The exhibition « The 100th anniversary of a Nobel Prize winner, Jules Bordet, a pastor at the ULB » retraces the path and discoveries of this great researcher in immunology, through historical documents, scientific objects and works of art , movies and photographs. The exhibition presents, in a clear and accessible way, his fundamental discoveries in the fight against infectious diseases.

Based on research by Jules Bordet, the exhibition highlights the drivers of experimental research: curiosity, rigor, imagination, the performance of tools and sometimes luck. Finally, it evokes the scientific diplomacy of the early 20th century and the current debates of society around the detection and prevention of transmittable  diseases.

Over the course of the exhibition, proposals from artists from bio-art will stimulate reflection and debate around current uses of biotechnology.

Practical Information:

Free entry 

Address: Solbosch Campus Espace Allende, ULB, Solbosch Campus (F1 Building) – 22-24, av. Paul Héger – Ixelles

More information on the website.

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The Carnegie Wateler Peace Prize – named after the Dutch banker Johan Wateler, who amid the horrors of the First World War, donated the majority of his capital for peace – is awarded every two years to a person or an institution that further the cause of international peace through action pursuied through literature or the arts.

As a journalist for the Belgian public broadcaster VRT, Vranckx illustrated the effect of conflict on daily life with personal reports. Starting his career as a war correspondent in 1989 during the uprising against Ceausescu in Romania, Vranckx has over the past decades reported on wars and conflicts around the world – in Yugoslavia, the Middle East and North Africa; being one of the last European journalists to leave Egypt during the violence of the Arab Spring, and living through an attack in Syria that killed his French colleague.

Vranckx has also shown real personal engagement with the inhabitants of conflict areas. When he came across a music school in the Iraqi city of Mosul that was destroyed by IS in 2017, Vranckx started a collection of musical instruments in his home country Belgium to be sent over. 120 instruments were taken to the music school by Vranckx himself. He even followed up on the project by raising money for an organisation that provides music lessons to young refugees in Belgium.

The Peace Prize which was first awarded in 1931, has had notable recipients which include Dutch diplomat Sigrid Kaag, who is now the Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, and UN diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi. This year, the first Youth Carnegie Peace Prize will be awarded; being awarded for youth initiatives that are committed to a more peaceful world.

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Kazuo Ishiguro, 62-year-old, « who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world, » said the perpetual secretary of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, during the ritual announcement under the gold of the stock exchange in Stockholm.

« It’s a wonderful honor, mainly because it means that I walk in the footsteps of the greatest writers of all time, it’s a fantastic recognition, » he told the BBC. « The world is going through a period of uncertainty and I would like to see the Nobel Prize as a positive force in the world  » he concluded.

The 62-year-old writer said the award was « flabbergastingly flattering ». He has written eight books, which have been translated into over 40 languages.

Ishiguro editor, Faber & Faber, also reacted, on Twitter, saying « we’re thrilled that Kazuo Ishiguro has won the Nobel Prize! »

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