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Power in History - Centre for Political History University of Antwerp

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The research unit uses a broad interpretation of the concept of 'politics', implying all attempts at consciously ordering society, and the conflicts they can arouse. The field of the research unit encompasses, therefore, the study of political institutions and international relations, as well as that of political theories, ideologies and cultures. Most of all, it tries to stimulate interdisciplinary research in which historians, political ...

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

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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

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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 ...

History of Education KU Leuven

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The Center for the History of Education (CHE) is part of the research group Education, Culture and Society of the Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences.

The CHE focuses on the historical study of a wide variety of educational practices as well as theories. Starting from the premise that educational processes and insights never fall out of the blue, the emergence and dissemination of educational concepts, educational ...

History Research Unit, Leuven KU Leuven

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The History Research Unit, Leuven, consists of the following five reseach groups:

  • Ancient History, Leuven
  • Medieval History, Leuven
  • Early Modern History (15th-18th Centuries), Leuven
  • Cultural History since 1750, Leuven
  • Modernity & Society 1800-2000, Leuven

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 ...

Medieval History, Leuven KU Leuven

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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 ...

Art History, Leuven KU Leuven

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The Art History Department comprises three research groups: Medieval Art (Jan Van der Stock, Barbara Baert & Lieve Watteeuw); Early Modern Art (Katlijne Van der Stighelen, Leo De Ren & Koenraad Brosens) and Art of the 20th-Century and Contemporary Art (Hilde Van Gelder). All members of the Department develop empirical and/or theoretical approaches to Flemish and Belgian art in an international perspective

The Research ...