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Interlitratour Christine Brooke-Rose
28/03 - 28/03/2022Dr. Hannah Van Hove, FWO postdoctoral researcher at the VUB, invites you to relive part of the childhood of novelist Christine Brooke-Roose (1923-2012), and to take a walk as we explore the neighborhood where Brooke-Rose used to live and hear about the themes, influences and legacies of this neglected writer. This walk is a collaboration with Interlitratour festival and Willemsfond Brussel.
The audio tour can be followed via the website in English and Dutch.
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‘Wunderkammer’ with a Brussels touch
28/03 - 28/03/2022From 13:00 Until 14:00Join CAVA on a journey through our ‘Wunderkammer’. For weKONEKT.brussels, we have turned our archives into a Wunderkammer embodying the spirit of Brussels. The tour of the ‘Wunderkammer’ will be given in Dutch.
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Workshop screen printing by Ksaar
28/03 - 28/03/2022From 14:00 Until 16:00During this screen printing demonstration and workshop, the stress will slip off your mind. Creating yourself puts you in a flow that makes you think and worry less about other issues. Creative pursuits are known to reduce stress and anxiety, benefit the brain and improve mood. In short, good for your mental well-being! The workshop is supervised by Ksaar.
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Exposition: “Woman and senator, a challenge: 100 years of women in (Belgian) politics”
28/03 - 30/03/2022From 13:00 Until 16:00Senator Katia Segers provides the political science students with a guided tour of the Sentaat as part of the course ‘Political Parties and Elections’. She will tell them more about what it means to be a woman in the political world today as they take in the expo.
The activity is exclusively for the students of the courses.
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Exhibition: Hello there, I just wanted to ask how you’re doing
28/03 - 31/03/2022From 14:00 Until 20:00During the 6th edition of the Pilar ASAP Festival, the exhibition space is transformed into a Consol(id)ation Room. Whatever our current mood is – it being happy, stressed, confident, worried or anywhere in between – the exhibition offers a small break from the seemingly inevitable rush of daily life activities. As the artworks on display gently open up a conversation about topics such as mental health, selfcare and expressing emotions, we might find comfort in knowing that we’re not alone in feeling a certain way.
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Molem’back to the future
28/03 - 01/04/2022City game! Get to know the Great War in Molenbeek in an active way, and play the “Molem’back to the future” city game! Armed with your smartphone, you take to the streets to find out where we can still see the remnants of a fascinating part of our pastin “Molem” today. Are you up for the challenge?
The game is available in Dutch and French.
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MAD invites Ilke Cop and Margot Van Den Berghe
28/03 - 01/04/2022From 09:00 Until 18:00As part of the weKONEKT.week, MAD is hosting two Brussels-based young professional artists. Both are residents at Pilar, an artistic laboratory in Brussels for young people, located at the VUB. It is an exhibition area for art by young, innovative creators and established figures, cross-fertilised with the ground-breaking knowledge of scientists.
28/03
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Interlitratour Christine Brooke-Rose
28/03 - 28/03/2022Dr. Hannah Van Hove, FWO postdoctoral researcher at the VUB, invites you to relive part of the childhood of novelist Christine Brooke-Roose (1923-2012), and to take a walk as we explore the neighborhood where Brooke-Rose used to live and hear about the themes, influences and legacies of this neglected writer. This walk is a collaboration with Interlitratour festival and Willemsfond Brussel.
The audio tour can be followed via the website in English and Dutch.
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Walk through Brussels in collaboration with ‘Huis voor Gezondheid’
29/03 - 29/03/2022From 09:00 Until 17:00During this walk, the students will step into the shoes of Brussels residents. They will get to know their life story and are also immediately introduced to the various organizations that support people in the same situation. Along the way, they will also discover some beautiful and interesting places in Brussels and carry out some fun assignments.
This activity is exclusively for students enrolled in the course.
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Guided tour: Saint Verhaegen as cultural heritage.
29/03 - 31/03/2022From 11:00 Until 12:30Discover the history and folklore of Saint Verhaegen, a unique piece of student heritage. CAVA staff will show you some of the important spots and sights in the city centre related to the Saint Verhaegen celebration, and regale you with anecdotes along the way. The guided Saint Verhaegen tour will be given in Dutch.
