Journal of Belgian History, LIII, 2023, 1-2

2023 1-2

Thematic Issue: 'Cultures of Spectacle' (Leen Engelen & Roel Vande Winkel)

An English thematic issue about cultures of spectacle during the First- and Second World War in Belgium. The digital content of this issue, will be made available in October 2023. The introduction by the guest editors is already available.

Articles

The Theatres of War: Cultures of Spectacle in German-occupied Belgium, 1914-1918 & 1940-1945

Author(s)

Leen Engelen & Roel Vande Winkel

'The Practices of Lantern Lectures, They Are a-Changin’. Cultural policies and changing lanternscapes in German-occupied Antwerp and Brussels during the Great War

Author(s)

Margo Buelens-Terryn

Lantern Lectures at the Vlaamsche Kring in Mortsel: activism, avant-garde, and commerce in occupied Flanders

Author(s)

Evelien Jonckheere

Projecting a Nation in Ruins. Lantern Lectures and the Spectacle of War-Struck Belgium in the Neutral Netherlands (1914-1918)

Author(s)

Klaas de Zwaan

“You’ve seen a lot of movies”: Rereading Paul van Ostaijen’s Occupied City in Light of the Contemporary Cinema Culture in Belgium

Author(s)

Erik Spinoy

Film Distribution and Exhibition in the Light of German Cultural Policy in Occupied Belgium (1914-1918)

Author(s)

Guido Convents

The Movie Theatre in Occupied Belgium at the Crossroads of Different Cultures of Spectacle (1914-1918). The case of Louvain Palace

Author(s)

Leen ENGELEN

The German Military Propaganda Department Belgium (Propaganda-Abteilung Belgien) vis-à-vis “Cultures of Spectacle” in Occupied Belgium (1940-1944)

Author(s)

Louis Fortemps & Roel Vande Winkel

Opera Performances in Antwerp During the First and Second World War

Author(s)

Erik Baeck

Symphonic Concerts in Antwerp During the First and Second World War

Author(s)

Hedwige Baeck-Schilders

One Orchestra, Two Artistic Policies, One Censor: Symphonic Music by the Great Symphony Orchestra of Belgian Radio (1940-1944)

Author(s)

Eric Derom

Cultures of Spectacle under Military Occupation: A Reflection

Author(s)

Sophie De Schaepdrijver