The Congo has recently been the subject of much academic research. This article discusses the major trends and developments. It primarily focuses on the Congo crisis of 1960, which was commemorated in 2010 and has been inquired into by many historians, including American, British and Russian ones. A comparison of their conclusions reveals that Flanders has largely come to terms with its colonial past, but that the French-speaking community has a more problematic memory. Belgian academia, by contrast, has left the old controversies about Leopold II and Lumumba behind and embarked on the path of new imperial history. It approaches the Congolese past from new angles and with new paradigms, such as reciprocity, science, exhibition, representati...
This article will explore the intellectual context in which French-Belgian colonial writing develope...
This article will explore the intellectual context in which French-Belgian colonial writing develope...
When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view ...
The Congo has recently been the subject of much academic research. This article discusses the major ...
© 2015 © 2015 Taylor & Francis. Belgium recently celebrated a number of major anniversaries relate...
This article examines so-called colonial discourses in Belgium on the former Sub-Saharan colony owne...
This article examines so-called colonial discourses in Belgium on the former Sub-Saharan colony owne...
oblivion and recognition are equally important components in the public use of history. In dealing w...
oblivion and recognition are equally important components in the public use of history. In dealing w...
oblivion and recognition are equally important components in the public use of history. In dealing w...
Until very recently, the Royal Museum for Central Africa, in Belgium, a national institution once de...
Introduction The empires of the past spanned vast horizons, covering all corners of the world and se...
Introduction The empires of the past spanned vast horizons, covering all corners of the world and se...
Introduction The empires of the past spanned vast horizons, covering all corners of the world and se...
Over half a century since the last wave of political decolonisation, the handling of “dark” colonial...
This article will explore the intellectual context in which French-Belgian colonial writing develope...
This article will explore the intellectual context in which French-Belgian colonial writing develope...
When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view ...
The Congo has recently been the subject of much academic research. This article discusses the major ...
© 2015 © 2015 Taylor & Francis. Belgium recently celebrated a number of major anniversaries relate...
This article examines so-called colonial discourses in Belgium on the former Sub-Saharan colony owne...
This article examines so-called colonial discourses in Belgium on the former Sub-Saharan colony owne...
oblivion and recognition are equally important components in the public use of history. In dealing w...
oblivion and recognition are equally important components in the public use of history. In dealing w...
oblivion and recognition are equally important components in the public use of history. In dealing w...
Until very recently, the Royal Museum for Central Africa, in Belgium, a national institution once de...
Introduction The empires of the past spanned vast horizons, covering all corners of the world and se...
Introduction The empires of the past spanned vast horizons, covering all corners of the world and se...
Introduction The empires of the past spanned vast horizons, covering all corners of the world and se...
Over half a century since the last wave of political decolonisation, the handling of “dark” colonial...
This article will explore the intellectual context in which French-Belgian colonial writing develope...
This article will explore the intellectual context in which French-Belgian colonial writing develope...
When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view ...