Dead blackcap under the cloak of Erasmus (marble statue offered by the Lion's club of local businessmen to the city of Leuven in 1979). If I were writing a book about Humanism and the Anthropocene, this might be the cover image.

Ready for the concluding panel on ‘Refugees : Past & Present. Memory, museums, social responsibilities’ at In Flanders Fields Museum conference "Displaced". With Piet Chielens, Peter, @Karen Moeskops and Daniel Hadwiger, and moderated by @chrisdec71.bsky.social.

Highly topical and historically relevant conference at In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres, about the experience of displacement during World War I and beyond. With a central role for Lotte van Attenhove, both as organizer and as presenter.

Naast alle lof voor "Terug voor Joegoslavië" is er toch ook wel plaats voor een aantal kritische bedenkingen. Daarom mijn tekst vandaag in De Morgen. www.demorgen.be/.../waarom-t...

🔎 Hoe mooi was de belle époque? Henk de Smaele helpt mee deze vraag te beantwoorden in de meest recente aflevering van de podcast ‘Geschiedenis voor herbeginners’ – geproduceerd door alumni Jonas Goossenaerts en Laurent Poschet. Luister de aflevering hier: www.geschiedenisvoorherbeginners.be

Revisiting “Remembering St. Martin’s Day in Tehran” In light of the current developments in Iran, we would like to point out the blog “Remembering St. Martin’s Day in Tehran” (2022) by Roschanack Shaery-Yazdi. It offers a concise and thought-provoking reflection. blog.uantwerpen.be/power-in-his...

Activism can be historical in several ways at the same time (New York today - picture by @sag111.bsky.social).

Nog eens een blogtekst geschreven voor @uantwerppohis.bsky.social. Over een aantal zaken die me mateloos boeien, en die plots op een verrassende wijze samenkwamen. blog.uantwerpen.be/power-in-his...

This Thursday at 5.15 pm at @uantwerpen.be: the moving and important story of @sniperalleyphoto.bsky.social. All information here: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...

Soon at the @uantwerpen.be: screening of "The Partisan Necropolis" by @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social. Register via the site: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...

If there is one institute at the @uantwerpen.be truly committed to collaborating with partners from the Global South, it is the @iobua.bsky.social. In times of geopolitical change, we need an institute like this more than ever, but the Flemish government does not seem to understand that. #saveIOB

An intriguing reflection by my colleague Roschanack Shaery on her research stay in Japan. How a halal certificate in a fancy Italian restaurant in Tokyo made her reflect on Western attitudes toward the Muslim world. blog.uantwerpen.be/power-in-his...

Video: Israeli conductor gives passionate anti-genocide speech at BBC Proms On one of the biggest stages in classical music, Ilan Volkov demanded action over Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Recently in premiere at the Sarajevo Film Festival, on 9 October to be seen at the @uantwerpen.be: @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social's documentary film about the Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar. All information and possibility to register (for free) via this link: www.uantwerpen.be/nl/overuantw...

Quite aware that Netanyahu and co are not really sensitive to symbolic actions in small Belgian villages, but they remain meaningful nonetheless. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

Let's not forget Ukraine.

And that's why we should support organizations like @standing-together.bsky.social

At least 88 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours alone by the Israeli military in Gaza, from the bombing of a bakery, to shootings at Palestinians waiting for aid, to strikes on their residential tents and shelters – and the slow death of hunger. (2/3)

Just read their words. These are the voices of Palestinians in Gaza, describing in real time the horror of living under Israeli military’s bombs. (1/3)

📣Call for Panels, Papers and Posters for the APH 2026 Conference! Deadline, 1 Dec 2025. Topic: Dynamizing and Decentring Empires: A Recalibration of the History of the Political 📍Münster @uni-muenster.de @sechistnetwork.bsky.social 📅11-13 June 2026 www.associationforpoliticalhistory.org?p=2797

Very good that this @standing-together.bsky.social-activist bluntly calls his government what it is: fascist. That kind of government - and those who support its genocidal policies - should be sanctioned and boycotted. But those who bravely resist it should receive all our support.

$10 million in contraceptives are days from being burned in Europe – under Trump's orders. Our leaders are starting to give in to public pressure. With enough voices, we can stop this destruction and protect women’s health and dignity. Sign NOW: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...

The actions of @standing-together.bsky.social are courageous and necessary to stop the genocide, and to forge a better future for Jews and Palestinians alike in Israel/Palestine. Donations to make these actions possible can still be done via my ambassador's page (causematch.com/standing_tog...)

