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Prof. Rik Van de Walle, Rector of Ghent University

Prof. Mieke Van Herreweghe, Vice-Rector of Ghent University

Prof. Gita Deneckere, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Ghent University

Prof. Stef Craps, Department of Literary Studies, Ghent University

are honoured to invite you to the inaugural lecture

Environmental Futures and the Challenges of Realist Storytelling

by International Francqui Professor Ursula Heise.

Ursula Heise is a Distinguished Professor and Marcia H. Howard Term Chair in Literary Studies at UCLA, where she teaches in the Department of English and at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.

The lecture, which is aimed at a broad audience interested in the environmental humanities, will be delivered in the Belvedère of the Boekentoren (Rozier 9, 9000 Ghent) on Wednesday 2 October 2024 at 16:00. It will be followed by a reception in the Atrium of the Faculty Library of Arts and Philosophy (Rozier 44, 9000 Ghent). Registration is required.

Further information: https://www.ugent.be/lw/francqui