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Exhibition: Hello there, I just wanted to ask how you’re doing
28/03 - 31/03/2022From 14:00 Until 20:00During the 6th edition of the Pilar ASAP Festival, the exhibition space is transformed into a Consol(id)ation Room. Whatever our current mood is – it being happy, stressed, confident, worried or anywhere in between – the exhibition offers a small break from the seemingly inevitable rush of daily life activities. As the artworks on display gently open up a conversation about topics such as mental health, selfcare and expressing emotions, we might find comfort in knowing that we’re not alone in feeling a certain way.
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Performance: Endkind
29/03 - 31/03/2022From 20:00The third-year students leave the earth and float through the cosmos. It soon becomes clear that in doing so, they are also transcending reality. Gravity is unstable and it is not clear whether the future will come to them or vice versa. Along the way, they explore themes such as megalomaniac expansionism, faith, identity and alienation from their surroundings. They make attempts to escape from human nature or to redefine what is typical of the human species. Where will they land?
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Molem’back to the future
28/03 - 01/04/2022City game! Get to know the Great War in Molenbeek in an active way, and play the “Molem’back to the future” city game! Armed with your smartphone, you take to the streets to find out where we can still see the remnants of a fascinating part of our pastin “Molem” today. Are you up for the challenge?
The game is available in Dutch and French.
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MAD invites Ilke Cop and Margot Van Den Berghe
28/03 - 01/04/2022From 09:00 Until 18:00As part of the weKONEKT.week, MAD is hosting two Brussels-based young professional artists. Both are residents at Pilar, an artistic laboratory in Brussels for young people, located at the VUB. It is an exhibition area for art by young, innovative creators and established figures, cross-fertilised with the ground-breaking knowledge of scientists.
29/03
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Interlitratour Christine Brooke-Rose
28/03 - 28/03/2022Dr. Hannah Van Hove, FWO postdoctoral researcher at the VUB, invites you to relive part of the childhood of novelist Christine Brooke-Roose (1923-2012), and to take a walk as we explore the neighborhood where Brooke-Rose used to live and hear about the themes, influences and legacies of this neglected writer. This walk is a collaboration with Interlitratour festival and Willemsfond Brussel.
The audio tour can be followed via the website in English and Dutch.
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‘Wunderkammer’ with a Brussels touch
28/03 - 28/03/2022From 13:00 Until 14:00Join CAVA on a journey through our ‘Wunderkammer’. For weKONEKT.brussels, we have turned our archives into a Wunderkammer embodying the spirit of Brussels. The tour of the ‘Wunderkammer’ will be given in Dutch.
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Exposition: “Woman and senator, a challenge: 100 years of women in (Belgian) politics”
28/03 - 30/03/2022From 13:00 Until 16:00Senator Katia Segers provides the political science students with a guided tour of the Sentaat as part of the course ‘Political Parties and Elections’. She will tell them more about what it means to be a woman in the political world today as they take in the expo.
The activity is exclusively for the students of the courses.
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weKONEKT.tables
30/03 - 30/03/2022From 18:00 Until 22:00Your personal well-being is considered a priority by the VUB. Now more than ever. Therefore, weKONEKT.brussels warmly invites you for a cosy and inspirational dinner. Guided by VUB experts, small groups of 5 to 6 students will discuss topics such as art as therapy, sleep, procrastination, psychosocial health and many more. Slam poet Lisette Ma Neza will capture the evening in several performances.
The tables will be in Dutch and English. Registration is required.
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Fighting Spirits
30/03 - 30/03/2022From 21:00 Until 22:00The Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Martial Arts Platform join forces for the film screening of Jonas Baeckeland’s Cool Abdoul. In Fighting Spirits we highlight the eventful life story of Ismail Abdoul, and talk about martial arts and everyone’s ultimate fight of life. That with yourself.
