12/09/2021: Press release, Inauguration of the Philhellenism Museum and the Lord Byron Medal Award Ceremony to Philhellenes who fought for Greece during the Greek War of Independence of 1821.
09/09/2021: Internetgazet Heusden-Zolder
07/07/2021: The Society for Hellenism & Philhellenism: opening of the museum and ceremony to award the Lord Byron medal.
20/08/2021: Announcement of the Festival of Andros
27/03/2021: Society for Hellenism & Philhellenism: news in English, and in Greek.
05/11/2020: announcement Triennal Webinar in the Flemish physicians weekly journal Artsenkrant, nr. 2649, p.26.
13/11/2020: Van Hee R. (Editor): ‘In the shadow of Vesalius’, Garant Publishers, Antwerp (Belgium)/Apeldoorn (The Netherlands), 2020.
28/05/2020: interview in the Flemish physicians weekly journal Artsenkrant, nr. 2631, p.26-27.
May 12, 2020: Internetgazet Heusden-Zolder
March 20, 2020: Artsenkrant, nr. 2623, p. 26.
11.11.2018: centennial commemoration of WW I, in Logumkloster, South Jutland, Denmark:
www.jv.dk/toender/Excellencer-og-diplomater-fik-stuvet-kaalrabi-og-flaesk/artikel/2661209?fbclid=IwAR03aoQj0nZ4BsFdJNTSR61p9pFy6x6aVNlkFkzEyZaDvhqNabWbtijtrL8
www.jv.dk/toender/Excellencer-og-diplomater-fik-stuvet-kaalrabi-og-flaesk/artikel/2661209?fbclid=IwAR03aoQj0nZ4BsFdJNTSR61p9pFy6x6aVNlkFkzEyZaDvhqNabWbtijtrL8
19.10.2018: vereerd met een nominatie voor de cultuurprijs van Heusden-Zolder, met gelukwensen voor de winnaar Paul Boutsen.
27.04.2018: latest issue of Vesalius Alfagen KU Leuven, p.24
Lectures on graves & World War I:
- November 10, 2018, Sønderborg, Denmark: "Historiefestival":
- September 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark: Wat vertellen, 100 jaar na het einde van de Eerste Wereldoorlog, geallieerde graven in het toen neutrale Denemarken over Europa, Dutch Lunch Talk.
- Februari 2018, Ghent, Belgium: Klaprozen in de Westhoek en Steden Bezet De Eerste Wereldoorlog in de Nederlandstalige Literatuur, Koninklijke Kring Reserveofficieren Gent.
- November 10, 2018, Sønderborg, Denmark: "Historiefestival":
- September 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark: Wat vertellen, 100 jaar na het einde van de Eerste Wereldoorlog, geallieerde graven in het toen neutrale Denemarken over Europa, Dutch Lunch Talk.
- Februari 2018, Ghent, Belgium: Klaprozen in de Westhoek en Steden Bezet De Eerste Wereldoorlog in de Nederlandstalige Literatuur, Koninklijke Kring Reserveofficieren Gent.
Leuven, Belgium, 25 / 06/ 2017, with Prof.em. Els Witte; photos by radan.be
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Copenhagen, Denmark, 21/12/2°17: https://hasseferrold.blogspot.com/2017/12/cosmopolitan-lodge-copenhagen-for.html?q=cosmopolitan
Lectures: "In Search of Andreas Vesalius - The Quest for the Lost Grave"
Ghent, Belgium (Februari 2018); Madrid, Spain (January 2016); Padua, Italy (December 2015); Hove, Belgium (public Radio I, Interne Keuken (November 2015); Ghent, Belgium (November 2015); Astana, Kazakhstan (October 2015); Geneva, Switzerland (May 2015); Atlanta, Georgia (March 2015); Athens, Greece (December 2014) ; Antwerp, Belgium (October 2014); Copenhagen, Denmark (September 2014); Zakynthos, Greece (September 2014).
Ghent, Belgium (Februari 2018); Madrid, Spain (January 2016); Padua, Italy (December 2015); Hove, Belgium (public Radio I, Interne Keuken (November 2015); Ghent, Belgium (November 2015); Astana, Kazakhstan (October 2015); Geneva, Switzerland (May 2015); Atlanta, Georgia (March 2015); Athens, Greece (December 2014) ; Antwerp, Belgium (October 2014); Copenhagen, Denmark (September 2014); Zakynthos, Greece (September 2014).
