Courses and lessons

The pleasure of learning ...

 

In Liège orIn Verviers

 

In Liège

As well as the option of participating as a free student or auditor  in academic courses, there are many other options available to you.

For the simple joy of learning, we offer two formats of classes and lessons:

 

1. Classes

Since October 2004, the Réseau ULg-Les Amis de l'Université de Liège and the Deputy Mayor for Social Services, Families, and Health for Liège have combined their efforts to offer university classes which are open to all, in the form of three modules:

  • Society and the Economy (Monday from 4pm to 6pm)
  • Thought and Civilisation (Tuesday from 4pm to 6pm)
  • Sciences and the Future (Thursdays 4pm to 6pm)

Programme and information for the academic year 2012-2013

Location: Institute of Anatomy, 20 rue de Pitteurs, 4020 Liège.
The particularity of this 'formula': you are free to pick and choose according to your availability and preferences !
There are no prerequisites for attending.

Registration: Registration form

 

2. Lessons

Simultaneously, other presentations on specific themes are also available:

2013-2014 programme

Area of study

Subject

Speaker

Time

Agenda

Musicology


Albion and Europe

 

A.-M. MATHY

Monday from 1.45pm to 3.45 pm

From 30 September to 2 December 2013

Musicology

 

 

Five centuries of music in Venice:  History of genres and musical institutions in La Serenissima

 

S. DADO

One Monday per month from 1.45pm to 3.45pm

From 14 October 2013 to 10 February 2014

History of
Art


Introduction to the aesthetic of art outside Europe

 

P. SOMVILLE

Tuesday from 1.45pm to 3.45pm

From 1 October to 10 December 2013

Literature


William Shakespeare 

 

P. MICHEL

Tuesday from 1.45pm to 3.45pm

From 7 January to 4 February 2014

 

Location: Institute of Anatomy, 20 rue de Pitteurs, 4020 Liège.

Particularity of this format: registration for the whole cycle is required.

 

Contact(s): Réseau ULg - Les Amis de l'Université de Liège
Place du 20 Août, 9 (Bât. A1) 4000 Liège
Tel. + 32 4 366 52 87 - Fax + 32 4 366 57 05
reseau-amis@ulg.ac.be

 

or at Verviers!

Since October 2012, the University of Liège has worked in partnership with the Maison de l'Egalité des Chances in Verviers and its 'Verts et Vifs' service, giving rise to the 'ULg-Verviers University Area'. 

 

ULg-Verviers University Area

2013-2014 academic year

 

 

Practical information 

Contacts                          

 

Verviers- Service for Social Cohesion and Integration: Dinah Uwera, tel. 087 32 52 07, dinah.uwera@verviers.be

University of Liège - Alumni Support: Vicky Cerrada, tel. 04 366 52 88, vicky.cerrada@ulg.ac.be

 

 

 

Module 1:
The brain

Coordinator:

Prof. Gustave Moonen
















Registration

Monday 7 October 2013: Steve Majerus, FNRS Research Associate
The brain and intelligence

Monday 14 October 2013: Eric Salmon, lecturer at ULg
The brain and dementia

Monday 21 October 2013: Marie-Aurélie Bruno, FNRS FNRS post-doctoral researcher
The brain and the conscience: comas and other chronic changes to consciousness

Monday 04 November 2013: Didier Martin, ULg lecturer
The brain and neurosurgery

Monday 18 November 2013: Gabrielle Scantamburlo, Clinical head at CHU
The brain and psychiatry

Monday 25 November 2013: Pierre Maquet, ULg professor
The brain, sleep and memory

Monday 02 December 2013: Laurent Nguyen, FNRS Research Associate
The brain in development

Monday 09 December 2013: Jacques Balthazart, ULg lecturer
The brain and behaviour: the example of sexual behaviour


+ Distribution of attendance certificates for the module

                             

 

The brain (7 October to 9 December 2013)

 

ULg-Verviers University Area

2012-2013 academic year


                            

        

 

Module 3:
Cancer

Coordinator:

Prof. Jacques    Boniver

Monday 18 March 2013: Prof. Vincent Bours (ULg-CHU)
What is cancer? How can it kill?

Monday 15 April 2013: Prof. Agnès Noël (ULg)
How does cancer form and spread?

Monday 22 April 2013: Prof. Philippe Delvenne (ULg-CHU)
How can cancer be diagnosed? What is meant by a 'bilan d'extensions d'un cancer' (assessment of the extent of cancer)?

Monday 29 April 2013: Prof. Guy Jérusalem (ULg-CHU)
The principles for treating cancers and multidisciplinary oncology consultations

And Prof. Olivier Detry (ULg-CHU)
The role of surgery

Monday 06 May 2013: Prof. Guy Jérusalem (ULg-CHU)
Classic chemotherapy and intelligent drugs

Monday 13 May 2013: Prof. Philippe Coucke (ULg)
Radiotherapy

Monday 21 May 2013: Prof. Vincent Castronovo (ULg)
Preventing and screening for cancer

Times and location

Conferences on Mondays from 2pm to 4pm (with exceptions)

Location: specified on the registration form depending on the module

45 minute presentations + 15-minute break and 30 minutes Q&A session

 

 

Fee per session (payable on site): €5 - €2.50 (Verts et Vifs members)

 

Registration

Cancer (18 March to 21 May 2013)

The Golden Age of Verviers(21 January to 11 March 2013)

Sustainable development (5 November to 17 December 2012)

  

 

Course slides available here

 

 

Contact(s) : Suivi des Alumni

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