Upcoming activities

11 April – 20 September 2024

Exhibition of the Geschichtsforum Schleiden: "Die mit dem Adel der Geburt den Adel der Gesinnung stets vereinigten"

Exhibition of the Geschichtsforum Schleiden: "Die mit dem Adel der Geburt den Adel der Gesinnung stets vereinigten" - “The ones who always combined the nobility by birth with the nobility of attitude”. The exhibition will document this: 1773 to 2023: 250 years of Arenberg in Schleiden, in the town hall. Opening on 11 April at 6.30 pm.

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Exhibitions

20 April 2024

Belgian Organ Festival: Bel'Orgue

The Arenberg Foundation supports the organ day in Enghien on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Pieces from the musical fund will serve as inspiration for the concerts. Everyone is welcome to attend. More info can be found at https://www.orgue-enghien.be/bel-orgue-2024.

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Music

1 June 2024

Annual meeting of the scientific committee of the Belgian Arenberg Foundation in Enghien/Edingen

The annual meeting of the scientific committee of the Belgian Arenberg Foundation will be organized on Saturday, the 1st of June 2024.

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Annual meeting

Past activities

25 March 2024

Seminar on AI: L’Intelligence Artificielle amie ou ennemie? Les enjeux d’une révolution technologique

Seminar on AI: L’Intelligence Artificielle amie ou ennemie? Les enjeux d’une révolution technologique | Artificiële Intelligentie vriend of vijand? De uitdagingen van een technologische revolutie. Seminar organised by the Arenberg Foundation and Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert. Welcome: 14h30 - Seminar: 15h - Reception: 18h.

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Conferences & seminars Seminar

22 March 2024

A Count of Arenberg - Cock van Neerijnen commemoration

On Friday, 22 March, at 17:00hr, a John of Ligne, count of Arenberg - Cock van Neerijnen commemoration will take place in the St. Cathrine church in Zevenbergen.

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Varia

17 February 2024

Lauenen Chamber Concert

The Lauenen Chamber Concerts Association is a small and lean organisation with the objective to organise and support performances of chamber music (including chamber orchestras) in Lauenen. Other efforts have included the support of young musicians and the promotion of contemporary classical music.

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Lauenen Concert Music

1 January 2024

Appel à contribution - colloque Sedan 2024

Dans le cadre des manifestations qui vont célébrer les 600 ans du château fort de Sedan, la Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie du Sedanais va organiser un colloque en partenariat avec le Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique (Gis) Patrimoines militaires: Architectures, aménagements, techniques et sociétés, sous la direction scientifique de Laurent Jalabert (université de Lorraine) et Émilie d’Orgeix (EPHE-PSL).

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Varia

12–14 October 2023

XIth Arenberg Conference for History: Blood and Virtue. Nobility of Blood and Nobilities of soul in the Middle Ages

XIth Arenberg Conference for History: Blood and Virtue. Nobility of Blood and Nobilities of soul in the Middle Ages - The existence, in the Middle Ages, of a social category with a high situation because of its birth is commonplace. As early as the 7th century, Isidore of Seville played on notus (adjectivized past participle of gnosco, “know”) and its derivatives notabilis and nobilis, and defined the noble as “Someone whose name and family are known”. However, while this quality is inherited, the social pre-eminence of the nobility is also justified by the outstanding qualities and virtues of its members.

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Conferences & seminars Arenberg Conference for History