Back Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten German Real Academia Flamenca de Ciencias y Artes de Bélgica Spanish Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten French Accademia reale fiamminga del Belgio per le scienze e le arti Italian Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten Dutch
 KVAB | |
| Formation | 1772 (as the Theresean Academy) 1938 (as an independent institution) |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
Chairman | Ludo F. Gelders[1] (2013/2014) |
| Website | http://www.kvab.be |
The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Dutch: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, or KVAB) is an independent learned society of science and arts of the Flemish Community in Belgium.[2] It is one of Belgium's numerous academies and traces its origin to 1772 when the Imperial and Royal Academy of Brussels was founded by empress Maria Theresia.[3]
The academy is headquartered in the Academy Palace (Paleis der Academiën), Hertogsstraat 1, 1000 Brussels.[4]
- ^ Ludo Gelders, at kuleuven.be
- ^ "KVAB Welcome"; at kvab.be. Retrieved on 30 September 2013. (in English)
- ^ "KVAB geschiedenis" "History"; at kvab.be. Retrieved on 30 September 2013. (in English)
- ^ "KVAB wegwijzer" Archived 2013-01-24 at the Wayback Machine "HOW TO REACH THE ACADEMY"; at kvab.be. Retrieved on 30 September 2013. (in Dutch, English and French)
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