Cegesoma Newsletter
Welcome to CEGESOMA/State Archives of Belgium
CEGESOMA, Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Society, is the Belgian centre of excellence for the history of 20th century conflicts. It carries out research, organises public events and holds document collections. It is since 1 January 2016 the fourth Operational Directory of the State Archives. It is a platform for academic and public activities in Belgium and abroad, in particular with regard to the two World Wars.
Second Public History Encounter At CegeSoma, 20 March 2019 (12:30 – 14:00) |
EHRI-fellowship on European Waffen-SS veterans
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"Wallonia liberated", "Brussels, liberated city": photos wanted !
As for previous editions, these works rely heavily on photographs. Which representation of the events is given through this medium? What do we learn from it? How to use it? Is it possible to write the history of cities at war by relying heavily on photographs? Read more... |
Important noticeNew EHRI-fellow at CegeSoma Dr. Steffen Werther (Södertörn University Sweden) will work from 4-15 February as EHRI-fellow at CegeSoma. More information on Steffen Werther can be found here. |
Conference about oral history in Liège
The main topic will be the relationship between methodology and sources on the one hand and historiography on the other. Read more... |
Inventorying days at CegeSoma! From 8 to 18 January all CegeSoma staff will be busy carrying out a general and thorough inventorying of our collections held at the Square de l'Aviation/Luchtvaartsquare site.Read more... |
New publication of associated researcher Frank Seberechts After several recent book publications authored by some of our associated researchers - 'Grenzeloos verzet' from Paul de Jongh, 'De gebroken arm der wet' from Marc Verschooris and 'La valise oubliée' van Gerlinda Swillen – Frank Seberechts now also publishes his new book : 'Drang naar het Oosten'. Read more... |
EHRI Conference in July in Amsterdam: Call for proposals
Date: Tuesday, 2 July 2019 Location: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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An interview with Steffen Werther (Institute of Contemporary History - Södertörn University / Sweden), EHRI-fellow in CegeSoma from 4 – 15 February 2019. 
In view of the 75 anniversary of the Liberation and the end of the Second World War, two works will be published in the series "Villes en guerre" of Renaissance du Livre. 
On 27 February 2019, the Institut d'Histoire Ouvrièvre, Économique et Sociale (IHOES) organises a conference about oral history at Cité Miroir in Liège. 
Call for Proposals: EHRI Conference: Holocaust Studies in the Digital Age. What's New?
