Above photo: ‘cemetery for the insane’, near the 'OPZC, former 'Rijkskrankzinnigengesticht (Public asylum for insane)' in Rekem, Belgium, where 1750 male patients were buried from 1921 and until 1981.

Distinctions (2021)
Two distinctions received in 2021 in recognition of my cultural and scholarly activities

07/07/2021: Laureate Lord Byron Medal Award, Museum of Philhellenism, Athens, Greece.
​22/09/2021: Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, (Denmark, 24/08/2020).

Press interviews
Recent newspaper interviews following my election as President of the Board of VIW

2/03/2025,   Nieuwsblad: voorzitter bestuursorgaan VIW
                        
22/03/2025, Het Belang van Limburg, idem
                                   

Press Clippings (2014-2021)
Selected press coverage of various research projects, lectures, and cultural activities

related to my search for the graves of Belgian soldiers in Denmark
lectures and publications related to the historical tradition sometimes referred to as 'the Royal Art'
Press coverage of my research into the long-standing historical question of the burial place of Andreas Vesalius

Philhellenism and the Greek War of independence
Coverage from the island of Andros of my lecture on philhellenes
​from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands during the War of Independence (1821-1826)

Local Press
Clippings from local newspapers, including coverage of my Vesalius lecture at the village library
and a nomination for the Cultural Prize of my hometown (2018)

18/12/2023, lezing in de bibliotheek van Heusden-Zolder: 
​                       www.heusden-zolder.eu/theo-dirix-laat-andreas-vesalius-nooit-los.aspx​
                        www.heusden-zolder.eu/theo-dirix-over-vesalius-in-woord-en-beeld.aspx
​19.10.2018: vereerd met een nominatie voor de cultuurprijs van Heusden-Zolder, met gelukwensen voor de winnaar Paul Boutsen.