally est devenue la nouvelle archevêque de Canterbury, cheffe spirituelle des Anglicans dans le monde. Alors quelle place pour les femmes dans les Églises de demain ?  Pour en débattre Valentine Zuber, historienne spécialiste de la laïcité, directrice d'études à l'École pratique des hautes études. Elle a dirigé l'ouvrage collectif Femmes et religions en Méditerranée, publié aux éditions Hermann. Céline Béraud, sociologue spécialiste des religions. Directrice d'études à l'EHESS au Centre d'études en sciences sociales du religieux. Depuis 2024, présidente de la commission d'étude sur les violences commises par l'abbé Pierre. Jack McDonald, chanoine de l'Église d'Angleterre, chef du culte anglican en Belgique et professeur d'histoire moderne à la faculté protestante de Bruxelles ainsi qu'à l'Université catholique de Leuven, il travaille sur l'Afrique subsaharienne.

Elles occupent un rôle souvent discret et pourtant prépondérant dans le monde chrétien. Les femmes représentent une moitié de fidèles peu entendue et bloquée par les hommes dans leur accès à des fonctions élevées au sein de l'Église, en tout cas de l'Église catholique où elles ne peuvent devenir ni prêtre, ni évêque, ni cardinal et encore moins pape. Mais certaines branches du christianisme évoluent plus rapidement. Le 25 mars dernier, Sarah Mullally est devenue la nouvelle archevêque de Canterbury, cheffe spirituelle des Anglicans dans le monde. Alors quelle place pour les femmes dans les Églises de demain ?  Pour en débattre Valentine Zuber, historienne spécialiste de la laïcité, directrice d'études à l'École pratique des hautes études. Elle a dirigé l'ouvrage collectif Femmes et religions en Méditerranée, publié aux éditions Hermann. Céline Béraud, sociologue spécialiste des religions. Directrice d'études à l'EHESS au Centre d'études en sciences sociales du religieux. Depuis 2024, présidente de la commission d'étude sur les violences commises par l'abbé Pierre. Jack McDonald, chanoine de l'Église d'Angleterre, chef du culte anglican en Belgique et professeur d'histoire moderne à la faculté protestante de Bruxelles ainsi qu'à l'Université catholique de Leuven, il travaille sur l'Afrique subsaharienne.

In het Meerdaalwoud, ten zuiden van Leuven, wordt het lijk gevonden van een jogger wiens schedel is ingeslagen. In de zak van zijn short treft de politie een vrouwenslipje aan met roze cupido's erop Uitgegeven door Lind & Co Spreker: Pieter-Jan De Smedt

Fossil Consumerism: Energy, Ecology and Everyday Life in the Early Modern Low Countries (Leuven UP, 2026) by Dr. Wout Saelens explores how the homes of ordinary city dwellers sparked our modern dependence on fossil fuels. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, including probate inventories, household manuals, personal journals, medical treatises and contemporary artwork, it reveals how households in the early modern Low Countries embraced peat and coal to fuel new standards of warmth, light and domesticity. Yet, with these new home comforts came rising indoor pollution, intensified and gendered housework and, ultimately, a quiet shift in humanity's relationship with nature. Bridging the histories of environments, material culture and consumption, Fossil Consumerism offers a reinterpretation of the historical roots of global warming, finding these not in the industrial mill, but in the intimate, overlooked spaces of the home. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the everyday origins of the Anthropocene and is available Open Access. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Fossil Consumerism: Energy, Ecology and Everyday Life in the Early Modern Low Countries (Leuven UP, 2026) by Dr. Wout Saelens explores how the homes of ordinary city dwellers sparked our modern dependence on fossil fuels. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, including probate inventories, household manuals, personal journals, medical treatises and contemporary artwork, it reveals how households in the early modern Low Countries embraced peat and coal to fuel new standards of warmth, light and domesticity. Yet, with these new home comforts came rising indoor pollution, intensified and gendered housework and, ultimately, a quiet shift in humanity's relationship with nature. Bridging the histories of environments, material culture and consumption, Fossil Consumerism offers a reinterpretation of the historical roots of global warming, finding these not in the industrial mill, but in the intimate, overlooked spaces of the home. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the everyday origins of the Anthropocene and is available Open Access. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