Online on Medical Terminology Daily (MTD), a blog prepared by Clinical Anatomy Associates, Inc.: https://clinanat.com/mtd/862
Ermis Newspaper, Friday 22/09/2017, Zakynthos, pp. 6 + 11.
Quote: "It is noteworthy that the research program is supervised by the Belgian Professor Jan Driessen and the Head of the Ephorate of Zakynthos and Archaeologist Christina Merkouri with the contribution of the Director of the Laboratory of Geophysical and Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo-Environment of the Institute of Mediterranean Studies (IST) Sarris. "Driving force" of the venture is the famous diplomat of Zakynthos, Theo Dirix, who has devoted himself soul and body to the search for the tomb of Andreas Vesalius!" Unquote
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And online: ermisnews.gr/index.php?id=53383
Imera Newspaper, Friday 22/09/2017, Zakynthos, pp. 8-9
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25/08/2017: interview in the Flemish physicians weekly journal Artsenkrant, nr. 2506, p.9.
18.08.2017: the Flemish physicians weekly journal Artsenkrant, nr. 2505, p.2.
12.08.2017: a Greek historian, studying 'masonic' graves in het First Cemetery of Athens, kindly refers to my blog with pictures of a grave he is happy to discover: tektonismos.blogspot.dk/2017/08/blog-post_11.html
29.07.2017: Frank Jacobs is a journalist, writer and blogger. He is living in Denmark but, fascinated by maps and atlases, he writes without borders. On his well read blog Strange Maps, he performs an: "Anatomy of (my) Grave-hunt": bigthink.com/strange-maps/anatomy-of-a-grave-hunt
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15-16.07.2017: the fundraising campaign for phase II in the Search for the Lost Grave has hit my home town, Heusden-Zolder, the province of Limburg first, and then the rest of Belgium.
14.07.2017: on the blog of 'Medical Terminology Daily' by 'Clinical Anatomy Associates, Inc.' in Ohio, US:
31.05.2017: on the blog of 'Medical Terminology Daily' by 'Clinical Anatomy Associates, Inc.' in Ohio, US:
29.03.2017: the RGLB tweets about my booklet : Jacobsladder
Proud and thankful to be mentioned by Prof. Vivian Nutton in his latest publication: www.amazon.com/Principles-according-Vesalius-Routledge-Translations-ebook/dp/B06XDC36HB.
He died on the return journey from Jerusalem on the beach of the Greek island of Zakynthos, but the details of what exactly happened there are shrouded in mystery. Some say he died in a shipwreck, while others speculate that the cause of death was an illness like scurvy, i.e. vitamin C deficiency (Plessas, 2014). His body was buried in the Catholic Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, an edifice that was later on destroyed by several earthquakes. In recent years, there have been several attempts, until now completely fruitless, to identify his lost grave (Dirix, 2014).
in: Mazzarello, P., A Vesalian guide to neuroscience, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (2015), p. 2 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.11.004
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The JydskeVestkysten is the largest regional newspaper in Denmark, published in South Jutland: www.jv.dk/artikel/2477840:Aabenraa--Krigsbytte-eller-gammelt-jern
Also on Ugeavisen.dk, home to more than 33 weekly newspapers in South Jutland and Central Jutland:
ugeavisen.dk/artikel/276123:Aabenraa--Krigsbytte-eller-gammelt-jern
ugeavisen.dk/artikel/276123:Aabenraa--Krigsbytte-eller-gammelt-jern
As announced by the Historical Society of South Jutland, established in 1922, "to promote interest in and understanding in its history": www.hssdj.dk/nyheder?Action=1&NewsId=53&M=NewsV2&PID=11213
BIESBROUCK, Maurits. ‘[Paintings]’ in Theo DIRIX, [Eleven videos about rewards intended to stimulate the crowd funding campaign of Vesalius Continuum for the quest of Vesalius’ Grave in Zakynthos], 2016, musically illustrated: Hommage to Vesalius (x2), Da Pace Domine, Quocumque, A recipe for funding, Time and Tide, Lift to the Gallows, Masks – portraits – faces, Time passing, Rêverie and The lonely Quest.
