Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts information
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
Dutch: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten (KVAB)
KVAB
Formation
1772 (as the Theresean Academy) 1938 (as an independent institution)
Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
Chairman
Ludo F. Gelders[1] (2013/2014)
Website
http://www.kvab.be
The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Dutch: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, or KVAB) is an independent learned society of science and arts of the Flemish Community in Belgium.[2] It is one of Belgium's numerous academies and traces its origin to 1772 when the Imperial and Royal Academy of Brussels was founded by empress Maria Theresia.[3]
The academy is headquartered in the Academy Palace (Paleis der Academiën), Hertogsstraat 1, 1000 Brussels.[4]
^Ludo Gelders, at kuleuven.be
^"KVAB Welcome"; at kvab.be. Retrieved on 30 September 2013. (in English)
^"KVAB geschiedenis" "History"; at kvab.be. Retrieved on 30 September 2013. (in English)
^"KVAB wegwijzer" Archived 2013-01-24 at the Wayback Machine "HOW TO REACH THE ACADEMY"; at kvab.be. Retrieved on 30 September 2013. (in Dutch, English and French)
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