- Noémie Tomaszynski presented her research on mobility in the Middle Ages, focusing on social organisation and diversity in fifteenth-century Bologna.
- Axel Van der Maelen showcased how the Transkribus tool can be used to analyse eighteenth-century case files of the Drossaard of Brabant.
🏆 Quiz champions! 🏆
Once again, our SHOC members showed they’re experts in more than just history at the annual VUB staff quiz.
On 26 May, the Faculty Research Day @VUB brought together PhD students from the Faculty of Languages and Humanities for a full day of exchange, inspiration and academic discovery🎓✨
Three SHOC teams competed this year, and one of them—featuring Ward Leloup, Jolien Gijbels, William Torbeyns, Brent Huygh and Thijs Costers, better known as “The Quiztorians”—even brought home the trophy.
As tradition has it, they’ll have the honour of organising next year’s quiz.
It was a great opportunity to connect with fellow researchers and explore each other’s work. Several SHOC PhDs and postdocs were in attendance, alongside their supervisors. We were also proud to see SHOC’s students in the Talent for Research honours programme presenting their poster projects:
- Arne Vinck presented his project “Mapping Justice,” in which he explores new ways of visualising legal practices.
- Daan Huysman introduced his work on improving access to the Colonial Military Court Archives of Burundi.
Congratulations to our colleagues on a well-earned victory—and see you all next year for the SHOC-organised quiz! 👏🎉
Developing and presenting an academic poster is an important part of the training programme, helping students communicate their research clearly and concisely—an essential academic skill! 💡
