Join a tour of the university district and discover how people in need were supported in education and care in the past, and which works of solidarity are still active there today. With this city walk, De Loodsen vzw takes you on a quest for the social influencers throughout 500 years of Antwerp's urban history.
Debate in Dutch. Experts Piet Callens, Loïc De Cannière, Luc Haegemans, Koen Schoors and Leen Van den Neste discuss the role of microfinance in a prosperous country like Belgium. Microfinance is a system that allows poor families and small entrepreneurs in need of money to borrow small amounts at an advantageous interest rate. Something similar already existed in the 17th century: the Mountains of Mercy.
'Baroque Influencers' shows how the leading figures in Antwerp in the long seventeenth-century thought, dreamed, worked and prayed. The exhibition gathers devotional prints, etchings and books from the collections of several heritage institutions,
On the occasion of the festive opening of the key exhibition of 'Baroque Influencers', Tutti Fratelli will perform an open-air play on the Hendrik Conscienceplein.
In this talk religious ethicist Liz Bucar uses the framework of appropriation to unpack the ethics of yoga. What does it mean to insist yoga is a spiritual but not religious practice? Are we entitled to borrow any practice in the pursuit of our personal health?
Historian Judith Pollmann (Leiden University) will talk about faith persecution, polarization and tolerance in Antwerp between 1500 and 1700. (in Dutch)
discussion evening on persuasion and engagement in the arts
Western Europe of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was deeply religious and characterized by a lively culture of humour. How did these two characteristics go together? In this talk (in Dutch) prof. Lieke Stelling (University Utrecht) examines the ways in which humour is, in fact, an indispensable part of religion.
The artistic project at the Port House is curated by Sergio Servellón. Through a mix of art, events, discussions, theatre and lectures, visitors are invited to actively participate in this dialogue.
Discussion evening on persuasion and engagement in the arts.
This exhibition rediscovers the (international) network of De Pelgrim and the religious community art of the interwar period.
Discussion evening on persuasion and engagement in the arts.