Vooruit - De Hete Lente: Mei ‘68, een kritische reconstructie

In May 2008 it will have been forty years since the May 1968 student protests broke out in Paris. What’s left of the May 1968 ideology forty years on? What happened to the power of imagination? Have we traded the relative security of the rat race for political freedom? Is our future now made of fear instead of hope? Have the barricades been replaced by civil society? Do students and unions still share the same goals? How materialistic and mute are youngsters today? Is there still such a thing as an activist scientist? “All rebels become CEOs eventually.” True or false? What’s left of the left forty years after May 1968? Was it all just about sex, drugs and rock and roll?

Along with debates and lectures with national and international speakers at Ghent University and Vooruit you will be able to enjoy an exhibition, documentaries, films and music from the sixties.

The first debate evening, on Wednesday the 14th of May, will look back at the events of May 1968.
What really happened in May 1968 and what are the myths surrounding it?
A critical reconstruction will be made by witnesses of the time. Guests will include Jos Geysels (Minister of State); Piet Piryns (journalist for Knack); professor Etienne Vermeersch$ (former rector of Ghent University and influential figure in Flemish society); professor Eric Corijn (philosopher and cultural sociologist at the Free University of Brussels); Luc Van den Bossche (former minister and currently the president of the Brussels Airport Company). The opening speech will be held by Prof. dr. Paul Van Cauwenberghe*, rector of Ghent University.

In association with Ghent University, De Morgen, Kreveld Stichting, Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, VRT Archief and Klara

ARTIKEL: 40 jaar mei 68: de revoltes in Nederland, België en Frankrijk

by Walter Pauli (De Morgen, 3 mei 2008)
ARTIKEL: Veertig jaar mei 68: een bloem in je haar, een steen in je vuist.

by Walter Pauli (De Morgen, 3 mei 2008)
ARTIKEL: studentenleider Daniël Cohn-Bendit: de exclusieve erfenis van mei '68

by Daniël Cohn-Bendit / Project Syndicate (De Morgen, 5 mei 2008)
ARTIKEL: Interview met Daniel Cohn-Bendit, dé mei ’68-studentenleider

by Gie Goris (Mo* Magazine, 26 mrt 2008)
Rekto:verso stelt harde vragen bij zachte revolutie
Mei 68 in slogans & poëzie
ARTIKEL: Revolutie? Welke revolutie?

by Mia Doornaert (De Standaard, 3 mei 2008)
ARTIKEL: Wat blijft er over van de revolutie?

by Guy Tegenbos (De Standaard, 3 mei 2008)
ARTIKEL: Waarom we expo 58 en mei 68 zo graag willen herdenken...

by Marc Reynebeau (De Standaard, 17 apr 2008)
Persartikel: Leuven Vlaams aan de wieg van mei '68

by Bart De Wever (De Morgen, 13 mei 2008)
Artikel: Her-denking van Mei 68

by Patricia (Gentblogt, 4 mei 2008)
Mei '68: veertig jaar later

by Marc Reynebeau (De Standaard, 2 mei 2008)
Persartikel: De propaganda van de protestbeweging

by Michael Bellon (De Standaard, 30 apr 2008)

Foto’s

maartrevolte Gent '69: Blandijn

Photo:: Renaat Willockx; All rights reserved; uploaded by Rik Merchie on 31 Mar 2008

maartrevolte Gent '69: Blandijn

Photo:: A. Janssen; All rights reserved; uploaded by Rik Merchie on 31 Mar 2008

maartrevolte Gent '69: studenten worden vrijgelaten

Photo:: onbekend; All rights reserved; uploaded by Rik Merchie on 31 Mar 2008

maartrevolte Gent '69 : Rozier

Photo:: A. Janssen; All rights reserved; uploaded by Rik Merchie on 31 Mar 2008

maartrevolte Gent '69 : Jozef Plateaustraat

Photo:: onbekend; All rights reserved; uploaded by Rik Merchie on 31 Mar 2008