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A person wearing glasses and a blue shirt stands in front of vibrant green foliage. Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse | Historisch denken

22nd October, 2025 in Author’s corner

In de reeks ‘Historisch denken’ is net het zevende deel ‘Denken en dialogeren over identiteit’ verschenen. In een Q&A vertelt Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse meer over het opzet en het doel van de reeks.

A person with a beard and a slight smile stands indoors, wearing a light blue shirt. The background features blurred green and white panels. Bram De Maeyer | Building for Belgium

22nd October, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Building for Belgium’ author Bram De Maeyer examines the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ embassy-building programme from 1945 to 2020.

Side-by-side portraits of a man with short light hair and glasses, and a woman with long dark hair. Daniel Harkett and Katie Hornstein | Animal Modernities

12th August, 2025 in Author’s corner

‘Animal Modernities’ challenges the traditional human-centered focus of art history and explores how modern art, visual culture, and modernity itself emerge from relationships between humans and animals.

A person with short dark hair wearing a black blazer and light shirt. Burcu Dogramaci | London Exile

11th August, 2025 in Author’s corner

In her book ‘London Exile’ Burcu Dogramaci explores the British capital of the 1930s and 1940s as a sanctuary for modern artists.

Two men wearing glasses, one of whom has distinctive red glasses. Herman Westerink and Philippe Van Haute | Seduction, Drive and Repetition

30th July, 2025 in Author’s corner

‘Seduction, Drive and Repetition’ makes the compelling argument that the key to understanding Freud’s clinical writings and psychoanalytical theories lies in his trauma theory. The authors argue that Freud never truly abandoned his initial trauma the…

Portrait of a man and a woman David John Boyd and Julie Briand-Boyd | Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity

16th June, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity’ authors David John Boyd and Julie Briand-Boyd investigate questions of historical and contemporary expressions of Scottishness in transcultural comics genres such as superhero, science fiction, and fantasy.

Drie personen kijken in een boek Leuvense kennisnetwerken tussen studenten en geleerden

2nd June, 2025 in Author’s corner

In het boek ‘Lessen uit het verleden’ vind je niet alleen vele korte bijdragen, maar ook acht interviews. Lees een voorproefje op het interview met David de la Croix, Margherita Fantoli en Violet Soen.

portrait of Yolanda Aixela-Cabre Yolanda Aixelà-Cabré | African Women’s Histories in European Narratives

20th May, 2025 in Author’s corner

‘African Women’s Histories in European Narratives’ explains how the Krio Fernandino, and particularly their women, transcended the barriers of race and gender in colonial Africa and in Spain.

black & white photo of the editors Jelle Haemers, Andrea Bardyn, Chanelle Delameillieure Jelle Haemers, Andrea Bardyn, Chanelle Delameillieure | Urban Women

12th May, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Urban Women’ Jelle Haemers, Andrea Bardyn, and Chanelle Delameillieure tell a different story, one in which women step forward as the main characters.

Mark Delaere Mark Delaere | Alban Berg. Wozzeck

29th April, 2025 in Author’s corner

Wozzeck is een van de belangrijkste opera’s van de twintigste eeuw. Musicoloog Mark Delaere verkent Bergs bewerking van de toneeltekst en belicht de muzikale vormgeving van het werk.

Raf Van Rooy | Student Notes from Latin Europe (1400–1750)

28th April, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Student Notes from Latin Europe (1400–1750)’, a diverse group of specialists explores the technical and practical challenges of reading, interpreting, and editing student notes.

Brussel in een België met vier gewesten? Dirk Moors, Anneloes Vandenbroucke, Iadine Degryse, Simon Boone | Brussel in een België met vier gewesten?

30th January, 2025 in Author’s corner

In dit boek buigen ruim vijfentwintig onderzoekers zich over de bevoegdheden die Brussel en de Brusselaars nodig hebben.