See: vimeo.com/album/4256567
See: vimeo.com/album/4256567
DEDERIX, Sylviane. 'The Quest, phase 2' in Theo DIRIX, [Several videos intended to stimulate the crowd funding campaign of Vesalius Continuum for the quest of Vesalius’ Grave in Zakynthos], 2016.
See: vimeo.com/album/4256560/video/189696539
See: vimeo.com/album/4256560/video/189696539
LARMUSEAU, Maarten. ‘How would we identify the remains of Vesalius?’ in Theo DIRIX, [Several videos intended to stimulate the crowd funding campaign of Vesalius Continuum for the quest of Vesalius’ Grave in Zakynthos], 2016.
See: vimeo.com/album/4256560/video/190623505
See: vimeo.com/album/4256560/video/190623505
APOSTOLOS, Sarris, Jan DRIESSEN. 'Vesalius_geo_2017_movie' in Theo DIRIX, [Several videos intended to stimulate the crowd funding campaign of Vesalius Continuum for the quest of Vesalius’ Grave in Zakynthos], 2016.
See: vimeo.com/album/4256560/video/189512674
See: vimeo.com/album/4256560/video/189512674
Dr. Efrain A. Miranda dedicates "Newsletter #133" of "Medical Terminology Daily (MTD)" to the Quest of the Lost Grave of Andreas Vesalius. MTD is a blog by Clinical Anatomy Associates, Inc. , Ohio, US, as a service to the medical community, medical students, and the medical industry.
More here : clinanat.com/component/nspro/?layout=newsletterview&nid=133
More here : clinanat.com/component/nspro/?layout=newsletterview&nid=133
The Flemish Belgian physicians weekly journal supports the crowd funding campaign of the Quest for the Lost Grave of Andreas Vesalius. Henk Van Nieuwenhoven interviews Maurits Biesbrouck, Vesalius Researcher, who offered more than 200 studies in acrylic on canvas as rewards for donations from 250€ and above: "Maurits Biesbrouck schenkt schilderijen voor crowdfunding Vesalius", Artsenkrant | 18 november 2016 | Nr. 2472 , p. 40
The JydskeVeskysten is a major regional newspaper in the South of Denmark. Following my earlier visits of the Løgumkloster cemetery and five Belgian graves dating from 1915, as already mentioned in an article on 11 November 2015, Uwe Iwersen has become curious about my passion for war graves:
"Theo Dirix, har en passion for krige, kirkegårde go gravsteder" in: JydskeVestkysten, Publiceret 21. oktober 2016 kl. 14:30 Read more: www.jv.dk/artikel/2409029:Toender--Paa-sporet-af-doede-lands--maend
"Theo Dirix, har en passion for krige, kirkegårde go gravsteder" in: JydskeVestkysten, Publiceret 21. oktober 2016 kl. 14:30 Read more: www.jv.dk/artikel/2409029:Toender--Paa-sporet-af-doede-lands--maend
Henk Van Nieuwenhove announces the Crowdfunding campaign in the online version of the physician's weekly journal. Read more: www.artsenkrant.com/cultuur/crowdfunding-voor-zoektocht-naar-vesalius-graf/article-normal-20883.html
Jozef Verheyden is a freelance writer specialised in mixing fiction with hoaxes and presumptions. I have the doubtful honour of being cited in his most recent publication. Fortunately there is nothing wrong with this reference to our congress in Zakynthos and our quest for the grave of Vesalius in the Santa Maria delle Grazie . http://www.ghklonderzeel.be/PDF/andere/Nieuw%20onderzoek%20naar%20de%20motieven%20van%20Vesalius'%20bedevaart.pdf
It has been also a great excitement to co-organise and co-present with Theo Dirix, Consul at the Belgian Embassy of Athens (since 2015 in the Embassy of Copenhagen, Denmark), a multi-dimensional event that took place in Andreas Syggros Museum of Athens, to celebrate the 500th Birthday of Andreas Vesalius, the great Flemish anatomist and artist that died on Zakynthos. At this event, MEDinART gained a lot of publicity in the medical community in Greece and the response from the society of anatomists and dermatologists was very warm.
