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The Rise of the Citizen Historian
27 March 2023
Universities are increasingly calling upon volunteer researchers for large-scale history projects. They collect and report information or enter data for further study. What motivates these ‘citizen historians': the thrill of the puzzle, sensationalism, or a sense of historical injustice? And do th
The Top 7 History Stories of the Year
19 December 2022
Join us in bidding goodbye to 2022 with seven of the finest history stories we published this year that are worth re-reading or listening to again.
From Abbey to Architectural Icon. Two Centuries of the Ghent University Library
30 August 2021
‘A mighty bookcase reaching to the skies’: that was architect Henry Van de Velde’s plan for the building that we now know as the Boekentoren in Ghent – the “Book Tower”. But the history of the university library is more than that imposing bit of skyline, as shown by historian Ruben Mante