In 1962, Armand Abel started to organize the "Days", an annual meeting that brings together members to discuss pointed themes concerning Orientalism. The Journal Acta Orientalia Belgica publishes all the communications. The S.R.B.É.O./K.B.G.O.S. welcomes researchers specialized in various disciplines related to Orientalism: Egyptology, Assyriology, Biblical studies, Islamology, Indianology, Far-Eastern studies, Slavistic, etc. The S.R.B.É.O./K.B.G.O.S. is also open to amateurs with deep interest and passion for the Orient, both ancient and modern. Its activities are therefore learning, multi-disciplinary and is geared toward the large cultivated public.

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[27-28 March 2026] LXIIIrd Orientalists Days - Stones and minerals in Eastern civilisations

DATES

Friday and Saterday 27-28 March 2026

LOCATION

Katoennatie, Anvers

CALL FOR PAPER S→ 13 February 2026

Colleagues who wish to present a paper, preferably within the theme (but papers outside the theme are also accepted), should communicate the title to the President (cannuyerchristian@gmail.com), via the registration form, before 13 February 2026.

PROGRAMME

The programme will be available at the end of February.

[27 March 2026] ACTA XXXVIII - Les mécènes d'Orient et l'Orient des mécènes, Nadine CHERPION in honorem

PUBLICATION

This volume will be published and presented during the LXIIIrd Belgian Orientalists Days

CONTENT

This volume includes the lectures delivered at the LXIst Belgian Orientalists Days, 2024

DETAILS

→ Table of contents of ACTA XXXVI


OUR MEMBERS IN RULE OF SUBSCRIPTION FOR 20224 WILL RECEIVE THE ACTA XXXVIII (2025) at the LXIIIrd Days of the Belgian Orientalists 2026.
Remember that the annual membership fee is equivalent to a subscription to the volume published the following year
and that the names of the members in order of subscription will appear in the Tabula Gratulatoria at the head of the volume.

[October/November 2026] ACTA XXXVIX - Androgynie et hermaphrodisme dans les civilisations orientales, Marie-Cécile BRUWIER in honorem

CONTENT

This volume includes the lectures delivered at the LXIId Belgian Orientalists Days, 2025

Orientalists Days

Last Days : LXIId session of the Belgian Orientalists Days

Androgyny and hermaphroditism in Eastern civilisations

DATES

Friday and Saterday 28-29 March 2025

LOCATION

Musées royaux d’art et d’histoire, Parc du Cinquantenaire, Bruxelles

PROGRAMME

Programme of the LXIId session

Acta Orientalia Belgica

Last volume : ACTA ORIENTALIA BELGICA XXXVII

L'architecte dans les civilisations orientales, Jacques VANSCHOONWINKEL in honorem

PUBLICATION

15th of March 2024 at the occasion of the LXIst session of the Belgian Orientalists Days

CONTENT

This volume includes the papers delivered at the LXth Belgian Orientalists Days

DETAILS

→ Table of contents of ACTA XXXVII

Subsidia

Last volume : SUBSIDIA V

Moses in all his states. The character of Moses and his reception in the Bible and religious traditions

PUBLICATION

Edited by Catherine Vialle, 180 pages, 2020

CONTENT

Proceedings of the Study Day organised by the Faculty of Theology of Lille and the French Catholic Association for the Study of the Bible, Lille, 17 November 2017

DETAILS

→ Table of contents of SUBSIDIA V