Read the interview with Vasia Hatzi, PhD, Geneticist, Collaborate Researcher, NCSR "Demokritos", Greece, and partner in crime of Vesalius Continuum, here: http://www.interaliamag.org/interviews/vasia-hatzi-interview/
Read the interview with Vasia Hatzi, PhD, Geneticist, Collaborate Researcher, NCSR "Demokritos", Greece, and partner in crime of Vesalius Continuum, here: http://www.interaliamag.org/interviews/vasia-hatzi-interview/
From one of it's latest issues (6 June 2016?), it seems that a local newspaper in Zakynthos, ''Ελεύθερη άποψη'', accuses me of being disrespectful to Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos. The newspaper is shocked by my presumption of the natural mummification of their Patron Saint, (and of Saint Spyridon of Corfu and Saint Gerasimus of Kefalonia, for that matter). The article defends the supernatural incorruptibility or the belief that a divine intervention is preventing the decay of the bodies of certain saints.
I'm honoured to be mentioned in the acknowledgements of the article of Omer Steeno, Maurits Biesbrouck & Theodoor Goddeeris: Gerard van der Schueren (Leuven) en Nicolas Ant. Barbianis (Zakynthos) omtrent Andreas Vesalius, Vesalius Alfagen KU Leuven, jaargang 28, nr. 2, april, mei, juni 2016, pp. 12-19.
Thank you, Dr. Efrain A. Miranda, I'm relieved to hear that taphophilia is not a pathology: clinanat.com/mtd?start=12
Prof. Bart De Moor: www.bartdemoor.be
From: Acknowledgments, in: Brain Renaissance - From Vesalius to Modern Neuroscience, by Marco Catani and Stefano Sandrone, Oxford University Press, 04 May 2015.
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KUPERS, Ron, Maurice PTITO (org.). The Andreas Vesalius five hundredth Birthday symposium. De Humani Corporis Fabrica. Program, Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen. Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Thursday, September 18, 2014, 2 pp.
With contributions by Theo Dirix, Vivian Nutton, Pascale Pollier, Morten Møller, Paul Suetens, and Albert Gjedde.
With contributions by Theo Dirix, Vivian Nutton, Pascale Pollier, Morten Møller, Paul Suetens, and Albert Gjedde.
SØRENSEN, Kristian. ‘Historien om anatomiens fader skal skrives om’ [The history of the father of anatomy should be rewritten] in Newton – Anatomi, Søntag den 28. december 2014, pp. 10-11, ill.
At the occasion of the publishing of the book by Theo Dirix
At the occasion of the publishing of the book by Theo Dirix
ZITSAIA, Crysanthi. ‘To the great Belgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius’ in Theo DIRIX, In Search of Andreas Vesalius. The Quest for the Lost Grave, Leuven, Lannoo, 2014, pp. 148-149.
Poem for the Vesalius commemoration in Zakynthos in May 1965. Translated from the Greek into English in 2004 by Lefkothea-Vasiliki Andreou. Previous publication unknown: from the private collection of Dr. Emmanuel Corcondillas.
Poem for the Vesalius commemoration in Zakynthos in May 1965. Translated from the Greek into English in 2004 by Lefkothea-Vasiliki Andreou. Previous publication unknown: from the private collection of Dr. Emmanuel Corcondillas.
GREEN, Bryan. ‘V esalius’ retrieved in 500 Y ears V esalius - Karger Medical & Scientific Publishers on march 14th, 2014 in
<www.vesaliusfabrica.com/en/vesalius/truth-and-myth/vesalius-poem.html> Poem. Also in Theo DIRIX, In Search of Andreas Vesalius. The Quest for the Lost Grave, Leuven, Lannoo, 2014, pp. 150-155; see no. 459.82.
<www.vesaliusfabrica.com/en/vesalius/truth-and-myth/vesalius-poem.html> Poem. Also in Theo DIRIX, In Search of Andreas Vesalius. The Quest for the Lost Grave, Leuven, Lannoo, 2014, pp. 150-155; see no. 459.82.
