Among Fellows and Footnotes: Bart Lambert in Cambridge
From January to April, our colleague Bart Lambert is a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge — one of Cambridge’s institutes for advanced study, dedicated to supporting postgraduate researchers and international scholars.
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New article by SHOC member Rein Vander Hulst!
Another publication, another reason for SHOC to be proud—congratulations to Rein Vander Hulst! Rein has recently published a new article "Military Justice in the Field: Law, Order and Violence in the Prosecutors’ Archives of Belgian Colonial Troops at ‘War’".
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Registration for the international conference 'Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus' is now open!
The SHOC Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in association with the Medieval Caucasus Network and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, is happy to announce that registration for the international conference 'Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus' is open.
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SHOC welcomes new PhD student Jens Van Mieghem!
Jens studied History at Ghent University (2025), with a focus on the Early Modern period. He wrote his Master’s thesis on local police regulations in Ghent in 1581-87, during and after the Calvinist Republic of Ghent.
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SHOC member Bob Pierik wins the Prof. Van Winter Award 2025 for best local or regional history book in the Netherlands.
On Thursday 22 January, the Prof. Van Winterprijs 2025 was awarded to SHOC member Bob Pierik during the Award Day of the Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap in Utrecht.
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Call for sessions/papers & workshops: Ctrl-Alt-History – (Digital)Humanities meets AI
On 29 April 2026, the Belgian Association for Contemporary History (BVNG-ABHC) organises the Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Journée de l’Histoire Contemporaine, in collaboration with the University of Antwerp .
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New FORAGENCY publication by SHOC member Thijs Costers: “Banana beer in Belgian Burundi: a social metabolist history of intoxication (1916–1962)”
New FORAGENCY publication: “Banana beer in Belgian Burundi: a social metabolist history of intoxication (1916–1962)” In this exciting open access paper published in the Journal of Eastern African Studies , FORAGENCY PhD candidate Thijs Costers traces the ways in which colon...
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Three new FWO projects for SHOC!
We’re thrilled to announce that three members of the SHOC research group have secured funding in this year’s FWO/Research Foundation–Flanders project competition.
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New SHOC member: Lieke Bes!
Lieke studied Archaeological Science at Leiden University (Netherlands), with a specialisation in osteoarchaeology and isotope analysis of human remains. For her MSc thesis, she investigated diet at the late to post-Medieval village of Koudekerke in Zeeland (NL) through stable isotope analysis.
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New publication by SHOC member Jolien Gijbels and Chanelle Delameillieure
Consent: A history of coercion and free will and everything in between 'No means no', we say. But does yes always mean yes? Consent seems obvious, but remains a difficult concept to grasp.
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SHOC member William Torbeyns on research stay in Bologna
Since November, SHOC researcher William Torbeyns has been in Bologna for a three-month international research stay.
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Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher on the Social History of Capitalism (12th-20th centuries)
Postdoctoral Researcher on the Social History of Capitalism (12th-20th centuries) Category: Academic Staff & Researchers 1 - Working at the VUB For more than 50 years, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel has stood for freedom, equality and solidarity, a...
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