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Exhibition: Hello there, I just wanted to ask how you’re doing
28/03 - 31/03/2022From 14:00 Until 20:00During the 6th edition of the Pilar ASAP Festival, the exhibition space is transformed into a Consol(id)ation Room. Whatever our current mood is – it being happy, stressed, confident, worried or anywhere in between – the exhibition offers a small break from the seemingly inevitable rush of daily life activities. As the artworks on display gently open up a conversation about topics such as mental health, selfcare and expressing emotions, we might find comfort in knowing that we’re not alone in feeling a certain way.
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Performance: Endkind
29/03 - 31/03/2022From 20:00The third-year students leave the earth and float through the cosmos. It soon becomes clear that in doing so, they are also transcending reality. Gravity is unstable and it is not clear whether the future will come to them or vice versa. Along the way, they explore themes such as megalomaniac expansionism, faith, identity and alienation from their surroundings. They make attempts to escape from human nature or to redefine what is typical of the human species. Where will they land?
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Molem’back to the future
28/03 - 01/04/2022City game! Get to know the Great War in Molenbeek in an active way, and play the “Molem’back to the future” city game! Armed with your smartphone, you take to the streets to find out where we can still see the remnants of a fascinating part of our pastin “Molem” today. Are you up for the challenge?
The game is available in Dutch and French.
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MAD invites Ilke Cop and Margot Van Den Berghe
28/03 - 01/04/2022From 09:00 Until 18:00As part of the weKONEKT.week, MAD is hosting two Brussels-based young professional artists. Both are residents at Pilar, an artistic laboratory in Brussels for young people, located at the VUB. It is an exhibition area for art by young, innovative creators and established figures, cross-fertilised with the ground-breaking knowledge of scientists.
30/03
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Interlitratour Christine Brooke-Rose
28/03 - 28/03/2022Dr. Hannah Van Hove, FWO postdoctoral researcher at the VUB, invites you to relive part of the childhood of novelist Christine Brooke-Roose (1923-2012), and to take a walk as we explore the neighborhood where Brooke-Rose used to live and hear about the themes, influences and legacies of this neglected writer. This walk is a collaboration with Interlitratour festival and Willemsfond Brussel.
The audio tour can be followed via the website in English and Dutch.
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Guided tour: Saint Verhaegen as cultural heritage.
29/03 - 31/03/2022From 11:00 Until 12:30Discover the history and folklore of Saint Verhaegen, a unique piece of student heritage. CAVA staff will show you some of the important spots and sights in the city centre related to the Saint Verhaegen celebration, and regale you with anecdotes along the way. The guided Saint Verhaegen tour will be given in Dutch.
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Café Coloré
31/03 - 31/03/2022From 12:00 Until 14:00Café Coloré is a dialogue event which aims to bring students from different backgrounds together to discuss a variety of topics linked to student life. The aim is to bridge the gap between local, international and refugee students, by promoting diversity and intercultural dialogue.
Topics of discussion include: climate change, diversity and inclusivity within a university, coping with difficult times and the importance of resilience and life and studying post CovidThe number of participants is limited to ensure a qualitative debate. The discussion will be held in English
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Exhibition: Hello there, I just wanted to ask how you’re doing
28/03 - 31/03/2022From 14:00 Until 20:00During the 6th edition of the Pilar ASAP Festival, the exhibition space is transformed into a Consol(id)ation Room. Whatever our current mood is – it being happy, stressed, confident, worried or anywhere in between – the exhibition offers a small break from the seemingly inevitable rush of daily life activities. As the artworks on display gently open up a conversation about topics such as mental health, selfcare and expressing emotions, we might find comfort in knowing that we’re not alone in feeling a certain way.
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Less Walls, More Bridges tour
31/03 - 31/03/2022From 16:30 Until 19:30A participatory public art walk, guided by The City is our Playground: A non for profit focusing on urban community building through art in Brussels. During the tour, we will discover the various painting interventions The City is our Playground has done from the heart of the European quarter to the VUB university campus.
This event is part of the Understanding Europe programme. The activity is exclusively for youth leaders from the Understanding Europe Network
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Cycling tour: renting for starters
31/03 - 31/03/2022From 17:45 Until 21:30Would you like to stay in Brussels after you graduate? Do you have a job in the city and don’t feel like commuting? Brussels offers tenants many possibilities: living together with friends in a community centre, renting a floor from private individuals or perhaps your first place of residence. This bike tour by Brukselbinnenstebuiten guides you through various parts of Brussels.
