Upcoming events

It was only a few weeks ago that SHOC had the honour of presenting the new publication of " Consent: Een geschiedenis van dwang en vrije wil en alles daartussenin (Lannoo, 2025)', co-edited by SHOC member Jolien Gijbels.

Intertextuality and The Wealth of Nations : Contextualizing Adam Smith In 1776 Adam Smith, the by-then famous author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments , published his Inquiry into the Wealth of Nations .

What was the State? Officiating and Litigating in Early Modern England Research into early modern state-building has developed quite a bit over the past decades, lending more depth and complexity to such processes.

South African professor Premesh Lalu gives a lecture about The Herds, a groundbreaking public art and climate initiative designed to inspire action and renew our bond with the natural world.

Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia’s Fossil Economy What happens if we tell the history of the planetary emergency from the margins?