Projects
Archives for the economic history of Belgium (19th-20th centuries): unlocking the historical records and data of companies and stock exchanges for research in economics, finance and business (ARCHIE.BEL). University of Antwerp
The Economic Theology of Neoliberalism: Foucault and Agamben on the History of Governmentality KU Leuven
Foucault's lectures on the emergence of neoliberal governmentality have been an influential source on the study of neoliberalism today. I argue that Foucault's approaches, however, also possesses some limits. It does not address why governmental rationalities display historical continuities, the mutual affinity between neoliberalism and Christian forms of thought, and how neoliberal regimes exclude surplus populations. I turn to Agamben's ...
The Social and Economic History of Central Africa: Beyond Capitalism and Colonialism. University of Antwerp
Scientific research in economic and city history. University of Antwerp
Consuls between the Nation and Global Capital: A Comparative History of Belgian, Italian, and U.S. Economic Diplomacy in Ottoman Salonika, 1823–1912. University of Antwerp
Dead End: an economic and cultural history of Japan in the age of the great depression 1927 - 1937 (JapanGreatDepression). KU Leuven
Political centralization, economic integration and language evolution in Central Africa: An interdisciplinary approach to the early history of the Kongo kingdom Ghent University
KONGOKING is an interdisciplinary and interuniversity research group which aims at contributing to a better understanding of the origins and early history of the Kongo kingdom. It unites researchers from Ghent University (UGent), Brussels University (ULB) and the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren (RMCA), as well as from several partner institutions in Africa, Europe and the USA.
Climate and ecological history of the central Sahara: study of a uniquely continous 15,000-year archive Ghent University
,The aim of this project is a paleoecological reconstruction of the environmental history of the central Sahara desert since the last ice age, using fossil remains of aquatic biota preserved in the continous sedimentary record of Lake Yoa in northern Chad. This includesstudies of the taxonomy and biogeography of the midge (Chironomidae) fauna of the Sahara, and of the modern limnology, biodiversity and ecology of aquatic ecosystems in the ...