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Past
American Studies Events (by date)
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The LASC Public Lecture Series (3) by Prof. Alan Henrikson (College of Europe, Bruges)
"Europe, the US and the Arab World: reflections on recent developments"
17:30 on Thursday April 28th, 2011
- The LASC Public Lecture Series (2) by Prof. John A. Dick.
“The American College of Louvain: A Bit of America in Belgium and a Lot of Belgium in America.”
17:30 on March 24, 2011
"President Obama’s Annual Address to the U.S. People: Understanding His Vision For The Coming Year" February 17th, 2011 at 17:30
- LASC would like to invite you to six lectures on the interdisciplinary field of law and literature by Prof. Laura H. Korobkin, Associate Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies at Boston University and Fulbright Visiting Professor at KU Leuven and Lessius. More information.
- Download: powerpoint presentation Counting Donkeys and Elephants: 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections
- Counting Elephants and Donkeys: De Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen 2008
- March 4, 2008 - Kathleen O'Connor, Fulbright Teaching Assistant: Counting Donkeys and Elephants: 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections
- Lessius English Week 2008
- September 14, 2007 - The US Judiciary: A Conference in Honor of Prof. Dr. Erik Hertog
- Prof. Dr. Kristiaan Versluys, of Ghent University: September 11 and the Other: Novelists Respond
- Dr. Gene M. Moore, of the University of Amsterdam: Law and Disorder in American Literature
- Ms Kathleen O’Connor, Fulbright Teaching Assistant: Judicial Overtones in American Schools: An IDEA for Special Education
- Prof. Dr. John A. Dick, of K.U.Leuven: Religion and Politics: The Battle over the Judiciary
- March 28, 2007 - Prof Mullin, 'Constitutional Interpretation and Judicial Review: The Early History of the U.S. Supreme Court'
- March 7, 2007 - David Makovsky, Director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at The Washington Institute: Transatlantic Unity in the Mideast: What are the Prospects?
- May 17, 2006 - Culture, Communication and Conflict: The Impact of
Cultural Diversity on U.S. Society
- May 13, 2006 - Slapstick Symposium - Vroege Amerikaanse Filmkomedie (Filmmuseum Brussel)
- May, 2006 - Zen in
the Art of Beat Poetry: the influence of Buddhism
on Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder
- March 16, 2006 - I
Hear America Singing: Understanding the Cultural
Values in American Folk Music
- March 8, 2006 - Peter
Vandermeersch, ‘De media in de Verenigde
Staten’.
March 8, 2006 - Paul
De Bruyn, ‘George Bush, The Christian
Right and the future of the Republican Party’
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February 13, 2006 - A Look at the Civil
Rights Movement Through the Eyes of Female
African American authors
Dr. Ethel Morgan Smith ,
Prof. of English at West Virginia University,
Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Smith is
an expert on American literature, especially
the writings of African-American and Women
authors, and she is here in the context
of Black History Month.
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June 8, 2005 - Meet the Author! American
author Jonathan Safran Foer
(Everything is Illuminated) comes
to Brussels to share his newest novel, Extremely
Loud and Incredibly Close, as well as
his ideas on writing and commitment. Hosted
by the PassaPorta
International House of Literature in Brussels.
(more
information)
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May 12, 2005 - Trafficking
in Persons
A talk and discussion by Dr. Mohamed Y.
Mattar, Co-Director of 'The Protection Project'
of the Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins
University - School of Advanced International
Studies (SAIS), Washington, D.C. and Professor
of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center,
Washington, D.C
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