Theme: commemoration and remembrance

• Facing a Difficult Past? The Yser Tower in Dixmude, Belgium External publication

  Publication date: 16/11/2016

  In this article Maarten van Alstein discusses the pacifist message of the museum at the Yser in Dixmude. By presenting the First World War as senseless violence and horror, the museum hopes to induce in visitors an awareness of the ... read more

• Excavating a hidden past:’ The forensic turn in Spain’s collective memory External publication

  The book Excavating Memory gives an overview of historical and sociocultural approaches to memory as a contested social practice in the present rather than as a passive recollection of the past. Lore Colaert wrote a chapter on forensic exhumations as ... read more

• 14-18 in Close-Up: inspiration for local projects about the Great War Factsheet

  Publication date: 16/11/2012

  The war of 14-18 marked the beginning of the 20th century. 100 years later, at the beginning of the 21st century, the history of the Great War has remained relevant for present-day people and societies. Public interest in the war ... read more

• Advice concerning the international declaration on Flanders Fields Advice

  As an integral part of the commemoration of the centenary of the First World War, the Flemish authorities, in concert with like-minded foreign partners, intend to sign the International Declaration on Flanders Fields, which calls on all states to uphold ... read more