UCLouvain 1425–2025. Six Hundred Years on the World Stage
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UCLouvain 1425–2025. Six Hundred on the World Stage is both a beautiful anniversary volume and a rich collection of information, experiences, and viewpoints.The book explores the roots and endeavours of one of the world's oldest and most important universities. Its five main parts are the work of some one hundred contributors who provided... Read More
UCLouvain 1425–2025. Six Hundred on the World Stage is both a beautiful anniversary volume and a rich collection of information, experiences, and viewpoints.The book explores the roots and endeavours of one of the world's oldest and most important universities. Its five main parts are the work of some one hundred contributors who provided original accounts, previously unpublished illustrations, and perspectives on society and the world in which UCLouvain has played a key role for six centuries.
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- Publisher
- Presses universitaires de Louvain
- Curated by
- Françoise Hiraux, Marc Lits,
- Language
- English
- BISAC Subject Heading
- REF000000 REFERENCE > REF027000 REFERENCE / Yearbooks & Annuals
- BIC subject category (UK)
- G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects > GB Encyclopaedias & reference works
- Onix Audience Codes
- 01 General / trade
- CLIL (Version 2013-2019)
- 3418 ENCYCLOPEDIES, DICTIONNAIRES
- Title First Published
- 10 June 2025
- Subject Scheme Identifier Code
- : Histoire
: Histoire Contemporaine
: Histoire des sciences et techniques
: Histoire des Temps Modernes
: Histoire du Moyen Age
Hardcover
- Publication Date
- 10 June 2025
- ISBN-13
- 9782390615729
- Extent
- Main content page count : 442
- Code
- 108518b
- Dimensions
- 21 x 28 cm
- Weight
- 1060 grams
- Packaging Type
- No outer packaging
- List Price
- 99.00 €
- ONIX XML
- Version 2.1, Version 3
Paperback
- Publication Date
- 10 June 2025
- ISBN-13
- 9782390615705
- Extent
- Main content page count : 442
- Code
- 108518a
- Dimensions
- 21 x 28 cm
- Weight
- 1060 grams
- Packaging Type
- No outer packaging
- List Price
- 89.00 €
- ONIX XML
- Version 2.1, Version 3
- Publication Date
- 10 June 2025
- ISBN-13
- 9782390615712
- Code
- 108518aPDF
- ONIX XML
- Version 2.1, Version 3
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Contents
PREFACE: Six Hundred Years on the World Stage 9
Françoise Smets
INTRODUCTION: An Inspiring University 11
Françoise Hiraux and Marc Lits
PART ONE: A Journey of Discovery 15
Edited by Aurore François and Silvia Mostaccio
Introduction 17
The University in Society 18
Creating Knowledge 70
Teaching and Learning 114
PART TWO: An Open and Engaged University 149
Edited by Jean De Munck and Michel Liégeois
Introduction: The University and Society 151
The Medieval University: A Model for a New Renaissance in Europe 160
University of Louvain Mergers (2004–23) 164
LOCI or the Experience of Creating a Multicampus Faculty 176
The Third Letter of the Alphabet 180
The University Will Be Inclusive or It Will Not Exist 190
UCLouvain-KU Leuven: Time of Reunion 201
PART THREE: A University of Culture(s) 215
Edited by Frédéric Blondeau and Ralph Dekoninck
Introduction: Culture and Interculturality 217
From Passive to Active Interculturality 221
Cultivating the University 235
From Museum of Dialogue to Musée L 247
PART FOUR: The UCLouvain Experience 253
Edited by Michel Dupuis, Véronique Eeckhoudt, and Benoît Thirion
Introduction: Experience as a Guide Star 255
Fourteen Testimonials from University Community Members 258
PART FIVE: Serving a World in Transition 311
Edited by Thomas Pardoen and Valérie Swaen
Introduction: An International University in Transition and Serving Its Region 313
Acting and Serving: The University in Its Ecosystem 315
Mobilising, Resisting, Leading, and Transforming 341
Creating Tomorrow's World 371
CONCLUSION: UCLouvain in 2075 409
Marc Lits