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Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited Theorising Violence: Colonial Encounters and Anticolonial Reactions (MA level) on Humanities Commons 7 years, 11 months ago
How does colonial violence generate anticolonial resistance? Is violence ever justified, whether as an end or as a means? What aesthetic strategies do writers deploy to legitimate the exercise of violence? What is the relationship between militant insurgency and literary form? Posing these and other questions, this course offers an introduction to…[Read more]
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Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited Hard Translation: Persian Poetry and Post-National Literary Form on Humanities Commons 7 years, 11 months ago
This essay examines how translation theory can globalize contemporary literary comparison. Whereas Persian studies has historically been isolated from the latest developments within literary theory, world literature has similarly been isolated from the latest developments within the study of non-European literatures. The methodology of hard…[Read more]
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Joren F. Janssens deposited The Quest for Solidarity Without Victory. Constraining the Guatemalan Guerrilla (1979-1996). on Humanities Commons 7 years, 11 months ago
Reflecting on global solidarity has recently taken an innovative turn in a series of case
studies on Chile and Nicaragua. Solidarity is now seen as ‘orchestrated’ by oppositional
movements of the Third World. My research investigates the linkages between Belgian grassroots solidarity
committees and Guatemalan oppositional movements, from the…[Read more] -
Joren F. Janssens deposited Tussen de wapens en het volk Vlaamse en Europese solidariteit met de Guatemalteekse revolutie, 1979-1996. on Humanities Commons 7 years, 11 months ago
De derdewereldbeweging beschouwde Centraal-Amerika eind jaren 1970 als navel van de wereld. In Guatemala escaleerde het conflict tot een genocidaire oorlog, uitgevochten tussen regerings- en guerrillagroepen. Ondanks de naar schatting tweehonderdduizend Guatemalteken die het leven lieten in het 36 jaar durende conflict (1960-1996) bleven de…[Read more]
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Joren F. Janssens deposited Hun strijd, onze strijd? Vlaamse solidariteit met de Guatemalteekse revolutionaire volksopstand vanuit een transnationaal perspectief, 1979-1996. on Humanities Commons 7 years, 11 months ago
Their battle, our battle? Flemish solidarity with the Guatemalan revolutionary insurgency from a transnational perspective, 1979-1996.
Reflecting on global solidarity recently took an innovative turn in a series of studies on the European mobilisation for Chile and Nicaragua. In focusing on these large-scale campaigns, history has freed the…[Read more]
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Joren Janssens's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 11 months ago
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Karla Vanraepenbusch's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 12 months ago
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Karla Vanraepenbusch's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
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Karla Vanraepenbusch's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
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Karla Vanraepenbusch deposited A comparative look at a centenary. A review of World War I commemorative events in Brussels in the group
War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years agoThe centenary of World War I has marked an abrupt change: historical events will never be commemorated in the same way, especially in Belgium. The federated entities have demonstrated the autonomous role which they intend to play in future events of this type. The Brussels-Capital Region was not outdone. While the political choice to be directly…[Read more]
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Karla Vanraepenbusch deposited Regards croisés sur un Centenaire. Un premier bilan des commémorations de la Première Guerre mondiale à Bruxelles in the group
War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years agoLe Centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale marque une rupture : on ne commémorera plus jamais de la même manière les événements historiques, tout particulièrement en Belgique. Les entités fédérées y ont démontré le rôle qu’elles entendaient désormais jouer, en toute autonomie, dans de futurs événements de ce type. La Région de Bruxelles-capita…[Read more]
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Karla Vanraepenbusch deposited Regards croisés sur un Centenaire. Un premier bilan des commémorations de la Première Guerre mondiale à Bruxelles in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years agoLe Centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale marque une rupture : on ne commémorera plus jamais de la même manière les événements historiques, tout particulièrement en Belgique. Les entités fédérées y ont démontré le rôle qu’elles entendaient désormais jouer, en toute autonomie, dans de futurs événements de ce type. La Région de Bruxelles-capita…[Read more]
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Karla Vanraepenbusch deposited Mémorial interallié in the group
War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years agoThe inter-allied memorial commemorates the First World War and the fallen, as well as the wartime cooperation between the Allies. Its inter-allied character and its scale make this memorial one of a kind.
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Karla Vanraepenbusch deposited Mémorial interallié in the group
Architectural History and Theory on Humanities Commons 8 years agoThe inter-allied memorial commemorates the First World War and the fallen, as well as the wartime cooperation between the Allies. Its inter-allied character and its scale make this memorial one of a kind.
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Karla Vanraepenbusch deposited Olympic Games 1920 in the group
Sports History on Humanities Commons 8 years agoThe 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium were the first instalment of the Games since before the war. The planned 1916 Games awarded to Berlin had been cancelled.
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