That is the power he fears most: ordinary people joining across every line to replace supremacy with solidarity, despair with hope, and domination with true democracy. The path forward is clear: together, building the only future in which we all belong. (7/7)

Side by side, Palestinians and Jews will keep fighting this racism, building our shared power, and proving that together, we can change this reality. (6/7)

Ben-Gvir’s politics thrive on fear, division, and the belief that there is no alternative – no alternative to his hatred, supremacy, and permanent inequality he wants to impose – but there is. (5/7)

What scares Ben-Gvir the most is that Arab citizens of this country care about their representation, that they are using their political power to demand equality, justice, and a shared future, and to challenge the supremacy he seeks to preserve. (4/7)

These are dangerous incitements — the language of an extremist government that never stops advancing racist policies. A government terrified of Arab voters, fearful of high Arab turnout in the coming elections, and determined to silence Arab voices in the very democracy it claims to defend. (3/7)

For Palestinian citizens of Israel, this unity is historic and deeply significant: one list, one voice, one representation in a political system designed to divide, weaken and marginalize them. (2/7)

In response to Arab parties uniting ahead of the elections, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a full-on Kahanist whose career is built on incitement, said: “Prosecute them, revoke their citizenship, encourage them to leave. Not voluntarily.” (1/7)

A brave action, once more, by @standing-together.bsky.social. Let's keep on supporting the organisation.

Millions of people in Gaza need help. Helping one family can be a start. But nothing can help them more than a #ceasefire. gofund.me/3a00c168

Palestinians in Gaza are being killed every day by starvation or shootings at GHF aid sites, like Ali. This horrific reality wasn’t inevitable and it didn’t need to happen – our government is choosing it. (1/2)

📰Read the report on our latest conference 'How to decolonize political history?' @uantwerppohis.bsky.social ✍️credits to @margotluyckfasseel.bsky.social @marnixbeyen.bsky.social & Burak Sayim www.associationforpoliticalhistory.org?p=2788%E2%86...

Interesting interview with the Israeli journalist Emmanuelle Elbaz-Phelps, showing 1) how little most people in Israel (want to) know about Gaza, and 2) how this has recently started to change slightly thanks to organizations like @standing-together.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/w...

NOW: Thousands of Jews and Palestinians are protesting the starvation, killing, and destruction in Gaza and for the return of the hostages. End the annihilation!

This is what Kyiv looked like at night as russia fired rockets at civilians. 82 people have already been wounded as a result of overnight shelling in Kyiv. Of these, 44 are in hospitals. the dead are 7. A six-year-old boy died in an ambulance. At least 10 children were injured.

What @standing-together.bsky.social does, and why I support it as a crowdfunder (causematch.com/standing_tog...). Brave Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel opposing the occupation policies and the war of annihilation waged by their government. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_nZ...

Awdah, who was shot and killed by settler Yinon Levi last night, was a respected father, community leader, and activist in his village Umm al-Kheir. He brought many people there to teach on the reality of settler violence, and his horrific killing is such a hard blow. (1/3)

We fight against the catastrophe in Gaza, against the occupation, and for a real just peace. And your help is absolutely crucial to power our grassroots actions. Donate here: omdi.me/thefight4life (1/4)

Help me to magnify the voice of @standing-together.bsky.social, an organisation of Palestinian and Jewish people in Israel who resist the genocidal policies of the Netanyahu-regime and fight for a shared future based on social justice. @standing-together.bsky.social causematch.com/standing_tog...

It is very loud in Kyiv. Veryyy. Impossible to sleep and yet possible to stay alive.

Last panel of #ConferenceHowtoDecolonizePoliticalHistory, on "Decolonization as a process". With Javed Iqbal Wani, Benson Kanyingi, Cyprian Nanji, Parand Danesh, Tural Abdullazada, and Henk de Smaele as chair. @associationpolhist.bsky.social, @uantwerppohis.bsky.social

In the history of Central Europe, not only Russian, but also Polish colonialism is important, argues Iwona Sakowicz-Tebinka #ConferenceHowtoDecolonizeHistory @associationpolhist.bsky.social

Decolonizing political history also means preserving Palestinian archives and histories against erasure, and creating new oral history archives. Timely keynote lecture by Jihane Sfeir (ULB). #ConferenceHowtoDecolonizePoliticalHistory @associationpolhist.bsky.social @uantwerppohis.bsky.social

Concentrating on transimperial interpreters of Leopold II in Late Qing-China challenges Eurocentric and state-centered approaches of the history of colonialism, according to Eline Ceulemans. #ConferenceHowtoDecolonizePoliticalHistory @associationpolhist.bsky.social @uantwerppohis.bsky.social

Postcolonial approaches can contribute to a better understanding of Medieval and Early Modern societies and state-building - and they can help scholars to decenter their own positionality, argues Nissaf Sghaïer. #ConferenceHowtoDecolonizePoliticalHistory @associationpolhist.bsky.social

Augustin Denis Samnick on the prison system as a colonial legacy in Cameroon and the DRC - and a passionate plea to involve detainees in its reform. hashtag#ConferenceHowtoDecolonizePoliticalHistory @associationpolhist.bsky.social @uantwerppohis.bsky.social

Much has been written about the Algerian War of Independence, much less about its Cameroonian counterpart, says Karine Ramondy. Thanks to the report she and her team have recently published, this state of affair is changing. #ConferenceHowtoDecolonizePoliticalHistory @associationpolhist.bsky.social

Organizing a conference on "How to decolonize political history" can have serious consequences, not only for one's research, but also for one's social life (and for the relation between both). Very engaging keynote lecture by Adriana Salay. @associationpolhist.bsky.social @uantwerppohis.bsky.social