On 9 October 1817 Ghent University welcomed its first students. Two hundred years later this moment is celebrated with a beautiful publication in which the history of the university is told in words and images, by means of two hundred objects that each carry a piece of the story: from the student card of 'Vuile Mong' (Dirty Mong) via the forceps of Jan Palfijn to the ermine on the rector's gown.
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