On December 13, 2024, the Académie royale de Belgique hosted the reception ceremony for the new Members of its Collegium, including Wiener-Anspach Alumnus Guillaume Schweicher and Cecilia Rizcallah, laureate of the Ganshof van der Meersch Prize in 2014-2015. Founded in 2021, the Collegium brings together 40 young scientists, artists, [...]
Photo credit: The Janeway Institute. The Fondation Wiener-Anspach is pleased to announce that the holder of the 2024-2025 Ganshof van der Meersch Chair at the Université libre de Buxelles is Meredith Crowley, Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of St John’s College and a [...]
Throughout 2024, we had the pleasure of receiving updates from Wiener-Anspach Fellows and Alumni regarding the publication of articles related to their research. We thank them and wish them another equally fruitful year ahead! Laura Alvarez (PhD in History, Art History and Archaeology, ULB) recently concluded a two-year stay [...]
On November 14, 2024, Matthew Collins, McDonald Professor in Palaeoproteomics at the University of Cambridge, gave a lecture at ULB as part of the Philippe Wiener Lectures organised by our Foundation. The interdisciplinary nature of his research captivated the audience, as evidenced by the many questions at the end [...]
On October 11, 2024, the Wiener-Anspach Alumni Network had the opportunity to visit the Belgian Constitutional Court as part of a guided tour led by three distinguished hosts, including two former Fellows of the Foundation. The participants were welcomed by Jean Spreutels, Honorary President of the Court, Emmanuelle Bribosia, [...]
From 25th to 27th November, 2024 the ULB will host the international conference “Alala Yallali. Women, musical genre and gender identities in chaabi music, from Morocco to the diasporas”. The Fondation Wiener-Anspach is happy to support this event, organised on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Moroccan immigration [...]
On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, the annual event in honour of our Foundation's new Fellows was held in the brand-new Usquare building in Brussels. The presentation of their masters programme or research projects in Oxbridge and at ULB was followed by a reception well attended by many Alumni and [...]
Professor Matthew Collins (University of Cambridge) will be at the ULB on November 14th to deliver a lecture organised by the Fondation Wiener-Anspach in collaboration with the CReA-Patrimoine (Research Centre in Archaeology and Heritage, ULB). He will be welcomed by Dr. Alicia Van Ham-Meert (CReA-Patrimoine) and Professor Kristin Bartik. [...]
On Tuesday 1 October, 2024 we had the pleasure of celebrating in London the renewal of the Memoranda of Understanding between the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, i.e. the official framework of the collaborations at the heart of our Foundation's mission. Our [...]
Annabelle Oliva (à droite) et Julie Waseige In 2021, our Alumna Annabelle Oliva and her friend Julie Waseige, both graduates in Art History and Archaeology from ULB, launched a company unique of its kind in Belgium: Retrace, an agency for the enhancement of historical, archaeological and artistic [...]
