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Prof. Dr. Koen Aerts
Prof. Dr. Koen Aerts
koen.aerts@ugent.be
Department
Department of History
Research group(s)
Instituut voor Publieksgeschiedenis
SocialHistory - Social History since 1750
Research Focus
History
Research Period
20th Century
Contemporary
Research Language
Dutch
English
French
German
Research Methodology
Comparative
Iconography and analysis of images
Language and text analysis
Quantitative
Surveys
Tabgroup
Projects
Projects as supervisor
The Belgian past in present journalism. How the Dutch- and the French-speaking public broadcaster (re)construct collective memories about the colonial and war history (2002-present).
(
2023
-
2027
)
Belvirmus-WW2. Belgian virtual museum of World War II
(
2015
-
2016
)
Projects as co-supervisor
Resisting resistance. WWII resistance movements as milieux de mémoire in post-war Belgium, 1945-present
(
2018
-
2022
)
Projects as postdoc
The sorrows of Belgium. WWII memories and family transmission
(
2017
-
2018
)
Projects as researcher
Inheriting the past. Children of Flemish collaborators, a traumatized generation?
(
2011
-
2017
)
Publications
Most recent publications
Aerts, Koen. “Contre Le Cinéma? The Attack on the Twentieth Convoy : A Plea for the Fictionalization of the Holocaust and the Hero.”
Trains and the Holocaust : From a Symbol of Progress to a Genocidal Tool
, edited by Frédéric Crahay, Auschwitz Foundation, 2023.
Aerts, Koen, et al., editors.
De Publieke Historicus : Bruno De Wever En Zijn Vak
. Lannoo, 2023.
Aerts, Koen, et al. “Geschiedenis Is Nooit Vrijblijvend : De Carrière van Bruno De Wever.”
De Publieke Historicus : Bruno De Wever En Zijn Vak
, edited by Koen Aerts et al., Lannoo, 2023, pp. 15–43.
Aerts, Koen, et al. “Exordium : De Publieke Historicus.”
De Publieke Historicus : Bruno De Wever En Zijn Vak
, edited by Koen Aerts et al., Lannoo, 2023, pp. 7–13.
Aerts, Koen. “Bestraffing van de Collaboratie : Juridische Voorgeschiedenis En Wettelijke Basis.”
Www.Belgiumwwii.Be
, CegeSoma, 2022.
Full bibliography
Teaching
Historische praktijk III: Onderzoekstaak
Onderzoeksseminarie: sociale geschiedenis na 1750
Mondelinge geschiedenis
Master's Dissertation
Master's Dissertation
Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences
Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences
Teaching Methodology: History
Internship C: History
Internship A: Cultural Sciences
Internship B: History
Short Additional Internship
Extended Additional Internship