Belgian and German historians are set to discuss topics ranging from forced labour to cultural heritage during the First World War.
The discussions are part of the Historikdialog: a series of lectures and debates between Belgian and German academics relating to the conflict.
Historikdialog programme
24th March 2014 – Université Catholique de Louvain
‘Slave raids’ during the First World War? Deportation and Forced Labour in occupied Belgium
Speakers: Jens Thiel (Humboldt University of Berlin) & Emmanuel Debruyne (University College London)
Language: English
Contact: genevieve.warland@uclouvain.be
22nd May 2014 – Universiteit Antwerpen
Learning from the enemy? Belgian cultural heritage under German occupation, 1914-1918
Speakers: Christina Knott (Centre Marc Bloch, Paris) & Tom Verschaffel (KU Leuven)
Language: English
Contact: marnix.beyen@uantwerpen.be
16th September 2014 – College of Europe, Bruges
Examining Belgian and German Schoolbooks on WWI
Speakers: Kerstin Schwedes (Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research) & Kaat Wills (KU Leuven)
Language: English
Contact: luis.bouza@coleurope.eu
6th November 2014 – Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Expériences et représentations de la pénurie alimentaire durant la Guerre 14-18. Allemagne-Belgique
Speakers: Gred Krumeich (Heinrich Heine Universitat Dusseldorf) & Laurence Van Ypersele (University College London)
Language: French
Contact: Laurence.Vanypersele@uclouvain.be
7th November 2014 – Université de Namur
Totalizing War or Total War? Occupation Regimes of the First World War in European Comparison
Speakers: Jorn Leonhard (Universitat Freiburg) & Axel Tixhon (Namur)
Languages: English/French
Contact: axel.tixhon@unamur.be
Source: Historikdialog
Posted by: Daniel Barry, Centenary News