The tour will be in Dutch.
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Performance: Endkind
29/03 - 31/03/2022From 20:00The third-year students leave the earth and float through the cosmos. It soon becomes clear that in doing so, they are also transcending reality. Gravity is unstable and it is not clear whether the future will come to them or vice versa. Along the way, they explore themes such as megalomaniac expansionism, faith, identity and alienation from their surroundings. They make attempts to escape from human nature or to redefine what is typical of the human species. Where will they land?
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Mongolian throat singing at Muziekpublique: Khusugtun – CD-release ‘Jangar’
31/03 - 31/03/2022From 20:00 Until 21:30Muziekpublique keeps music and dance traditions alive and kicking in Brussels through an ambitious programme of concerts, courses, and projects. Khusugtun is about to release a new album called Jangar, which will be presentedduring this concert. A total change of scenery and an immersion in the heart of Altaï awaityou.
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Molem’back to the future
28/03 - 01/04/2022City game! Get to know the Great War in Molenbeek in an active way, and play the “Molem’back to the future” city game! Armed with your smartphone, you take to the streets to find out where we can still see the remnants of a fascinating part of our pastin “Molem” today. Are you up for the challenge?
The game is available in Dutch and French.
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MAD invites Ilke Cop and Margot Van Den Berghe
28/03 - 01/04/2022From 09:00 Until 18:00As part of the weKONEKT.week, MAD is hosting two Brussels-based young professional artists. Both are residents at Pilar, an artistic laboratory in Brussels for young people, located at the VUB. It is an exhibition area for art by young, innovative creators and established figures, cross-fertilised with the ground-breaking knowledge of scientists.
31/03
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Interlitratour Christine Brooke-Rose
28/03 - 28/03/2022Dr. Hannah Van Hove, FWO postdoctoral researcher at the VUB, invites you to relive part of the childhood of novelist Christine Brooke-Roose (1923-2012), and to take a walk as we explore the neighborhood where Brooke-Rose used to live and hear about the themes, influences and legacies of this neglected writer. This walk is a collaboration with Interlitratour festival and Willemsfond Brussel.
The audio tour can be followed via the website in English and Dutch.
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‘Wunderkammer’ with a Brussels touch
28/03 - 28/03/2022From 13:00 Until 14:00Join CAVA on a journey through our ‘Wunderkammer’. For weKONEKT.brussels, we have turned our archives into a Wunderkammer embodying the spirit of Brussels. The tour of the ‘Wunderkammer’ will be given in Dutch.
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Molem’back to the future
28/03 - 01/04/2022City game! Get to know the Great War in Molenbeek in an active way, and play the “Molem’back to the future” city game! Armed with your smartphone, you take to the streets to find out where we can still see the remnants of a fascinating part of our pastin “Molem” today. Are you up for the challenge?
The game is available in Dutch and French.
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MAD invites Ilke Cop and Margot Van Den Berghe
28/03 - 01/04/2022From 09:00 Until 18:00As part of the weKONEKT.week, MAD is hosting two Brussels-based young professional artists. Both are residents at Pilar, an artistic laboratory in Brussels for young people, located at the VUB. It is an exhibition area for art by young, innovative creators and established figures, cross-fertilised with the ground-breaking knowledge of scientists.
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Bruxsels Assembly – Brussels 2030
01/04 - 01/04/2022From 14:00 Until 16:00The Brussels Regional Government has decided to submit a bid to become Cultural Capital of Europe in 2030. During this session, we gather a diverse array of people with a strong connection to Brussels. They’ll dive into the three pillars the application will focus on; Imagining the city, Democratise the city, Territorialise. The Vrije Universiteit Brussel and l’Université libre de Belgique are proud partners of Brussels 2030.
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Bike Ride with Ateliers Roue Libre
01/04 - 01/04/2022From 14:30 Until 17:30The Ateliers Roue Libre organization offers you the possibility to take part in a bike ride through Brussels, binding various historical and environment landmarks that make our city so special. We plan to cycle through outstanding parks and sceneries which we look forward to make you discover.