„Each community has the duty to protect the earth and to ensure its fruitfulness for coming generations.“ (LS 67) From 21 to 28 May, the Laudato Si‘ week ran worldwide. This action week for ecology was named after Pope Franciscus‘ encyclical of the same name, in which he calls the world to an „ecological conversion“. Read More …
On Tuesday afternoon, 23 May, the final and concluding Fugger Forum took place at OLVCplus. During this event, the four groups of students who had each participated in a previous mobility had the opportunity to share and relive their experiences. They spoke in chronological order, using PowerPoint presentations: Augsburg (Germany), Sterzing (Italy), Almadén (Spain) and Read More …
Am Samstag, den 4. März, kamen die Gäste aus Deutschland, Italien, Spanien und der Slowakei in Antwerpen an. Die „Eisenbahnkathedrale“ hinterließ bei allen einen tiefen Eindruck. Einige Studenten freuten sich, einander nach der vorangegangenen Mobilität wiederzusehen. Andere freuten sich darauf, einander zum ersten Mal im wirklichen Leben zu begegnen. Der Abend wurde in den Gastfamilien Read More …
On Friday 20 January 2023, the time has come to visit the Red Star Line Museum. Located on the authentic site of the eponymous historic shipping company on Antwerp’s Eilandje, the Red Star Line Museum tells a universal story about hopes, dreams and the pursuit of happiness. In doing so, it draws on personal stories Read More …
On Friday 13 January, students from 6ECMT visited the neighbourhood het Eilandje. Following the opening of the Connecting Dock in 1869, this area was called ‚het Eilandje‘. The brooks, canals and ditches had had to make way for modern docks, locks, channels and the Scheldt. Because of its location, mostly dockers, boatmen and workmen lived Read More …
Von Samstag, dem 28. Mai, bis Mittwoch, dem 1. Juni, fand das zweite Lehrertreffen des Projekts „Jakob Fugger: ein historischer europäischer Einflussnehmer“ statt. Wir fuhren nach Banská Bystrica in der Slowakei. Es war ein freudiges Wiedersehen zwischen den verschiedenen Kollegen, die sich kürzlich in Augsburg zu ihrer ersten Studentenmobilität getroffen hatten. Am Samstagabend wurden wir Read More …
On the occasion of Heritage Day 2022, 5ECMTb-LMT was able to spend an entire afternoon exploring the site of St Paul’s Church on Friday 29 April 2022. This historic church is located in the old city centre, a stone’s throw from the river Scheldt, in the city quarter where sailors used to live. Therefore, it Read More …
After our visit to Eugeen Van Mieghem’s exhibition last November, we knew the story was not yet finished and we could still learn a lot more about this intriguing period of the port of Antwerp. On 19 April 2022, Investar Fine Arts (which manages the art patrimony of banking and insurance group Argenta) opened an Read More …