Fossil Consumerism: Energy, Ecology and Everyday Life in the Early Modern Low Countries (Leuven UP, 2026) by Dr. Wout Saelens explores how the homes of ordinary city dwellers sparked our modern dependence on fossil fuels. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, including probate inventories, household manuals, personal journals, medical treatises and contemporary artwork, it reveals how households in the early modern Low Countries embraced peat and coal to fuel new standards of warmth, light and domesticity. Yet, with these new home comforts came rising indoor pollution, intensified and gendered housework and, ultimately, a quiet shift in humanity's relationship with nature. Bridging the histories of environments, material culture and consumption, Fossil Consumerism offers a reinterpretation of the historical roots of global warming, finding these not in the industrial mill, but in the intimate, overlooked spaces of the home. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the everyday origins of the Anthropocene and is available Open Access. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fossil Consumerism: Energy, Ecology and Everyday Life in the Early Modern Low Countries (Leuven UP, 2026) by Dr. Wout Saelens explores how the homes of ordinary city dwellers sparked our modern dependence on fossil fuels. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, including probate inventories, household manuals, personal journals, medical treatises and contemporary artwork, it reveals how households in the early modern Low Countries embraced peat and coal to fuel new standards of warmth, light and domesticity. Yet, with these new home comforts came rising indoor pollution, intensified and gendered housework and, ultimately, a quiet shift in humanity's relationship with nature. Bridging the histories of environments, material culture and consumption, Fossil Consumerism offers a reinterpretation of the historical roots of global warming, finding these not in the industrial mill, but in the intimate, overlooked spaces of the home. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the everyday origins of the Anthropocene and is available Open Access. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Fossil Consumerism: Energy, Ecology and Everyday Life in the Early Modern Low Countries (Leuven UP, 2026) by Dr. Wout Saelens explores how the homes of ordinary city dwellers sparked our modern dependence on fossil fuels. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, including probate inventories, household manuals, personal journals, medical treatises and contemporary artwork, it reveals how households in the early modern Low Countries embraced peat and coal to fuel new standards of warmth, light and domesticity. Yet, with these new home comforts came rising indoor pollution, intensified and gendered housework and, ultimately, a quiet shift in humanity's relationship with nature. Bridging the histories of environments, material culture and consumption, Fossil Consumerism offers a reinterpretation of the historical roots of global warming, finding these not in the industrial mill, but in the intimate, overlooked spaces of the home. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the everyday origins of the Anthropocene and is available Open Access. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

Fossil Consumerism: Energy, Ecology and Everyday Life in the Early Modern Low Countries (Leuven UP, 2026) by Dr. Wout Saelens explores how the homes of ordinary city dwellers sparked our modern dependence on fossil fuels. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, including probate inventories, household manuals, personal journals, medical treatises and contemporary artwork, it reveals how households in the early modern Low Countries embraced peat and coal to fuel new standards of warmth, light and domesticity. Yet, with these new home comforts came rising indoor pollution, intensified and gendered housework and, ultimately, a quiet shift in humanity's relationship with nature. Bridging the histories of environments, material culture and consumption, Fossil Consumerism offers a reinterpretation of the historical roots of global warming, finding these not in the industrial mill, but in the intimate, overlooked spaces of the home. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the everyday origins of the Anthropocene and is available Open Access. