Public lectures

An evening of lectures and debates in Dutch open to the general public.

Where? VLIZ – InnovOcean Campus; Jacobsenstraat 1, 8400 Ostend

When? Tuesday 21 November 2023, 19:00 – 22:00

Programme

19:00   Welcome

  • Moderator: Wim De Winter (KU Leuven)
  • Bart Tommelein (Mayor of Ostend)

19:15   Oostendse Compagnie in globaal perspectief – Jan Parmentier (MAS)

19:35   Oostendse Companie in lokaal perspectief – Michael-W. Serruys (KBMA & VUB)

19:55 Land en Zeeman – Giedo Vanhoecke and André Libin (Choir ‘Ier en gunter’) will be singing the only known Flemish 18th-century song about the East-India trade. Accompanied on guitar by Patrick Gyselen.

20:05   Oostendse Compagnie vandaag in fictieliteratuur – A conversation with authors Doris Klausing (De smaak van thee published in October 2023) and Katrien Van Hecke (Oostende is niet ver meer published in 2022)

20:35   Find out more about the Ostend Company

  • Book launch De Bibliografie van Oostende en de Middenkust (Fons Verheyde, VLIZ)
  • Book launch Reisjournaal van Michel de Febure (Jan Parmentier &
    Kristin Van Damme)
  • Exhibition ‘300 Years Ostend Company’ in the City Museum of Ostend (Nadia Stubbe, Heemkring De Plate)
  • Guided tours ‘Ostend and the Ostend Company’ (Dirk Beirens, Circle of city guides ‘Lange Nelle’)

21:00   Reception

  • Book sale about the Ostend Company

22:00   End