De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
About us
The De Wulf-Mansion Centre is a vibrant research centre hosted at KU Leuven’s Institute of Philosophy. It is devoted to the history of ancient, medieval and renaissance philosophy – primarily but not exclusively in the Greek and Latin traditions.
Team
Today the DWMC at KU Leuven forms a thriving community of researchers, comprising no less than six full-time professors of ancient, medieval or renaissance philosophy, nearly twenty postdoctoral researchers and as many PhD students, as well as a number of affiliated and associated scholars.
If you want to be part of our team or are interested in our research, then please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Research
The DWMC is a leading research centre for the study of Platonism in Antiquity, for the medieval Latin translations of Aristotle’s works and commentaries, and for late medieval scholasticism – to name but a few of its current research strengths.
Events
History
Founded in 1956 by four professors of the Institute of Philosophy – Fernand Van Steenberghen, M. Giele, Herman Van Breda, and Gerard Verbeke –, the De Wulf – Mansion Centre took its name from Maurice De Wulf (1867–1947), one of the pioneers of the historiography of medieval philosophy, and Augustin Mansion (1882–1966), an outstanding scholar of Aristotelianism. In 1969, at the time of the division of the University of Louvain, two centres were born, each to continue at its own university the mission entrusted by the founders: the De Wulf–Mansion Centrum in Leuven and the Centre De Wulf–Mansion at Louvain–la–Neuve. Up to date these two centers retain their tight bonds of collaboration.
Contact
Prof. dr. Pieter d'Hoine, director of the DWMC
Institute of Philosophy
Kard. Mercierplein 2 - bus 3200
B-3000 Leuven