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fossil Consumerism: Energy, Ecology and Everyday Life in the Early Modern Low Countries (Leuven UP, 2026) by Dr. Wout Saelens explores how the homes of ordinary city dwellers sparked our modern dependence on fossil fuels. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, including probate inventories, household manuals, personal journals, medical treatises and contemporary artwork, it reveals how households in the early modern Low Countries embraced peat and coal to fuel new standards of warmth, light and domesticity. Yet, with these new home comforts came rising indoor pollution, intensified and gendered housework and, ultimately, a quiet shift in humanity's relationship with nature. Bridging the histories of environments, material culture and consumption, Fossil Consumerism offers a reinterpretation of the historical roots of global warming, finding these not in the industrial mill, but in the intimate, overlooked spaces of the home. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the everyday origins of the Anthropocene and is available Open Access. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/technology

Een nieuw #nerdland maandoverzicht! Met deze maand: Bizarre hybride wezens! Insectenzenuwstelsels! De SLS-Raket! Meta! Tennisrobots! Geavanceerde chipproductiemachines! Hinniktonen! PISSSTREAM! En veel meer... Gepresenteerd door Lieven Scheire met Hetty Helsmoortel, Bart Van Peer, Marian Verhelst, Kurt Beheydt en Peter Berx. Opname, montage en mastering door Jens Paeyeneers. Check ook https://podcast.nerdland.be/nerdland-maandoverzicht-april-2026/ (00:04:07) Herhaald klonen van hetzelfde dier levert nu een reeks van 57 generaties klonen op, wat vragen oproept over effecten op gezondheid en erfelijkheid (00:08:34) Het brein van een vlieg is tot in detail nagebouwd in een model om insectenzenuwstelsels te begrijpen (00:18:05) Muizenhersenen blijken een “cryosleep” te kunnen overleven en nadien weer activiteit te vertonen (00:19:18) De Ig Nobelprijzen verhuizen naar Europa uit vrees voor problemen met Amerikaanse reisvisa (00:21:25) NASA moest een ruimtestation tijdelijk evacueren wegens een medisch probleem bij astronaut Mike Fincke (00:25:50) De VS verschuiven hun ruimtebeleid om minder op ruimtestations en meer op een volwaardige maanbasis te focussen (00:32:03) De SLS-raket staat opnieuw op het lanceerplatform klaar voor een volgende test of missie (00:36:26) Menselijke hersencellen op een chip leerden in een week het computerspel Doom spelen (00:45:51) IMEC in Leuven installeert de meest geavanceerde chipproductiemachine ter wereld (00:55:51) Een hondenbaasje gebruikte ChatGPT en AlphaFold om zelf een experimentele behandeling voor de kanker van zijn hond te ontwerpen (01:05:10) Silicon Valley Nieuws (01:05:24) Een incident rond militair gebruik van Anthropic's AI Claude voor nucleaire dreigingsanalyse zorgt voor grote commotie (01:09:58) Iran voert wraakacties uit door datacenters aan te vallen met bombardementen (01:10:52) Meta's slimme bril zou externe medewerkers toegang geven tot gebruikersbeelden, wat grote privacyzorgen oproept (01:15:29) Rechtszaak tegen Meta omdat Facebook opzettelijk verslavend gemaakt is (01:23:33) Chimpansees vinden glimmende kristallen fascinerend, maar de reden voor die voorkeur is nog onduidelijk (01:28:21) Een bizar hybride wezen combineert kenmerken van kikker, mug en bij in één ontwerp (01:34:45) Paarden produceren twee tonen tegelijk bij het hinniken, één met de stembanden en één via een fluitachtig structuurtje in het strottenhoofd (01:38:45) Een Chinese tennisrobot, Latent, toont opvallend vloeiende en mensachtige tennisvaardigheden (01:45:45) Slimme laptopstand “Slapmac” koppelt schermhoek aan sensoren om je houding en gebruik te optimaliseren (01:51:42) Trace deminges: PISSSTREAM die scherm vult (01:53:01) Mieren zetten uitgestoten CO2 om in harde, beschermende “pantser”-structuren in hun lichaam (01:57:43) Pokémon Go-technologie wordt gebruikt om bezorgrobots een extreem nauwkeurige kaart van de omgeving te geven (02:02:48) Aankondigingen (02:02:58) In memoriam: Julie Leurs (02:03:49) Nerdland Festival: vrijwilligers@nerdlandfestival.be (02:08:05) Bijenhotel Puyenbroeck (02:14:52) Op 23 april organiseert de KU Leuven een Dag van de Insecten, volledig gewijd aan insectenonderzoek (02:15:38) Nerdland voor Kleine Nerds op Ketnet (02:16:30) Meteoor gezien (02:20:41) Rechtzetting VAIA (02:21:09) Sponsor MAP: Mercator Museum Sint-Niklaas. Correctie: het museum is wekelijks open van dinsdag tot en met zondag!

