As part of my postdoctoral project at the TU Eindhoven I had the pleasure to visit the campus of Pablo de Olavide University in Seville at the end of September 2027. This campus became the […]
Tag: Spain
Where History Takes Root: Seville’s Gardens
I went to Seville to escape reality – a stressful job in a start-up, a recent break-up, the looming threat of losing my visa, the geopolitical quagmire flirting with World War III, and the existential […]
Sacred trees, Mystic Caves and Holy Wells in rural Spain – or to-visit-sites in your next Spain trip
Recently, I rediscovered a paper by Jaime Tatay, published in the journal Religion, while organizing my drive and considering the publication of a book about sacred trees based on a decade of research. The paper […]
Finding freedom in the forests and a Spanish Chestnut tree story
Forests can hide many secrets, can be a double edged sword for all human beings and animals. A place where you can be born, a place where you can die, a place where you can […]
Branching out: A Tree Pageant
Each year, the Belgian Tree of the Year is elected. This is not necessarily the most beautiful or oldest tree, but it is a tree with a special story. Actually ‘pageant’ might not be the […]