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Solidarity, Immigration & Social Class

University of Antwerp - Hof van Liere Prinsstraat 13, Antwerp

Albanian author and political theorist Lea Ypi (London School of Economics) will talk about solidarity, immigration and social class (in English). In the 17th century, migration as we know it […]

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New Worlds: South America

St Charles Borromeo Church Hendrik Conscienceplein, Antwerp

The Academy of Ancient Music (UK) will take us from Rome to Paraguay, following in the footsteps of Jesuit Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726), a priest, traveller and gifted composer.

€5 – €32

Social struggles and solidarity
With Lessius in search of a balance between capital and labour

University of Antwerp - Auditorium S.R.008 Rodestraat 14, Antwerp

In this historical lecture, Professor of Legal History Wim Decock takes us back to the second half of the 19th century. Industrialisation caused an explosion of wealth and poverty. Inequality increased. Tensions rose between the workers and the big industrialists. In their search for spiritual answers to the social question, the Jesuits find inspiration from none other than Leonardus Lessius, one of the most influential Jesuits of the Baroque period.

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