In deze aflevering gaan we terug naar het depot in Leuven waar enkele weken geleden 2 fantastische gasten het beste van zichzelf gaven. Stany Crets is sowieso één van onze meest geliefde tv -en theatermakers en heeft vooral nu al een carriere die teveel is om op te noemen. En met onze andere gast Michelle Haas heeft het debat rond defensie en geopolitiek er weer een heerlijk frisse stem bij. Het zijn woelige tijden dus qua timing kan het niet beter want ze debuteert deze week met haar boek 'Komt er oorlog' waarin ze op interessante wijze heel wat vragen over defensie beantwoordt. Wil je zelf naar een live show komen? Check www.wttaa.be voor de laatste data en tickets. Check zeker ook Welcome To The LA; ons programma dat op streamz loopt en deze week Wetenschapper Thomas Hertog ontvangt.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CrowdScience listener Doug has been experimenting with holding his wireless garage key to his chin. Why? Because he's testing a strange trick of physics. The range of a key can apparently double when held against your head rather just being held in your hand. Could this really be true, and if so why? Presenter Caroline Steel goes on a wavy journey of self-experimentation with antennas. She follows the story of Doug as he wanders the streets of Calgary in Alberta, Canada testing the key on his head from different distances and even testing it on his dog Maura's head. To understand the physics behind all this, Caroline meets Dr Lina Mohjazi, Lecturer of Autonomous Systems and Connectivity at the University of Glasgow and Guy Vandenbosch, Professor of Electromagnetic Radiation at KU Leuven University in Leuven, Belgium. Presenter: Caroline Steel Producer: Tom Bonnett Editor: Ben Motley(Photo: Hand holding a car key remote in front of a red car - stock photo Credit: vadishzainer via Getty Images)

De nieuwste high NA EUV-machine van ASML, bedoeld voor de productie van de meest geavanceerde halfgeleiders, wordt vanaf vandaag verder ontwikkeld in België, bij chiponderzoeksinstituut Imec in Leuven. BNR's techredacteur Joe van Burik was daarbij aanwezig en sprak onder meer met IMEC's CEO Luc Van den hove en Peter Vanoppen van ASML.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Na een lange winterslaap staat de Liga klaar om samen 2026 in te gaan!

