Social History of Capitalism Research group @VUB Brussels 🇧🇪 https://shoc.research.vub.be/https://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mprfojzys22e📚🏆 From Book Launch to Prize Winner: Congratulations, John Latham-Sprinkle! 🎉👏 Ten months ago, we proudly launched The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850–1240, John Latham-Sprinkle’s groundbreaking study of a little-known medieval kingdom.03 Jul 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprfojzys22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mplqmtiqcc2yFrom Lisbon with medieval perspectives! 🏰 SHOC members John Latham-Sprinkle and Imma Petito took recently part in Small Worlds, Big Worlds: Medieval Mediterranean Perspectives, organised by the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean (SMM).01 Jul 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplqmtiqcc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mpj2mvisx22yClass and gender at the ballot box: revisiting the 1961 Belgian elections Why did an experienced female politician lose her place on the electoral list? And what role did class and gender play in that decision?30 Jun 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj2mvisx22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mpiz42wgrk2sClass and gender at the ballot box: revisiting the 1961 Belgian elections. Why did an experienced female politician lose her place on the electoral list? And what role did class and gender play in that decision?30 Jun 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpiz42wgrk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mozmmidnhk2dMedici Florence was a magnet for craftsmanship from the Low Countries!🏛️ Yesterday, Belgian newspaper De Standaard featured the migration research of SHOC members William Torbeyns and Bart Lambert, together with KU Leuven colleague Jelle Haemers 📰 https://bmgn-lchr.nl/article/view/2314924 Jun 2026 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozmmidnhk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mox4w4zpzc2fLast Friday, many SHOC members attended the opening of wOnderland in Ieper 🎉. This exhibition at the Yper Museum shows what archaeological finds from beneath the city, and the interdisciplinary research carried out on them, can tell us about the medieval urban environment and its inhabitants 🏛️ https://www.ypermuseum.be/nl/wonderland23 Jun 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mox4w4zpzc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mouto5wuas2rOur second podcast featuring Bart Lambert is a treat especially for our French‑speaking followers🎧—but it’s just as fascinating for anyone interested in the historical impact of pandemics! https://lnkd.in/eFZxUUkN22 Jun 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouto5wuas2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3momyuvcfes27Get ready for the Big Bart Lambert Podcast Weekend! 🎧 Over the next few days, we’re excited to share not one but two brand-new podcast episodes featuring SHOC colleague Bart Lambert. 🎙️📚 https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/podcast/19 Jun 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3momyuvcfes27https://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mofhtwm3es2eOn Wednesday 10 June, Imma Petito successfully defended her PhD on the relations between the Kingdom of England and Italian polities in the later Middle Ages 🎓.16 Jun 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofhtwm3es2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mocykmj2h22cSHOC member Leonie Vanlerberghe recently led an engaging workshop on “Gender in Personal Documents” at the Spring Conference of the Royal Netherlands Historical Society (KNHG),together with Stefan Kras (history teacher and PhD researcher) and Jessie Baerts (Master student Gender & Diversity, Ugent).15 Jun 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocykmj2h22chttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mnzbyol7ts26New vacancy! We are looking for 2 doctoral candidates to conduct research on the Brussels construction sector as a nexus of labour, materials, and capital, from the nineteenth century to the present. https://shoc.research.vub.be/en/vacancy-docotral-researcher-flows-in-the-construction-sector-urban-environmental-histories-of-labour?fbclid=IwY2xjawSXkMtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFId0k0YzV3VHpJaFA0WHRPc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqsBBBJ_cEVbqTwqf89SP3ieuOyNpNTsHmR8_yIQpf5fntQz0Mdc1ENXCAuM_aem_px_Clr7tLb01pf5K8tmPtQ11 Jun 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzbyol7ts26https://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mnc5elocm22p🏆 Quiz champions! 🏆 Once again, our SHOC members showed they’re experts in more than just history at the annual VUB staff quiz.02 Jun 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnc5elocm22phttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mn7xis5kfc2xOn 26 May, the Faculty Research Day @VUB brought together PhD students from the Faculty of Languages and Humanities for a full day of exchange, inspiration and academic discovery🎓✨01 Jun 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7xis5kfc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mmr7f3h7h22lLast Tuesday, 19 May, SHOC celebrated its third anniversary with an inspiring lecture by Prof. Andreas Malm (Lund University).26 May 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmr7f3h7h22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mkpkkt7jlk2vRecently, our SHOC colleague Brent Huygh published his first academic article, titled "Commercialisation from below: the Brussels gateway roads in the eighteenth century", in the journal "History of Retailing and Consumption". https://lnkd.in/erEd7GU230 Apr 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpkkt7jlk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mkkbfbgmw222📣 Call for Papers: People on the Move in Late Medieval Europe 🌍 SHOC member Bart Lambert is guest editing a special issue of the peer reviewed, Web of Science–indexed journal Histories on late medieval human mobility. