Find expertise

1 - 10 of 1859 results

Search term:

Fundaments of Economic Thinking : Economic and Social History Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The Centre for Contemporary Social History, that has been incorporated in EDSG, is currently conducting research in two distinct veins. The first line of research belongs to the well-established tradition, especially at the VUB, of "structuralist" research in social and economic history. Exploiting in particular sources that lend themselves to quantitative analysis, the focus is on the inequality of personal wealth in Belgium in the 19th ...

Centre for Contemporary Social History Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Topic A: Construction history in 19th-century Belgium (J.Hannes) Building cycle, state and private investments, road construction Topic B: Agricultural history (J. Hannes) Production costs, total output Topic C: Spatial & social segregation in housing (J.Hannes, P.Van den Eeckhout) Structure of house ownership in Brussels, c.1860 Topic D: Determinants of wage labour of women, c. 1900 (P.Van den Eeckhout ) Working-class family incomes, ...

History of Social Change Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Responsible

Justification.

This research group creates a platform that focuses on long-term research into social developments. The History curriculum of the VUB has a long tradition in this field, which goes back to the creation of the autonomous VUB in 1969, and in which all current ZAP members can easily find themselves. The HIST Research Group will have a unique place in Flanders (and even Europe) where such long-term approaches are ...

Department of History Ghent University

The Department of History prides itself on a broad expertise in the academic field of history, both in terms of historical periods (from ancient to contemporary) and with regard to theories, schools and methodologies (e.g. ecological history, social history, oral history). The department is organized into seven research units, by historical period (four) and theme (three): Ancient History Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies ...

Early Modern History (15th-18th Centuries), Leuven KU Leuven

Responsible

Research in the early modern history section focuses on the Low Countries between 1500 and 1800 in the wider context of Europe (the Habsburg empires) and the world (the Iberian global empires). Methodologically, comlex analytic models are privileged for the study of governmental and organisational structures (Leuven University, the Inquisition, Church-State relations, diplomatic culture), cultural exchange (images and imaginations of overseas ...

Ancient History, Leuven KU Leuven

Responsible

The research unit Ancient History studies the Greco-Roman World from 800 B.C. until 650 A.D., mainly based in written sources.

HISTORY OF PTOLEMAIC AND ROMAN EGYPT: - Study of the political, institutional, social and economic history of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. - Edition and study of texts on papyrus. - Prosopographia Ptolemaica: elaboration of a computerized database of all known persons from Ptolemaic Egypt. - Historical topography ...

Medieval History, Leuven KU Leuven

Responsible

The research group for the History of the Middle Ages explores the western Middle Ages from a viewpoint of continuity between the Middle Ages and Late Antiquity, on the one hand, and the Early Modern period, on the other. Our research focuses on church, city and society and on their interaction. The geographical scope of the research unit covers the Southern Low Countries in a comparative European context. We attach great importance to ...

History Vrije Universiteit Brussel

"The History department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel has a long tradition in historical research, involving a wide range of themes, periods and approaches. The research is organised at Research Centres, while individual staff members devote much attention to both teaching and researching, and often conduct research projects dealing with specific themes. Research results are both published in Dutch and in more international languages, in ...

Interfaculty Centre for Agrarian History KU Leuven

Responsible

The Interfaculty Centre for Agrarian History aims to support ongoing and to stimulate and launch new research, on the history of agriculture, countryside and food chain in Flanders (19th-20th century) in the national and international context. Bringing together specialists from several scientific disciplines ICAG gives priority to comparative multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research that sheds new light on the historical and recent, ...