On this week's episode of Inside the Red and White Kate is joined by Jas as we head to Meadow Park on a very wet evening for the UWCL home leg against Leuven. We go into the game leading 4-0. We end up winning 7-1 taking us through to the Quarter Final against Chelsea! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finding the right funding for new ideas is challenging, especially when traditional philanthropy often favors established connections. However, open-call grant models are leveling the playing field, encouraging organizations to propose big, bold solutions that might otherwise stay under a funder's radar. In today's episode, host Josh Gryniewicz interviews Marc Moorghen from Lever for Change about the ways open calls are reshaping access to philanthropic funding. You'll learn the value of approaching major grant applications as learning opportunities, how to use expert and peer feedback to strengthen your case for support, and ways to leverage strategic storytelling to move funders to action. Want to suggest a topic, guest, or nonprofit organization for an upcoming episode? Send an email with the subject "NPFX suggestion" to contact@ipmadvancement.com. Additional Resources Lever for Change Bold Solutions Network https://leverforchange.org/bold-solutions-network Larsen Lam ICONIQ Impact Award https://leverforchange.org/open-calls/larsen-lam-iconiq-impact-award Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative https://www.refugeeslead.org "Something 'Amazing' Happened" (NEST360 story) https://leverforchange.org/article/impact-story/something-amazing-happened [NPFX] Authentic, Ethical, and Effective Messaging — From Theory to Practice https://www.ipmadvancement.com/npfx/authentic-ethical-and-effective-messaging-from-theory-to-practice [NPFX] How to Measure the Impact of Your Narrative Change Strategy https://www.ipmadvancement.com/npfx/how-to-measure-the-impact-of-your-narrative-change-strategy Guest Marc Moorghen serves as Vice President, Marketing Communications at Lever for Change, a nonprofit affiliate of the MacArthur Foundation. He leads strategic communications that help promote large-scale philanthropic investments to address global challenges. Since its founding, Lever for Change has influenced over $2.5 billion in grants and provided support to more than 500 organizations. In his role, Marc works closely with staff and donor partners to develop and implement mission-driven strategies that elevate issues, expand engagement, and support a growing global network of outstanding nonprofits. He also provides counsel to funders, helping shape messaging that amplifies their investments and drive long-term impact. Before joining Lever for Change, Marc founded and led On Message Communications, a consulting firm focused on strategic marketing and communications for cutting-edge nonprofits and philanthropists. Marc holds a bachelor's degree from Southampton University in the United Kingdom and master's degrees from the University of Leuven in Belgium and the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. https://www.linkedin.com/in/moorghen/ https://leverforchange.org/ Interview Host Josh Gryniewicz is the founder and Chief Narrative Strategist at Odd Duck, a storytelling-for-social-change creative consultancy focused on impact-driven organizations. Josh is the co-author of the award-winning national bestseller, Interrupting Violence. For over a decade, he has worked in nonprofit communication. In 2018, he founded Odd Duck to combine his passions for storytelling and social change. The agency's Navigating Misinformation for Community Health framework has been shared with over a thousand community health organizations. Odd Duck has worked with nearly a hundred change-making organizations and advised hundreds more, including the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the White House. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgryniewicz/ https://oddduck.io/ https://www.interruptingviolence.com/ Connect with NPFX LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/npfx/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/npfxpodcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/npfx_podcast/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ipmadvancement

Can fermentation improve plant-based foods? What happens during fermentation from a food chemistry perspective? What are concrete health benefits of eating fermented foods?  Today I am at the faculty of bioengineering in Leuven, Belgium, to interview professor and researcher Christophe Courtin. Christophe knows everything about the chemistry of fermentation. He has been researching fermented cereals for 15 years and he is now coordinating the project HealthFerm (we will tell you more about this in the course of the episode). Helthferm is part of the FOOD 2030 network, under the CLEVERFOOD project. From farmers and chefs to activists and everyday eaters, CLEVERFOOD is about bringing everyone into the conversation on building a fairer, healthier and more sustainable food system for the future. Host: Valentina Gritti Guest: Christophe Courtin Links:  The link to the first paper on the HealthFerm Citizen Science project: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41538-026-00725-7 The link to the HealthFerm website: www.healthferm.eu This episode is part of the podcast series "Tomorrow's Table: rethinking food as we know it" co-produced by Slow Food Youth Network and ICONS for the EU-funded CLEVERFOOD project. Post-production: Klets.media

