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Colonial History
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Head of Section: Sabine Cornelis
Mission Statement
In synergy with other disciplines, the Colonial History Section conducts and facilitates research, develops scientific tools, and organizes exhibitions concerning the contemporary history of Central Africa and especially that of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The Section focuses on the history of exploration, cultural history, arts and heritage, and the sciences and museum surveys during colonization and decolonization. The relationships between history, memory and contemporary creativity constitutes a new focus of research and activity.
Objectives
- Document, open and promote the collections
- Facilitate international research and offer quality scientific services
- Conduct research and participate in multi- and interdisciplinary research
- Encourage synergy with national and international research centres
- Create and participate in projects
- Encourage partnerships with Central Africa
- Organize and participate in exhibitions and scientific events
- Participate in sustainable development by facilitating training, awareness-building and educational activities
Scientific staff
- Sabine Cornelis, Doctor of Philosophy and Letters (Archaeology and Art History)
Subjects: Africa-Europe (the West) cultural contacts (especially Belgium-DRC), DRC cultural history, present and past arts and society, colonial art, representations of Africa, culture and sustainable development, collections and research
Areas covered: DRC, Europe
Disciplines: history/art history (archaeology)
- Patricia Van Schuylenbergh, Doctor of History
Subjects: colonial history, history of sciences, environment and natural resources, history of national parks, visual and audiovisual representation, historical archives, history of cinema, social memory of colonists.
Areas covered: DRC, Rwanda, Burundi
Disciplines: history, environmental history, development,
- Françoise Morimont, Master of History
Subjects: colonial history, colonial photography inventories
Areas covered: DRC, Rwanda, Burundi
Disciplines: history, visual history
- Dieter Van Hassel, Master of History, Master of Archival Science
Subjects: archives
Areas covered: Europe, Africa
Disciplines: history, archive science
- Wulf Bodenstein, history of cartography course at Utrecht University, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Subjects: old cartography of Africa
Areas covered: Africa, Central Africa
Disciplines: history of cartography
- Laure d’Ursel, Master of History
Subjects: colonial history, public and private archives and archive centres, inventory, guide, source index
Areas covered: DRC, Rwanda, Burundi
Disciplines: history, environment (environmental law and nature guide)
- Bambi Ceuppens, Doctor of Social Anthropology
Subjects: Congolese diaspora in Belgium, social memory of the colonial era in Belgium and in DRC, colonial and post-colonial Congolese popular culture, colonial heritage, Western representations of Africa and Africans, autochtony, multiculturalism and interculturalism
Areas covered: Belgium, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi
Disciplines: anthropology and colonial history
- Karim Cham, Master of History
Subjects: colonial history, colonial film
Areas covered: Belgium, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi
Disciplines: history
- Maarten Couttenier, Master of History, Doctor of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Subjects: colonial histoire, history of sciences, histoire of human sciences (anthropology, ethnography, history, prehistory and archaeology), museum studies, museums in DRC
Areas covered: DRC, Europe
Disciplines: history, anthropology
- Mathilde Leduc-Grimaldi, Doctor of History
Subjects: colonial and post-colonial history of Africa, history of exploration, representations of Africa
Areas covered: sub-Saharan Africa, DRC
Disciplines: history, anthropology
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