Bringing the world into view: explorations and the illustrated lecture circuit in early twentieth-century Antwerp and Brussels Universiteit Antwerpen
The illustrated lecture circuit in Antwerp and Brussels boomed at the beginning of the twentieth century. As was the case in other modernizing cities, a variety of different associations organized lectures on broadly debated issues, disseminating all sorts of knowledge and ideas to a wide audience. The great explorations of this period, which focused on both polar regions and mountain peaks, were exemplary for this trend. The use of the ...