On this week's episode of Inside the Red and White Nat, Kate, Sally and hundreds of travelling fans head to Belgium for our next UWCL game against Leuven. The whole trip was great vibes and more than happy with the 4-0 win. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Becky Taylor-Gill and Max Radwan to breakdown a big night for WSL clubs in the Champions League playoff rounds. First, we check in with the Winter Olympics, then we chat through Manchester United's 3-0 lead against Atletico Madrid, and Arsenal's 4-0 advantage over Leuven. Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes Guests: Becky Taylor-Gill & Max Radwan Producer: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Embassy buildings are the most tangible evidence of a state's diplomatic presence abroad. State authorities have invested in the architectural conception of purpose-built embassies to flex their diplomatic muscle and project nationhood on foreign soil. While scholars have primarily focused on purpose-built embassies of (former) world powers, Building for Belgium: Belgian Embassies in a Globalising World (1945-2020) (Leuven UP, 2025) by Dr. Bram de Maeyer shifts the perspective by scrutinising the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' embassy-building programme from 1945 to 2020. Rather than a conventional political assessment of diplomatic relations, the book foregrounds the often-overlooked architectural lives of embassies and their social, economic, and political entanglements. By examining Belgian embassy projects across all continents, it reveals how the Belgian diplomatic corps has navigated diverse political regimes, geopolitical contexts, cultures, and building codes. More than the outcome of a deliberate policy, the embassy-building programme has been shaped by incidental decisions, private ambitions and personal tastes of Belgian diplomats, ministry officials and politicians. Building for Belgium not only sheds light on diplomatic architecture but also connects domestic conversations about architecture in Belgium with global state-building projects. Offering fresh insights into the politics of space, it will be of value to scholars and practitioners in architecture, urban studies, international relations, cultural heritage, and Belgian and European studies. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Embassy buildings are the most tangible evidence of a state's diplomatic presence abroad. State authorities have invested in the architectural conception of purpose-built embassies to flex their diplomatic muscle and project nationhood on foreign soil. While scholars have primarily focused on purpose-built embassies of (former) world powers, Building for Belgium: Belgian Embassies in a Globalising World (1945-2020) (Leuven UP, 2025) by Dr. Bram de Maeyer shifts the perspective by scrutinising the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' embassy-building programme from 1945 to 2020. Rather than a conventional political assessment of diplomatic relations, the book foregrounds the often-overlooked architectural lives of embassies and their social, economic, and political entanglements. By examining Belgian embassy projects across all continents, it reveals how the Belgian diplomatic corps has navigated diverse political regimes, geopolitical contexts, cultures, and building codes. More than the outcome of a deliberate policy, the embassy-building programme has been shaped by incidental decisions, private ambitions and personal tastes of Belgian diplomats, ministry officials and politicians. Building for Belgium not only sheds light on diplomatic architecture but also connects domestic conversations about architecture in Belgium with global state-building projects. Offering fresh insights into the politics of space, it will be of value to scholars and practitioners in architecture, urban studies, international relations, cultural heritage, and Belgian and European studies. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/architecture

Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens: Gender and the Urban Labor Markets of Premodern Brabant and Biscay explores women's economic roles in late medieval and early modern Europe, particularly through the lens of craft guilds and regional comparisons with the aim emphasising the visibility of women's economic activities in premodern Europe. The book explains the nature of guilds at this period, emphasising their male-dominated nature that limited women's formal participation while still allowing them to play significant roles within household economies. Among other topical issues examined in the book are the institutional factors that shaped women's economic roles in the 16th century, with details on how households in Brabant functioned as economic units with women managing income and administration. Also, the book explained how institutions such as guilds, households, informal markets, and town governments shaped women's economic opportunities