Dead blackcap under the cloak of Erasmus (marble statue offered by the Lion's club of local businessmen to the city of Leuven in 1979). If I were writing a book about Humanism and the Anthropocene, this might be the cover image.
Ready for the concluding panel on ‘Refugees : Past & Present. Memory, museums, social responsibilities’ at In Flanders Fields Museum conference "Displaced". With Piet Chielens, Peter, @Karen Moeskops and Daniel Hadwiger, and moderated by @chrisdec71.bsky.social.
AttenhoveN, natuurlijk...
Highly topical and historically relevant conference at In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres, about the experience of displacement during World War I and beyond. With a central role for Lotte van Attenhove, both as organizer and as presenter.
Maar in welke richting je ook gaat, tegenwoordig zijn er tussen heden en verleden toch wel wat kloven die heel moeilijk te overbruggen zijn.
Soms heel zinvol om vanuit het heden te beginnen en terug te keren naar het verleden.
Naast alle lof voor "Terug voor Joegoslavië" is er toch ook wel plaats voor een aantal kritische bedenkingen. Daarom mijn tekst vandaag in De Morgen. www.demorgen.be/.../waarom-t...
🔎 Hoe mooi was de belle époque?
Henk de Smaele helpt mee deze vraag te beantwoorden in de meest recente aflevering van de podcast ‘Geschiedenis voor herbeginners’ – geproduceerd door alumni Jonas Goossenaerts en Laurent Poschet.
Luister de aflevering hier:
www.geschiedenisvoorherbeginners.be
De tennisleraar die niet neffens de dochter mept?
Leonard Cohen's death 10 months later made things far worse. When hearing about it the next morning, I wrote this facebook-post about it. I am afraid we didn't do our best enough...
Revisiting “Remembering St. Martin’s Day in Tehran”
In light of the current developments in Iran, we would like to point out the blog “Remembering St. Martin’s Day in Tehran” (2022) by Roschanack Shaery-Yazdi. It offers a concise and thought-provoking reflection.
blog.uantwerpen.be/power-in-his...
Héél herkenbaar!
Activism can be historical in several ways at the same time (New York today - picture by @sag111.bsky.social).
Nog eens een blogtekst geschreven voor @uantwerppohis.bsky.social. Over een aantal zaken die me mateloos boeien, en die plots op een verrassende wijze samenkwamen.
blog.uantwerpen.be/power-in-his...
This Thursday at 5.15 pm at @uantwerpen.be: the moving and important story of @sniperalleyphoto.bsky.social. All information here: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...
Nee, nog niet. Ziet er wel weer boeiend uit.
Heerlijk boek!
Soon at the @uantwerpen.be: screening of "The Partisan Necropolis" by @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social. Register via the site: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...
If there is one institute at the @uantwerpen.be truly committed to collaborating with partners from the Global South, it is the @iobua.bsky.social. In times of geopolitical change, we need an institute like this more than ever, but the Flemish government does not seem to understand that. #saveIOB
An intriguing reflection by my colleague Roschanack Shaery on her research stay in Japan. How a halal certificate in a fancy Italian restaurant in Tokyo made her reflect on Western attitudes toward the Muslim world.
blog.uantwerpen.be/power-in-his...
Video: Israeli conductor gives passionate anti-genocide speech at BBC Proms
On one of the biggest stages in classical music, Ilan Volkov demanded action over Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
That's a question for @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social. We show it at @uantwerpen.be because it is one of the monuments we visit during our student excursions to Bosnia-Herzegovina, and because it tells so much about Europe's past, present and future.
Recently in premiere at the Sarajevo Film Festival, on 9 October to be seen at the @uantwerpen.be: @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social's documentary film about the Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar. All information and possibility to register (for free) via this link:
www.uantwerpen.be/nl/overuantw...
Quite aware that Netanyahu and co are not really sensitive to symbolic actions in small Belgian villages, but they remain meaningful nonetheless. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Let's not forget Ukraine.
And that's why we should support organizations like @standing-together.bsky.social
At least 88 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours alone by the Israeli military in Gaza, from the bombing of a bakery, to shootings at Palestinians waiting for aid, to strikes on their residential tents and shelters – and the slow death of hunger. (2/3)
Just read their words. These are the voices of Palestinians in Gaza, describing in real time the horror of living under Israeli military’s bombs.
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📣Call for Panels, Papers and Posters for the APH 2026 Conference! Deadline, 1 Dec 2025.
Topic: Dynamizing and Decentring Empires: A Recalibration of the History of the Political
📍Münster @uni-muenster.de @sechistnetwork.bsky.social
📅11-13 June 2026
www.associationforpoliticalhistory.org?p=2797
Very good that this @standing-together.bsky.social-activist bluntly calls his government what it is: fascist. That kind of government - and those who support its genocidal policies - should be sanctioned and boycotted. But those who bravely resist it should receive all our support.
