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.

• Nel de Mûelenaere received €279,000 for her junior project exploring the role of American domestic scientists in the post–WWI reconstruction of Belgium and France.

• Jolien Gijbels and former SHOC researcher Margot Luyckfasseel (now at the University of Antwerp) were awarded €607,000 for their junior project on midwives in Belgium and Congo between 1908 and 1960.

• Among the senior projects, Bart Lambert and his KU Leuven colleague Jelle Haemers obtained €469,000 for their work on migrant sex workers in late medieval Europe.

Congratulations to all! We can’t wait to see the exciting new research these projects will bring to SHOC.