in the 16th century. Through a comparative approach, the book allows for a deeper understanding of women's visibility and economic conditions, particularly through the analysis of taxation registers and the public versus private nature of women's work in different trades. The book contains a more nuanced comparison between specific regions in Europe, including Brabant and Biscay, to provide explanation on the North-South divide. The adoption of a comparative approach in the book enables a detailed analysis of women's labor opportunities including the fish trade, bread trade, itinerant informal trading, merchant activity and artisan work by examining two distinct regions. This comparative method reveals the complexities of women's economic positions and the varying factors that shaped their experiences cutting across town policy which placed restrictions due to guild influences. Mariam Olugbodi is a university teacher and a writer, she is the author of the monograph titled: “Stylistic Features in the 2011 and 2012 Final Matches Commentaries in the UEFA Champions League”, published by Grin Verlag. Mariam's greatest dream is seeing a world where knowledge is accessible to all. She does this through her volunteering roles on open knowledge platforms as a host and an editor. As part of her effort to maintain inclusion and diversity in knowledge transmission, she volunteers as a teacher in crises contexts. Learn more and connect with Mariam through her social links @ (22) Olugbodi Mariam | LinkedIn, Mariam Olugbodi (0000-0001-5027-6644) - ORCID and User:Margob28 - Meta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens: Gender and the Urban Labor Markets of Premodern Brabant and Biscay explores women's economic roles in late medieval and early modern Europe, particularly through the lens of craft guilds and regional comparisons with the aim emphasising the visibility of women's economic activities in premodern Europe. The book explains the nature of guilds at this period, emphasising their male-dominated nature that limited women's formal participation while still allowing them to play significant roles within household economies. Among other topical issues examined in the book are the institutional factors that shaped women's economic roles in the 16th century, with details on how households in Brabant functioned as economic units with women managing income and administration. Also, the book explained how institutions such as guilds, households, informal markets, and town governments shaped women's economic opportunities in the 16th century. Through a comparative approach, the book allows for a deeper understanding of women's visibility and economic conditions, particularly through the analysis of taxation registers and the public versus private nature of women's work in different trades. The book contains a more nuanced comparison between specific regions in Europe, including Brabant and Biscay, to provide explanation on the North-South divide. The adoption of a comparative approach in the book enables a detailed analysis of women's labor opportunities including the fish trade, bread trade, itinerant informal trading, merchant activity and artisan work by examining two distinct regions. This comparative method reveals the complexities of women's economic positions and the varying factors that shaped their experiences cutting across town policy which placed restrictions due to guild influences. Mariam Olugbodi is a university teacher and a writer, she is the author of the monograph titled: “Stylistic Features in the 2011 and 2012 Final Matches Commentaries in the UEFA Champions League”, published by Grin Verlag. Mariam's greatest dream is seeing a world where knowledge is accessible to all. She does this through her volunteering roles on open knowledge platforms as a host and an editor. As part of her effort to maintain inclusion and diversity in knowledge transmission, she volunteers as a teacher in crises contexts. Learn more and connect with Mariam through her social links @ (22) Olugbodi Mariam | LinkedIn, Mariam Olugbodi (0000-0001-5027-6644) - ORCID and User:Margob28 - Meta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens: Gender and the Urban Labor Markets of Premodern Brabant and Biscay explores women's economic roles in late medieval and early modern Europe, particularly through the lens of craft guilds and regional comparisons with the aim emphasising the visibility of women's economic activities in premodern Europe. The book explains the nature of guilds at this period, emphasising their male-dominated nature that limited women's formal participation while still allowing them to play significant roles within household economies. Among other topical issues examined in the book are the institutional factors that shaped women's economic roles in the 16th century, with details on how households in Brabant functioned as economic units with women managing income and administration. Also, the book explained how institutions such as guilds, households, informal markets, and town governments shaped women's economic opportunities in the 16th century. Through a comparative approach, the book allows for a deeper understanding of women's visibility and economic conditions, particularly