Projects
The scientification of the bureau. Science, technology and ideology at the office in belgium, the Netherlands and France (1918-1968). KU Leuven
Sedimentation and deformation in a wrench tectonic context. The Lower Palaeozoic Plougastel Formation: the key to a better understanding of Variscan geodynamics in the Central Armorican domain, Brittany, France. KU Leuven
Mayors and legitimacy in WW I. The mayor as feeder, protector and representative in occupied and liberated Belgium and France (1914-1921). Ghent University
This research project focuses on the role of mayors in occupied and liberated Belgium and France (1914-1921), a topic largely ignored by historiography. As a mediator between different social groups and other powerbrokers (notably the occupier) the mayor is a highly suitable figure to research the changing relationships of power caused by the occupation during WW I. This is even more relevant, because the importance of the local governmental ...
A Pragmatic Reality: The Performance and Codification of Collective Agency in the ‘Age of Freedom’ of Urban Communities in the Southern Low Countries and Northern France (late 11th - early 13th Centuries) Ghent University
Research on the early development of urban communities in Western Europe has long been determined by a political and institutional approach of the liberties, laws and customs these communities were granted by their rulers in the form of so-called ‘borough charters’. As a result of this narrow focus, we still remain ignorant of the pragmatic context in which these laws and rights were negotiated and materialized, of the socio-economic ...
Safeguarding Savoir-Faire: Culinary Heritage Movements, Globalization, and Nationalism in Contemporary France. KU Leuven
In 2010, UNESCO granted the status of intangible cultural heritage to “The Gastronomic Meal of the French” elevating the art of the French meal to a position of protected cultural status. In the years following, a multitude of cultural events and movements have developed in France, many of which cite this accolade as a starting point for platforms seeking to further promote culinary heritage. While UNESCO states that intangible cultural ...
Fighting for Love Mixed/Christian-Muslim Families’ Associations in Belgium, France and Italy KU Leuven
Mixed families are a growing global phenomenon which exemplifies the increase in migration flows and provides us with an opportunity to analyze the everyday processes related to Europe’s pluralism. Couples defined as Christian-Muslim represent an emblematic casestudy within the phenomenon of mixed marriage because they incorporate ethnic and religious differences represented as “strong” and “conflicting” in the academic and public debate. ...
Religion, culture and otherness. Flemish/Belgian migrants in Northern France and Paris (1850-1960). KU Leuven
Current questions: the shifting status of the present in history education in Belgium, France, Great-Britain and the Netherlands since 1945. KU Leuven
Thinking past pride, creating beside shame: “hshouma” in visual artists's works from the Moroccan diaspora in Belgium and France. KU Leuven
“Hshem!” (“be ashamed!”) is a recurring keyword in traditional Moroccan education, it is an advice, a limit socially and politically well implemented in Moroccan society. The proposed project is particularly timely as, over the past ten years, the themes of shame and national identity have been central in Moroccan diasporic cinema and photography in Europe. An important wave of these diasporic artists has adopted visual arts to expose the ...