Speakers hail from Belgium, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Czechia, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Armenia, and Egypt.
Check out the full programme here 👇
The keynote speakers are Nik Matheou (University of Edinburgh) and Irina Arzhantseva (Insitute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences).
This conference features two days of papers on a variety of topics, from the Caucasian slave trade, to the place of women in medieval Armenian society, to the bioarchaeology of the medieval Caucasus.
This Friday and Saturday 13/14 March: First International Conference of the Medieval Caucasus Network.
"Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus"
Bray will situate such developments in a larger historical context and discuss what they mean for the future of far right politics in the US and Europe.
More info on registration via this link:
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He will analyze how the American far right has evolved over the past decade, how antifascist movements have responded, and what resistance to Trump and ICE looks like in the US today.
Mark Bray will speak about mounting authoritarianism in the United States through the lens of his experience fleeing the country after being targeted by the far right as a “domestic terrorist professor” for the publication of his 2017 book Antifa.
Upcoming seminar: Mark Bray on Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Trump’s United States - 2 April 2026
Thomas Rommel (VUB-CLIC) will join us with a lecture: "Intertextuality and The Wealth of Nations : Contextualizing Adam Smith." You are welcome to participate, but we kindly ask you to register via shoc@vub.be.
We look forward to seeing you then!
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De winnaar wordt bekendgemaakt op het VGN-congres op 13 maart in het Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Spread the word!
Geschreven vanuit sociaaleconomische, politieke en culturele invalshoek, gelinkt aan de actualiteit en daarenboven prachtig geïllustreerd, is dit boek geschikt om in klasverband te bespreken.
Stemmen kan nog tot 1 maart 2026 via deze website: www.vgnkleio.nl/actueel/stem....
Bijna één jaar en verschillende recenties later, wordt dit boek genomineerd voor de Kleio Klasseprijs, uitgereikt door de VGN (vakorganisatie van geschiedenisdocenten) voor het beste educatieve geschiedenisboek.
In maart 2025 verscheen het boek 'Wereldsteden van de Lage Landen: Stadsgeschiedenis van Nederland en België'. Verschillende auteurs, waaronder SHOC-historici Anne Winter en Klaas Van Gelder, schrijven in dit werk over vijftig steden die bij uitstek een wereldstad waren.
We wish Bart a stimulating and productive time in Cambridge! 📜🔍
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By analysing accounts of consumer spending preserved in the archives of several Cambridge colleges, he sheds new light on how attitudes towards migration, labour, and competition were shaped in the late medieval period.
During his stay, Bart is exploring the roots of anti immigrant sentiment in fifteenth century-England. His research examines complaints by English artisans who claimed that foreign craftspeople were taking away their customers.
🎓📚 Among Fellows and Footnotes: Bart Lambert in Cambridge 🏛️🌿
From January to April, our colleague Bart Lambert is a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge — one of Cambridge’s institutes for advanced study, dedicated to supporting postgraduate researchers and international scholars.
⏱️ March 13th-14th 2026.
🏠 U-Residence, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium or online
💰 10 euros for members of the public, students, and PhD candidates, and 20 euros for postdoctoral and permanent staff members. Social programme also available.
We welcome anyone, including academics, students and members of the public, with an interest in the history of the Caucasus or in methodologies for studying the experience of non-elite groups, such as women, peasants, or enslaved people.
The keynote speakers are Nik Matheou (University of Edinburgh) and Irina Arzhantseva (Insitute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences). Speakers hail from Belgium, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Czechia, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Armenia, and Egypt.
The First International Conference of the Medieval Caucasus Network features two days of papers on a variety of topics, from the Caucasian slave trade, to the place of women in medieval Armenian society, to the bioarchaeology of the medieval Caucasus. -medieval-caucasus-is-now
Drum roll… 🥁 🥁 🥁
Registration for the international conference 'Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus' is now open!
🎓 Twee kansen om een SHOC-collega aan het woord te horen:
📅 1 maart – Mathijs Speecke (UGent/VUB) over ongelijkheid, rijkdom en armoede in de middeleeuwen, met focus op Kust-Vlaanderen.
📅 17 mei – Bart Lambert (VUB) over kooplieden in middeleeuws Brugge.
SHOC-collega's over vreemde vogels in de middeleeuwen 🏰
In het voorjaar van 2026 organiseren Vzw Familiares de Dunis en het Abdijmuseum Ten Duinen de lezingenreeks
‘Kleurrijke vreemde vogels tussen abdijen en kastelen. Gelijkheid en uitsluiting binnen de middeleeuwse samenleving.’
Hurry up if you're interested! The first 50 downloads are for free via following link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9G34R...
Another publication, another reason for SHOC to be proud—congratulations to Rein Vander Hulst!
Rein has recently published a new article "Military Justice in the Field: Law, Order and Violence in the Prosecutors’ Archives of Belgian Colonial Troops at ‘War’".