PLESSAS, Pavlos. [Consequences of the Earthquakes in Zakynthos on the exact Location of the] Santa Maria delle Grazie, mail to Maurits Biesbrouck on April 15th, 2015, 3 pp., 2 ill.
Followed by a reply by Theo Dirix with the costs for a further exploration of Vesalius’ grave.
Followed by a reply by Theo Dirix with the costs for a further exploration of Vesalius’ grave.
NIEUWENHOVE, Henk van. ‘Belgische consul maakt brandhout van ‘de fabels van Vesalius’’ and ‘Vesalius’ schipbreukverhaal is een romantische inventie’ [Belgian Consul makes Fire-wood with the Fables around Vesalius] and [The Story of Vesalius’s Shipwreck is a Romantic Invention] in Artsenkrant, 2014, 2362: 1 and 44, ill.
In Dutch. The Belgian consul was Theo Dirix.
In Dutch. The Belgian consul was Theo Dirix.
NIEUWENHOVE, Henk van. ‘Consul zoekt graf' [A Consul in Search for a Tomb] in Artsenkrant, 2014, 2376: 50-51, ill.
In Dutch. The Consul is Theo Dirix searching for Vesalius’s grave.
In Dutch. The Consul is Theo Dirix searching for Vesalius’s grave.
REECK, Marc van den. ‘Project under Construction. [Andreas Vesalius at Zakynthos]’ in Newsletter [of the Belgian Embassy at Athens] April 2011, ill.
Only short notice. Upon receiving this newsletter I send it to Omer Steeno, who contacted the embassay. Under the driving force of Theo Dirix, the Belgian Consul in Athens, and the enthousiasm of artists such as Pascale Pollier, this was the beginning of a worldwide cooperation which resulted in the very successful international conference Vesalius Continuum at Zakynthos, 4-7 September 2014 and the unveiling of a new Vesalius monument. Photo of the disappeared Vesalius monument at Kalogerata (Laganas beach).
Only short notice. Upon receiving this newsletter I send it to Omer Steeno, who contacted the embassay. Under the driving force of Theo Dirix, the Belgian Consul in Athens, and the enthousiasm of artists such as Pascale Pollier, this was the beginning of a worldwide cooperation which resulted in the very successful international conference Vesalius Continuum at Zakynthos, 4-7 September 2014 and the unveiling of a new Vesalius monument. Photo of the disappeared Vesalius monument at Kalogerata (Laganas beach).
VONS, Jacqueline: Dirix Theo, In search of Andreas Vesalius. The quest for the Lost grave, Leuven, Lannoo Campus, 2014, in: Histoire des Sciences Médicales, organe officiel de la société française d'histoire de la médecine, Tome XLVIII - nr. 4 - 2014, p.551.
www.researchgate.net/publication/281660221_Recension_de_Dirix_Theo_In_search_of_Andreas_Vesalius_The_quest_for_the_lost_grave_Leuven_Lannoo_Campus_2014
www.researchgate.net/publication/281660221_Recension_de_Dirix_Theo_In_search_of_Andreas_Vesalius_The_quest_for_the_lost_grave_Leuven_Lannoo_Campus_2014
DIEPEN, Timmie Van. ‘Zakynthos’ in Het Belang van Limburg, 27 maart 2014. On the quest for Vesalius’s Grave.
This article of 27 March 2014 in the Flemish newspaper Het Belang van Limburg has been picked up by many other papers and magazines:
hbvl-20140327-01010001.pdf
This article of 27 March 2014 in the Flemish newspaper Het Belang van Limburg has been picked up by many other papers and magazines:
hbvl-20140327-01010001.pdf
(comp.). What do they think of me anyway?Vesalius Continuum, Zakynthos, Greece, September 4-8-2014, Andreas Vesalius 31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564, Press Book, Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Athens, Greece, 2014, 119 pp., ill.
Full collection of press articles concerning the Vesalius Continuum 2014 Conference, Zakynthos, Greece.
Thank you, Eva Anifanti for your research, and Yannis Kaikoussidis for design:
Full collection of press articles concerning the Vesalius Continuum 2014 Conference, Zakynthos, Greece.
Thank you, Eva Anifanti for your research, and Yannis Kaikoussidis for design:
