Why the Belgian Resistance Deserves More Attention
The importance of the resistance during World War II doesn’t form part of the Belgian collective memory. That’s remarkable, as the resistance represents an impressive achievement.
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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
The importance of the resistance during World War II doesn’t form part of the Belgian collective memory. That’s remarkable, as the resistance represents an impressive achievement.
Remembrance has replaced history as the dominant way of working through our feelings about the Second World War.
To keep, to remove, or to tuck away in a museum? In his book on statues in the public space, ex-curator Ton Quik does not shy away from the difficult questions.
The Dutch artist shows in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC’s) in Le Grand-Hornu how Western culture tries to archive and dominate the world.
After the collapse of Charlemagne's empire at the end of the 9th century, the lowlands became the playground for many family feuds.
Universities are increasingly calling upon volunteer researchers or citizen historians for large-scale history projects. Do they close the gap between academia and society?
Klaus Verscheure is known as director of many Flemish television series. Lately he is making a name for himself as a visual artist.
On 31 March 2020, we celebrated Marga Minco’s 100th birthday. Her oeuvre is an incessant attempt to come to terms with the war past by constantly creating new literary variants of it.
In our book 'Standing Tall in Babel. Languages in Europe' (2007) Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk wrote an essay on her mother tongue, Polish. Or is it her father tongue?
Agatha Christie’s iconic detective is probably modelled after a real-life Belgian policeman.