Author’s corner

7th February, 2020 in Author’s corner

“Dit boek toont aan dat wie een complex en gelaagd fenomeen als migratiebeleid wil begrijpen, rekening zal moeten houden met heel veel factoren, en daarbij de rol van het lokale bestuursniveau niet uit het oog mag verliezen.” In de negentiende eeuw b…

14th January, 2020 in Author’s corner

“Art reminds us of the impossibility of his death and leaves us horrified every time one remembers the tragedy.” It is no coincidence that a historical figure such as Patrice Emery Lumumba, independent Congo’s first prime minister, who was killed in…

19th April, 2019 in Author’s corner

“I hope readers would remember the value of studying history; both its intrinsic value, and the importance of learning history in order to better understand the past and the present.” In ‘The Leopard, the Lion, and the Cock’ Matthew Stanard exam…

15th March, 2019 in Author’s corner

“Especially nowadays it is important to study the complicated equilibrium of a European small state that often involved political negotiations and the influence a local elite maintained to a large extent.” In War, State, and Society in Liège Roe…

11th March, 2019 in Author’s corner

“I was surprised by the fact that architects were hardly ever studied as a group – while the profession underwent some very significant transformations in the 20th century.” In ‘Brokers of Modernity’ Martin Kohlrausch tells the story of modernis…

16th January, 2019 in Author’s corner

 Photo by Anna Oswaldo Cruz Lehner   “Industrial environments can provide the intense physical/emotional experience of cathedrals.” In the latest volume of the Lieven Gevaert Series, Renaissance. Scenes of Industrial Reconversion…