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/3myzadansc22u🎉 Congratulations to SHOC member Inès Glogowski on the successful defence of her PhD!29 Oct 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzadansc22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3myvarybo7c2fSHOC was once again well represented at VUB’s annual Graduation Ceremony on Brussels’ magnificent Grand Place. 🎓 Among this year’s graduates were SHOC Talent for Research students Noémi Tomaszynski, Arne Vinck and Ilkim Canbaz.27 Oct 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3myvarybo7c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mya4ztll2c2fWhat happens to freedom, democracy and human dignity when a city falls under foreign occupation? And what can the past teach us about the conflicts of today? https://www.vub.be/en/event/dance-with-bully-occupied-brussels-in-first-world-war-lecture-12-nov19 Oct 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mya4ztll2c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mxorf2qbs22b🎉 A warm welcome to Eliska Bujokova, who has recently joined SHOC as a postdoctoral researcher! Eliska's research explores the history of care,welfare and labour in the eighteenth-century British Empire,with a particular focus on the intersections between capitalism,social reproduction and work. 🌍⚓12 Oct 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxorf2qbs22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mxa4hbi6l22cFlemish archives, museums and heritage institutions are being disproportionately affected by the Flemish government’s budget cuts.06 Oct 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxa4hbi6l22chttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mx52ech6sk2tSHOC is proud to announce that SHOC member Inès Glogowski will publicly defend her doctoral dissertation on 13 October! « Un objet qui intéresse l’humanité et la justice ». Occuper les lieux d’enfermement à Bruxelles et dans le duché de Brabant: espaces, acteurs et surveillance au XVIIIe siècle.05 Oct 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx52ech6sk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mwsvmiwmtk24 🎉 Before heading into the new academic year, SHOC members gathered for two days of team building in beautiful Melden, near Oudenaarde!01 Oct 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsvmiwmtk24https://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mwng7cmwkk2wOn Monday 5 October, SHOC member Inès Glogowski will present her upcoming public PhD defence, entitled: « Un objet qui intéresse l’humanité et la justice ». Occuper les lieux d’enfermement à Bruxelles et dans le duché de Brabant : espaces, acteurs et surveillance au XVIIIe siècle.29 Sep 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwng7cmwkk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mwlhwqxo7s2wEarlier this month, SHOC members Rhea Mertes and William Torbeyns had the pleasure of representing VUB at the AHRC International Conference on Power and Possession at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford 🎓🏛️.28 Sep 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlhwqxo7s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mvzo7sdbjk22📢 New publication! 🚨 In a new article, SHOC member Janny van Doorn examines how the urban authorities of late medieval Bruges responded to food provisioning crises and social unrest surrounding the sale of venteghoedt (affordable but highly perishable fish products) 🐟 https://www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../03585522.2026.272125321 Sep 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzo7sdbjk22https://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mvpbcvh5vs2x🎉 A warm welcome to Matthis Aelbrecht, who is joining SHOC as a TVO student! We look forward to supporting his learning journey and wish him a successful and inspiring experience with our team. Welcome aboard, Matthis! 👏 https://shoc.research.vub.be/en/shoc-welcomes-matthis-aelbrecht-as-tvo-student17 Sep 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpbcvh5vs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mvkjrq2gdk2jWhat did Belgium’s takeover of the Congo Free State in 1908 mean for the widespread violence inflicted on rainforest communities in the pursuit of wild rubber?15 Sep 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkjrq2gdk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mvipgkym5s2y📣 Join us for an inspiring presentation: "Colonial Archives in the DRC", by Ngalo Masua Neré of the Institut National des Archives du Congo, taking place on 28 September at 10:20 AM.14 Sep 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvipgkym5s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3muwpacjcq222Op 16 oktober neemt SHOC-lid Benoît Henriet het woord op een seminarie georganiseerd door SHOC-collega Leonie Vanlerberghe en de redactie van het Contemporanea. Na zijn keynote volgt een panelgesprek waarin uitdagingen en vragen besproken worden aan de hand van concrete onderzoekservaringen.07 Sep 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwpacjcq222https://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mupd3wj3yk22❗Want to know more about Nel D.'s new ERC? ⭐ Check out this Vrije Universiteit Brussel page: https://www.vub.be/en/news/five-erc-grants-for-vub-from-climate-friendly-combustion-origins-universe (in English) or https://www.vub.be/nl/nieuws/vijf-erc-grants-voor-de-vub (in Dutch)!04 Sep 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupd3wj3yk22https://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mumheseduk2tNew ERC at SHOC! 🎉📚 We are thrilled to announce that our colleague and VUB History Programme Chair, Nel de Mûelenaere, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her project 'EVERYDAY REBELLIONS: Creativity and Domestic Care as Civilian Resistance in Occupied Europe, 1939-1945'.03 Sep 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumheseduk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mtiw3sxd322n📢 Just Published in Brood & Rozen by SHOC member Claudia Pelgrims! 📖 https://shoc-vub.paddlecms.net/.../Veel-woorden-weinig..20 Aug 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiw3sxd322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mssgo7pacc2tCALL FOR PAPERS On 20-21 May 2027, the international conference “Premodern State Formation: New Themes and Directions”, a joint initiative of the Technische Universität Dresden and VUB, will be held in Dresden, Germany. https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/ige/fnz/forschung/workshops-und-tagungen/tagung-vormoderne-staatenbildung11 Aug 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssgo7pacc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mspsg3jlmc2t🎉 Exciting (re)publication news! SHOC is proud to announce the republication of SHOC member Anne Winter's and Ellen Debackere's article, entitled “Non-Nationals between Belonging and Removal: Urban Practices of Policies towards Foreigners, Antwerp c. 1830–1880.” https://perspectivia.net/receive/pnet_mods_0000766310 Aug 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspsg3jlmc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shoc-vub.bsky.social/post/3mrmvbxa3e22qIn July, SHOC-member Charlotte Van Riet attended the Radiocarbon & Diet Conference in Satiago, Chile. She presented the first results of her PhD research on the city-dwellers of medieval Ypres. Find out more about it here ⬇️ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/charlotte-van-riet-17b42821b_early-july-i-attended-the-radiocarbon-ugcPost-7487447582114496512-bfcV/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADdp-O8Bk7izfh4l812l8bMTo82q6nnpgQE27 Jul 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:otcfu2usrezblbzov4tomacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmvbxa3e22qhttps://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/3momyuvcfes27