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dr. Jan Vandersmissen
Dr. Jan Vandersmissen
jan.vandersmissen@ugent.be
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7322-2208
Vakgroep
Vakgroep Geschiedenis
Onderzoeksgroep(en)
ECC - Economies, Comparisons, Connections
SARTON - Sarton Centre for History of Science
SocialHistory - Social History since 1750
Andere instituten
Member and Past President (2019) - Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences (Brussels)
Board member & Treasurer (2017-2021) - Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences (Paris)
Onderzoeksgebied
History
Tijdsperiode
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
Land/Regio
Africa
Belgium
Western Europe
Tabgroup
Projecten
Projecten als postdoctoraal medewerker
The road to Alexandria. The sensation of landscapes in European travel writing, 1919-1939
(
2021
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2025
)
Pyramids and progress. Belgian expansionism and the making of egyptology, 1830-1952
(
2018
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2022
)
'Les Indes africaines' versus 'Le Congo minotaure'. Climate, acclimatization, hygiene and the contested idealization of the imperial project of Leopold II in Congo, 1876-1908
(
2017
-
2020
)
Environment as object and actor of conquest and conservationism in (post)imperial Africa
Publicaties
Meest recente publicaties
Verbruggen, Christophe, et al. “Social Reform International Congresses and Organizations (1846-1914) : From Sources to Data.”
JOURNAL OF OPEN HUMANITIES DATA
, vol. 8, 2022, doi:10.5334/johd.69.
D’haeninck, Thomas, et al. “Public Health, Hygiene and Social Activism.”
Medical Histories of Belgium : New Narratives on Health, Care and Citizenship in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
, edited by Joris Vandendriessche and Benoît Majerus, vol. 41, Manchester University Press, 2021, pp. 134–68, doi:10.7765/9781526151070.00010.
Vandersmissen, Jan, and Lisa van Diem. “‘Les Indes Africaines’ versus ’Le Congo Minotaure’ : Debatten over Klimaat, Acclimatisatie, Hygiëne En de Idealisering van Het Imperiaal Project van Leopold II in Congo, 1876-1908.”
JOURNAL OF BELGIAN HISTORY-REVUE BELGE D HISTOIRE CONTEMPORAINE-BELGISCH TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR NIEUWSTE GESCHIEDENIS
, vol. 51, no. 3, 2021, pp. 8–35.
Vanhulle, Dorian, et al. “Leopold II and Egypt : Two Initiatory Journeys.”
Belgians on the Nile : A History of Royal Visits, Entrepreneurship and Archaeological Exploration in Egypt
, edited by Marleen De Meyer and Sibille de Cartier d’Yves, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2020, pp. 16–45.
Vandersmissen, Jan. “Belgian Industrialists in Egypt during the Late 19th and Early 20th Century.”
Belgians on the Nile : A History of Royal Visits, Entrepreneurship and Archaeological Exploration in Egypt
, edited by Marleen De Meyer and Sibille De Cartier d’Yves, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2020, pp. 48–81.
Volledige bibliografie
Onderwijs
Historische praktijk II: wereldgeschiedenis en wereldstudies