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Jules Bordet passed away 65 years ago last week. Bordet served as the first director of the Pasteur Institute in Belgium and was a professor at ULB. In 1919, he became the first Belgian Nobel Prize winner in science for his work in immunology. Read more: bit.ly/4vpMMj5

Christiaan Engberts schreef een boek over de internationale geschiedenis van de Leuvense universiteit. 'Het onderzoek naar bananen is een bijzonder interessante casus.' veto.be/onderwijs/eras…

Final call for our upcoming COSMO-MASTER Spin-2 Gravity workshop! The workshop will bring together physicists and philosophers to discuss spin-2 grav. Registration deadline on April 15; both in-person and online attendance are possible. More information: uu.nl/en/research/ut…

Gewina voorjaarsbijeenkomst 'Objecten van onderzoek' (23 april) - mailchi.mp/285de6eaa098/g…

#OpenAccess Centaurus Journal of the European Society for the #HistoryofScience Volume 67, Issue 2 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 Knowledge Screens: The #MagicLantern, #Knowledge Making and Knowledge Communication Info: bit.ly/47wShSG #HistSci #MagicLantern #OA

The Belgian Royal Observatory is celebrating its bicentenary! Check out their beautiful new website 200year.observatory.be/nl and discover their activities, including a lecture series at the Belgian Royal Academy. More about Adolphe Quetelet on Bestor: bit.ly/4szjVqv

Naar aanleiding van de lancering van de nieuwe Bestorwebsite mochten wij voor EOS magazine een artikel schrijven over wetenschapsgeschiedenis in België. Toekomst, heden en verleden van de discipline komen aan bod! Lees het artikel hier: bit.ly/4bG1uta

Last call for the biennial Jan Gillis Prize (deadline 31/03). The prize awards an important and original work related to the history of scientific thought. More information on the website of the KVAB: kvab.be/node/163/18_

Yesterday marked 70 years since George Sarton passed away in Boston. The significance of this Belgian pioneer in the history of science can hardly be overstated. Discover his remarkable life story—from a kitchen in Ghent to Harvard—on Bestor: bestor.be/george-alfred-…

We presenteren jullie met veel plezier ons volledig vernieuwd platform: Bestor 2.0! Veel leesplezier: bestor.be/nl C'est avec grand plaisir que nous vous présentons notre plateforme entièrement renouvelée : Bestor 2.0 ! Bonne lecture: bestor.be/fr

The JHI Blog has released a call for submissions to its forum on the “Conceptual History of Technology.” Pitches are due on May 7. jhiblog.org/2026/03/18/cal…

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Tomorrow, the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium (KVAB) is hosting a very interesting lecture on the donation of the library of the then world-famous scientist Johannes Müller (1801–1858), a professor of anatomy and physiology in Berlin, to the Royal Library.

F. Cumont After Life in Roman Paganism. L'Égypte des astrologues. Les Mages hellénisés Introductions historiographiques Dario Cellamare, Francesco Massa, Florian Audureau, Alain Martin, Thomas Meurisse, Pierre Bonnechere, Philippe Swennen Plus d'Infos: bit.ly/4rzzD4B

Gewina Newsletter / Nieuwsbrief #111, februari 2026 - mailchi.mp/ba724ba94189/g…

Appel à candidatures pour le Collegium d'Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique! 📆 15 février 2026 👉 lnkd.in/eZefufJx

What are PhD candidates working on the history, philosophy, and foundations of physics in the Netherlands doing these days? Find out at the next HPP-NL graduate meeting, taking place on the 30th of January in Amsterdam! More info at: hpp-nl.nl/2nd-hpp-nl-gra…

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#OTD in 1594 pioneering cartographer Gerardus Mercator died. Born as Gerard de Cremer in Rupelmonde, Flanders, he created a world map in 1569 based on a new projection that became a new standard.

Daar is ie! Een nieuw bulletin over de geschiedenis van verpleegkundigen en mis ook niet de aankondiging van mijn boek "Een onmisbaar beroep. Verpleegkundigen in Nederland, 1850-2025", verwacht voorjaar 2026: ap.lc/ZygDz