This page acts as a handy aide-memoire for forthcoming RSC Belgium events and activities. We also post information on interesting events notified to us by colleagues in the Belgian chemical science community. Unless otherwise stated RSC Belgium events have a 7:30pm start time.
Our forthcoming programme of events is outlined below. Why not bookmark this page to ensure you know what is happening and when?
28 October 2025: Victoria Atkinson – ‘Witchcraft’s chemical secrets: the science behind the spells’
There be witches here! As a pre-Halloween treat on the evening of Tuesday 28 October 2025, RSC Belgium is welcoming science writer Victoria Atkinson to Belgium to talk about ‘Witchcraft’s chemical secrets: the science behind the spells’.
The infamous witch hunts of the 16th and 17th century claimed thousands of lives (the vast majority of these victims being women), but behind the accusations lay a complex relationship between chemistry, traditional medicine and magic. Victoria Atkinson will explore how plant alkaloids and folk knowledge created potent and effective remedies that were both feared and sought after.
This event will held in Auditorium Lavoisier (LAVO 51) in the Chemistry Department at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve campus and will be followed by our usual social networking opportunity. The talk will commence at 19h30.
Registration for this event will open soon.
Further events in our 2025-26 programme are in formulation! More events coming soon!
KVCV events**
Our colleagues from the Royal Flemish Chemical Society (KVCV) have an extensive calendar of events that run throughout the year. KVCV is the professional association of Flemish chemists, and aims to bridge the gap between education, industry and society.
SRC events**
Our colleagues from the Société Royale de Chimie (SRC) also have an extensive calendar of events that run throughout the year. The SRC is a non-profit association that mainly brings together chemists from the French Community in Belgium whose main activity is exercised in one of the many fields of chemistry.
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