Comprehensive overview weKONEKT.week 2023

A class in the Senate, a study visit to Belfius, yoga at the Mont des Arts, a film screening at the Cinematek, a workshop in the KBR, a guided walk through a Brussels neighbourhood…? This year, we are once again coming to town during the weKONEKT week, from 27 to 31 March 2023.

As Urban Engaged Universities, the VUB, ULB and EhB bring their students and staff into contact with the richness, complexity and beauty of Brussels. During the sixth edition of weKONEKT.week, we organise a wide range of courses, excursions, workshops and other activities in and with Brussels. We do this in cooperation with our university communities and partners in Brussels. This year, the weKONEKT.week takes place from Monday 27 March to Friday 31 March 2023.

This week is made possible with the support of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, l’Université libre de Bruxelles, Erasmushogeschool Brussel, Humanistisch Verbond Brussel, Innoviris and our partners.

Programme

Pre-programme

Can’t wait for the weKONEKT.week? As a warm-up we also include several initiatives taking place right before our big collective move off campus.

• 20 – 24 March 2023: Cattedra Emile Lorand di linguistica e letteratura – Prof. Massimo Cerruti
• 25 March 2023: Book launch: A Question of Truth (13:30 – 18:00)

Monday, 27 March 2023

• Agogisch onderzoekspracticum in KBR (09:00 – 11:00)
• Molem’back to the future (09:00 – 17:00)
• Tram 20.3.0 Talks (09:00 – 17:00)
• STeR* excursion (09:00 – 17:00)
• Een blik achter de schermen bij RESET (10:00 – 11:00)
• Grondwettelijk recht in het Vlaams Parlement (10:00 – 13:00)
• Statistische analyse voor agogen bij Statbel (12:00 – 14:00)
• Yoga in het Museum (12:30 – 14:30)
• Le Musée du detournement (12:00 – 17:00)
• Brussels dishes at the VUB restaurant (11:30 – 13:45)
• Gastlezing Louise Hoon en bezoek aan de Senaat (13:00 – 16:00)
• In the lee – immersive walk (14:00 – 16:30)
• Les in het Africamuseum (15:00 – 17:00)

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

• STeR* excursion (09:00 – 17:00)
• Les Journées de l’Engagement (09:00 – 17:00)
• Thesisseminarie bij FWO (09:00 – 17:00)
• Guest lecture Hilde Duroi (ABVV) for Arbeidssociologie (09:30 – 12:00)
• Sustainability Economics bij Belfius (09:30 – 13:00)
• Study visit to Ancienne Belgique (10:00 – 12:00)
• Brussels 2030 Summer Assembly co-creation day (10:00 – 12:00)
• Empowering regions and cities in migrant integration governance (10:00 – 17:30)
• Bezoek aan het Kapitalismemuseum (10:00 – 13:00)
• Wijsgerige agologie bij RESET (11:00 – 13:00)
• Inleiding tot de Agogische wetenschappen in RESET (14:00 – 16:00)
• Guest lecture: from overtourism to regenerative urban tourism (14:00 – 16:00)
• Rondleiding en gastles in Sport Vlaanderen (14:30 – 17:00)
• Rechtsgeschiedenis bij KBR (15:00 – 17:00)
• weKONEKT.tables: Let’s talk about sex (18:00 – 21:00)
• A Seat for the Sea: Panel talk on ocean minerals & scientific research (18:00 – 20:00)
• Inaugural Lecture: Intermedial meaning-making in climate change theatre (post-poned)

Wednesday, 29 March 2023

• Les Journées de l’Engagement (09:00 – 17:00)
• Belgodag / Belgojour (09:00 – 17:00)
• Masterclass; Dorottya Rédai on sexual education at P&V Foundation (10:00 – 12:00)
• Study Visit to KVS (10:30 – 12:00)
• Gender en burgerschap in La Maison Amazone (11:00 – 14:00)
• Interactive workshop with Dorottya Rédai for the Multilingual bachelors in Linguistics (15:00 – 17:00)
• Studiebezoek Sciensano (13:00 – 16:00)
• AI, data and robotics for Brussels: Demos and Datawalk (14:00 – 17:00)
• Tour in sustainable Brussels with Mixua (14:00 – 16:00)
• Teamoverleg strategie en beleid bij Belfius (14:00 – 16:00)
• Bezoek aan Belfius kunstcollectie (16:00 – 17:00)

Thursday, 30 March 2023

• Les Journées de l’Engagement (09:00 – 17:00)
• Molem’back to the future (09:00 – 17:00)
• Tram 20.3.0 Talks (09:00 – 17:00)
• Journalistic photo exhibition with En-GAJE (09:00 – 17:00)
• Sportprikkels aan de VUB (09:00 – 17:00)
• Close: film screening and panel (10:00 – 12:00)
• Uitwisseling duurzame keukens Atelier Groot Eiland en VUB Restaurant (09:30 – 10:30)
• Tandem bilingues: rallye pour les rhétoriciens sur la Grand-Place (11:00 – 12:30)
• Bestuur en beleid in het Vlaams Parlement (14:00 – 17:00)
• Guest lecture B2030: making Brussels the cultural capital of Europe (17:00 – 19:00)
• Mapping the USquare neighbourhood met Gemeente Elsene in KULT XL (17:00 – 19:00)
• Science bar “Bruxelles ma (pou)belle” at RESET (19:00 – 21:00)
• An evening with author Laura Fish at Pépite Blues (18:30 – 20:00)
• Le Musée du détournement (12:00 – 17:00)

Friday, 31 March 2023

• Bezoek aan het Europees Parlement (09:00 – 13:00)
• Tram 20.3.0 Talks (09:00 – 17:00)
• Whole-COMM studiedag: samenwerken aan een participatief lokaal integratiebeleid in kleine en middelgrote steden (10:00 – 17:00)
• Panel discussion with Woestijnvis (10:00 – 12:00)
• Fighting reflections at Shocx (12:00 – 14:00)
• Presentation finale du cours projet interdisciplinaire (12:30 – 15:30)
• Alumni speeddate communicatiewetenschappen (13:00 – 15:00)
• Writing back: A creative writing workshop with Laura Fish at Pépite Blues (14:00 – 17:00)
• Across the city with ‘Saint-Verhaegen’ (14:00 – 16:00)
• Uw meest pakkende ontmoeting met Brussel door De Moeial en KLAD (16:00 – 18:00)
• Closing reception Medialab (15:00 – 19:00)
• VUB joins the Critical Mass gathering (17:30 – 21:00)