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Dr. Gillian Mathys
Dr. Gillian Mathys
gillian.mathys@ugent.be
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Department
Department of History
Research group(s)
ECC - Economies, Comparisons, Connections
Research Focus
Area studies
History
Research Period
19th Century
20th Century
Contemporary
Research Region
Africa
Research Methodology
Field research
Quantitative
Additional tags
DRC
Great Lakes region
Rwanda
Tabgroup
Projects
Projects as supervisor
Kubandwa in the southwestern Great Lakes, 15th century – 1930s. A case-study in the historical dynamics of public healing
(
2020
-
2026
)
Publications
Most recent publications
van Leeuwen, Mathijs, et al. “From Resolving Land Disputes to Agrarian Justice : Dealing with the Structural Crisis of Plantation Agriculture in Eastern DR Congo.”
JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES
, 2022, pp. 1–26, doi:10.1080/03066150.2020.1824179.
De Coene, Pieter, et al. “Voices from Exile : The Mpadist Mission Des Noirs in Oshwe’s Prison Camps in the Belgian Congo (1940-1960).”
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES
, vol. 55, no. 1, 2022, pp. 89–114.
Mathys, Gillian, et al.
Bijzondere Commissie Belast Met Het Onderzoek over Congo-Vrijstaat (1885-1908) En Het Belgisch Koloniaal Verleden in Congo (1908-1960), Rwanda En Burundi (1919-1962), de Impact Hiervan En de Gevolgen Die Hieraan Dienen Gegeven Te Worden : Verslag van de Deskundigen
. Belgische Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers, 2021.
Mathys, Gillian. “Questioning Territories and Identities in the Precolonial (Nineteenth-Century) Lake Kivu Region.”
AFRICA
, vol. 91, no. 3, 2021, pp. 493–515, doi:10.1017/s0001972021000267.
Mathys, Gillian, et al.
Commission Spéciale Chargée d’examiner l’état Indépendant Du Congo et Le Passé Colonial de La Belgique Au Congo, Au Rwanda et Au Burundi, Ses Conséquences et Les Suites Qu’il Convient d’y Réserver : Rapport Des Experts
. Chambre des Représentants de Belgique, 2021.
Full bibliography
Teaching
Themes and Regions in African History