through the analysis of taxation registers and the public versus private nature of women's work in different trades. The book contains a more nuanced comparison between specific regions in Europe, including Brabant and Biscay, to provide explanation on the North-South divide. The adoption of a comparative approach in the book enables a detailed analysis of women's labor opportunities including the fish trade, bread trade, itinerant informal trading, merchant activity and artisan work by examining two distinct regions. This comparative method reveals the complexities of women's economic positions and the varying factors that shaped their experiences cutting across town policy which placed restrictions due to guild influences. Mariam Olugbodi is a university teacher and a writer, she is the author of the monograph titled: “Stylistic Features in the 2011 and 2012 Final Matches Commentaries in the UEFA Champions League”, published by Grin Verlag. Mariam's greatest dream is seeing a world where knowledge is accessible to all. She does this through her volunteering roles on open knowledge platforms as a host and an editor. As part of her effort to maintain inclusion and diversity in knowledge transmission, she volunteers as a teacher in crises contexts. Learn more and connect with Mariam through her social links @ (22) Olugbodi Mariam | LinkedIn, Mariam Olugbodi (0000-0001-5027-6644) - ORCID and User:Margob28 - Meta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elwin Hofman joins Jana Byars to talk about the volume he edited with Magaly Rodríguez García & Pieter Vanhees, The Business of Pleasure: A History of Paid Sex in the Heart of Europe (Leuven UP, 2022). In 2022, the Belgian parliament made a landmark decision by approving the decriminalisation of sex work. This move positioned the small nation as the first country in Europe - and the second globally - to abandon the hypocrisy of tolerance. Yet this was not the first time paid sex in Belgium gained international notoriety. The bathhouses of the fifteenth-century 'frows of Flanders' were well-known throughout Europe. In the nineteenth century, Belgium faced international outrage as the alleged epicentre of white slavery. Although Belgians were then accused of forcing white women into prostitution, they were also free to include any suspect women in the prostitution registers of colonial Congo. Throughout the First and Second World Wars, both allied and German soldiers sought relief in Belgian brothels. The Business of Pleasure presents the compelling life stories of sex workers and their interactions with authorities, clients and pimps. Pushing beyond stereotypes, this history of commercial sex offers a nuanced understanding of the difficulties and opportunities associated with paid sex for women, men and trans persons past and present. Contributors: Elwin Hofman (Utrecht University), Magaly Rodríguez García (KU Leuven), Pieter Vanhees (former researcher KU Leuven), Jelle Haemers (KU Leuven), Amandine Lauro (Université libre de Bruxelles), Maarten Loopmans (KU Leuven), Ilias Loopmans (MA history student at University of Antwerp), Sonia Verstappen (former sex worker). English translation of 'Seks voor geld. Een geschiedenis van prostitutie in België', Elwin Hofman, Magaly Rodríguez García & Pieter Vanhees (red.), (Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Elwin Hofman joins Jana Byars to talk about the volume he edited with Magaly Rodríguez García & Pieter Vanhees, The Business of Pleasure: A History of Paid Sex in the Heart of Europe (Leuven UP, 2022). In 2022, the Belgian parliament made a landmark decision by approving the decriminalisation of sex work. This move positioned the small nation as the first country in Europe - and the second globally - to abandon the hypocrisy of tolerance. Yet this was not the first time paid sex in Belgium gained international notoriety. The bathhouses of the fifteenth-century 'frows of Flanders' were well-known throughout Europe. In the nineteenth century, Belgium faced international outrage as the alleged epicentre of white slavery. Although Belgians were then accused of forcing white women into prostitution, they were also free to include any suspect women in the prostitution registers of colonial Congo. Throughout the First and Second World Wars, both allied and German soldiers sought relief in Belgian brothels. The Business of Pleasure presents the compelling life stories of sex workers and their interactions with authorities, clients and pimps. Pushing beyond stereotypes, this history of commercial sex offers a nuanced understanding of the difficulties and opportunities associated with paid sex for women, men and trans persons past and present. Contributors: Elwin Hofman (Utrecht University), Magaly Rodríguez García (KU Leuven), Pieter Vanhees (former researcher KU Leuven), Jelle Haemers (KU Leuven), Amandine Lauro (Université libre de Bruxelles), Maarten Loopmans (KU Leuven), Ilias Loopmans (MA history student at University of Antwerp), Sonia Verstappen (former sex worker). English translation of 'Seks voor geld. Een geschiedenis van prostitutie in België', Elwin Hofman, Magaly Rodríguez García & Pieter Vanhees (red.), (Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history