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/histories/special_issues/8L32Y494P128 Apr 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkbfbgmw222https://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mkhyt6nfkc2qIn the beginning of April, SHOC-member Charlotte Van Riet attended the UK Archaeological Sciences Conference 2026, hosted by the University of Bristol. She presented the first results of her PhD research in a poster titled "Isotopes and Urbanisation".27 Apr 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhyt6nfkc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mjyxvnuunk2dSHOC‑collega’s Dennis De Vriese en Matthijs De Graeve traden mee op als editors van het nieuwe boek "Brusselse plaatsnamen".21 Apr 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyxvnuunk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mjreqg4rlc2ySHOC turns two — and we’re celebrating with something special! We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Andreas Malm for an lecture exploring the longue durée of capitalism and its environmental foundations: “The Political Ecology of Charlemagne – Or, What, If Anything, Is Special about Capitalism?” https://lnkd.in/e9zUGJmv18 Apr 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjreqg4rlc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mjh46svkok2rJoin us for our last seminar of this semester! Katja Bruisch on Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia’s Fossil Economy. Click here for more info 👇 https://shoc.research.vub.be/nl/shoc-seminarie-met-katja-bruisch-trinity-college-dublin14 Apr 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh46svkok2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3miys72ds4c2jEpisode 2 of The Foragers is out today 🌿 In this new conversation, artists Samah Hijawi and Juliette (Kin Hands) join Gosie Vervloessem to reflect on foraging as part of their creative practice—sharing the plants they grow, cook with, and gather in their surroundings.08 Apr 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3miys72ds4c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mieex6yz2226🎙️Something new is in the air... @foragency.bsky.social launches a second podcast series! 🎙️ https://ercforagency.eu/index.php/2026/03/31/foraging-episode-2-01-gosie-vervloessem-on-a-forest-that-answers-back/31 Mar 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieex6yz2226https://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mibiv2uqcc2f❗Tot en met 22 april kan je je inschrijven voor de Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis met als thema Ctrl-Alt-History: (Digital) humanities meets AI. https://lnkd.in/e_pn-gDq30 Mar 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibiv2uqcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mhgcuwuuf22aDon't miss out on our next SHOC Seminar! Monday, 23 March: Hannes Ziegler (Technische Universität Dresden): "What was the State? Officiating and Litigating in Early Modern England". Everyone welcome, but please register via shoc@vub.be. https://shoc.research.vub.be/en/shoc-seminar-with-hannes-ziegler-technische-universitat-dresden19 Mar 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgcuwuuf22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mh67zb4w4s2aNews from our colleagues of the MOTC project! Read all about it: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7436789447184019456/16 Mar 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh67zb4w4s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mgs2ehdxuc2tThis Friday and Saturday 13/14 March: First International Conference of the Medieval Caucasus Network. "Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus"11 Mar 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs2ehdxuc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mgcm6y7i622xUpcoming seminar: Mark Bray on Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Trump’s United States - 2 April 2026 https://brias.be/index.php/event/thursday-seminars-by-mark-bray/05 Mar 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgcm6y7i622xhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mg3gyewbhs2pDon't forget - Monday 9 March 2026 is our next SHOC seminar! https://shoc.research.vub.be/en/shoc-seminar-with-thomas-rommel-vrije-universiteit-brussel-clic02 Mar 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3gyewbhs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mfmeix5rgc2iIn 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. https://www.vgnkleio.nl/actueel/stem-voor-de-kleio-klasseprijs-2/24 Feb 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmeix5rgc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3meyfv652cc23🎓📚 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. https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/directory/bart-lambert/16 Feb 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyfv652cc23