SHOC welcomes new member: Jabulani Shaba
We're delighted to welcome Jabulani Shaba to the SHOC research group as a postdoc researcher at VUB! Jabulani's work explores the intersections of resource extraction, political ecology, gender and environmental history.
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Public PhD Defence of SHOC Member Inès Glogowski on 13 October 2026
a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } SHOC is proud to announce that SHOC member Inès Glogowski will publicly defend her doctoral disser...
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SHOC Goes on Team Building
Before heading into the new academic year, SHOC members gathered for two days of team building in beautiful Melden, near Oudenaarde!
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SHOC members Rhea Mertes and William Torbeyns at the AHRC International Conference on Power and Possession at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford.
Earlier this month, SHOC members Rhea Mertes and William Torbeyns had the pleasure of representing VUB at the AHRC International Conference on Power and Possession at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford.
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New publication by SHOC member Janny Van Doorn
In a new article, SHOC member Janny van Doorn examines how the urban authorities of late medieval Bruges responded to food provisioning crises and social unrest surrounding the sale of venteghoedt (affordable but highly perishable fish products).
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SHOC Welcomes Matthis Aelbrecht as TVO Student!
Matthis Aelbrecht (b. 2006) is a History student at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), having begun his studies in 2024.
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New article by SHOC members Benoît Henriet and Lukas Van Oost
What did Belgium’s takeover of the Congo Free State in 1908 mean for the widespread violence inflicted on rainforest communities in the pursuit of wild rubber? A new publication by SHOC members Lukas Van Oost and prof.
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New article by SHOC member Claudia Pelgrims
What does solidarity really mean when words and actions do not line up? And how far does solidarity go once political interests and international relations enter the picture?
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VACANCY: DOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN HISTORY
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate for the Research Foundation Flanders FWO-funded PhD project ‘The international politics of the household. American home economists and the reconstruction of Belgium and France (1918-1925)’ under the supervision of prof. dr. Nel de Mûelenaere.
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Call for papers: Premodern State Formation: New Themes and Directions
Premodern State Formation: New Themes and Directions Organised by: Klaas Van Gelder (Brussels) & Hannes Ziegler (Dresden) Date: 20.-21.5.2027 Place: Dresden University of Technology Late medieval an...
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Reblication of “Non-Nationals between Belonging and Removal: Urban Practices of Policies towards Foreigners, Antwerp c. 1830–1880.” by SHOC member Anne Winter and Ellen Debackere
SHOC is happy to announce the republication of SHOC member Anne Winter's and Ellen Debackere's article, entitled “Non-Nationals between Belonging and Removal: Urban Practices of Policies towards Foreigners, Antwerp c.
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SHOC colleague Charlotte Van Riet presents at the Radiocarbon & Diet Conference in Santiago, Chile
Early July, SHOC colleague Charlotte Van Riet attended the Radiocarbon & Diet Conference in Santiago, Chile, held at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile .
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