Publicaties
Milieu en collectieve actie : geschiedenis van de milieubeweging Universiteit Gent
Gent Gemapt zet geschiedenis op de kaart Universiteit Gent
Hoger onderwijs : verdubbelen en splitsen Universiteit Gent
Governing Belgian expansionism in Egypt : the practice of interlocking directorates (1893-1947) Universiteit Gent
The term “interlocking directorates” emerged in the study of monopole formation in the world of business in the United States and Europe from the late nineteenth century onwards. Directorates are here considered as networks or parts of networks that embody financial and organisational ties between large corporations which also became interlocked with financial institutions. By looking closer to the practice of interlocking directorates in the ...
Een gezaghebbende stem in het debat : de historicus tussen wetenschap en maatschappij Universiteit Gent
Progress across empire : entanglements between Indian and European reformers before the First World War Universiteit Gent Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article argues that the field of social reform was a flourishing sphere of encounter between progressive Indian and European intellectuals in the years leading up to the First World War. By building personal networks, sharing intellectual reference points, and exchanging information in internationally-oriented journals, reformers could develop the sense that they belonged to a globe-spanning vanguard of likeminded intellectuals who, by ...
Critical reflections on Cinema Belgica : the database for New Cinema History in Belgium Universiteit Gent Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Antwerpen
New Cinema History broadened film studies by emphasising the complexity of cinema as a multifaceted phenomenon that includes the socio-economic context in which films were made, circulated, shown and received. As part of the digital turn, the discipline adopted computational methods and created quantitative research data to research this socio-economic context at scale. However, not all datasets created in this context adhere to FAIR principles, ...
Ghent Mapped : linking heritage to places and histories of Ghent Universiteit Gent
In this long paper, we introduce Ghent Mapped (2020-2023), a public history pilot project that (re)connects Ghent’s cultural heritage, its histories and historical maps with the city’s urban landscape and inhabitants. The project's premise is that cultural heritage has a spatial context that can be organised using the concept of place (Agnew, 2011; Tuan, 2002). A map-based history platform is being developed that provides users access to ...