The Belvedere Lecture is the Ghent annual lecture on early modern history and culture. It sheds light on the early modern period from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The Belvedere Lecture is a joint initiative of different research group at Ghent University that have a connection with early modern history and culture: the Institute for Early Modern History, the Sarton Centre for History of Science, the Group for Early Modern Studies (GEMS), the Institute for Legal History, THALIA and RELICS.
This year's Belvedere Lecture is given by Sven Dupré (Utrecht University). Prof. Dupré will talk about "The Art and Nature of Glass - A Material in the Early Modern History of Knowledge". A description of the contents of the lecture can be found here.