ABOUT THE AUTHORS
studied philosophy, criminology and educational sciences at KU Leuven. He used to be the artistic director of the Dr. Guislain Museum, where he is now the artistic advisor and policy advisor. He is the president of the Flemish Museum Network and the president of the theatre festival Theater Aan Zee.
P AT R I C K A L L E G A E R T
studied cultural sciences and literature at KU Leuven, where he obtained his PhD with a thesis on the relationship between literature and madness. He works as a scientific staff member and policy adviser at the Dr. Guislain Museum. He is also a researcher at the KASK School of Arts.
ARNOUT DE CLEENE
studied art history at Ghent University. She is a scientific staff member at the Dr. Guislain Museum.
YO O N H E E L AM OT
is the artistic director of the Dr. Guislain Museum. He studied clinical psychology and art history at Ghent University. He has worked on many exhibitions and publications over the years.
BART MARIUS
is the author of many books on the history of psychiatry, including Madness in Civilization. A Cultural History of Insanity from the Bible to Freud, and from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine, which has been translated into a dozen languages (London: Thames and Hudson/Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015).
ANDREW SCULL
studied history at Ghent University. She is a scientific staff member at the Dr. Guislain Museum.
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