17th-Century Thesis Prints in the Southern Low Countries
(2014) “Een Gouden Leertijd”. Congrès historique interdisciplinaire organisé par le Werkgroep de Zeventiende Eeuw — Location: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (30.August.2014)
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- In the 17th century, the public defence of academic theses entailed the publication of decorated broadsheets summarising their conclusions. These engraved posters were used to announce the disputation, to provide a visual program of its unfolding when distributed to the audience, and afterwards constituted a souvenir of the event. Thesis prints evolved progressively into copiously illustrated documents, intended to assert the applicant’s position in society and to glorify his protector. Artists created elaborate communicational devices in order to convey scientific as well as rhetorical messages to the spectators of the defence. I would like to analyse this visual material, in particular in the Southern Low Countries, by focusing on its intellectual, artistic and sociopolitical framework. Forming one of the scarce direct sources about teaching at the University of Leuven, thesis prints can provide insight into learning practices in this region.
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de Mûelenaere, G. (2014). 17th-Century Thesis Prints in the Southern Low Countries. “Een Gouden Leertijd”. Congrès historique interdisciplinaire organisé par le Werkgroep de Zeventiende Eeuw, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/221396