Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Joeri Januarius

Joeri Januarius obtained a Master in History at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2005 and obtained a Master in Journalism at the Erasmushogeschool in Brussels. His Master's thesis analyzed the relationship between the socialist trade union ABVV and the compulsory unemployment insurance in postwar Belgium (1945-1970). As of September 2006, he is a researcher at the History Department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He focuses on material culture, everyday life and consumption of workers in postwar Belgium. Since 2007, he is preparing a Ph.D. on that same topic and as of September 2009, he is also associated with the Communication Department as a research assistant.

Core publications
  • Joeri Januarius & Nelleke Teughels (eds.), The historical use of images: theory, methods and practice (special issue Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis 87 (2009) vol.4).
  • Joeri Januarius, 'Feeling at Home: Interiors, Domesticity, and the Everyday Life of Belgian Limburg Miners in the 1950s', Home Cultures 6 (2009) 43-70.
    Abstract
  • Joeri Januarius, 'Picturing everyday life of Limburg miners: photographs as a historical source', International Review of Social History 2 (2008) 293-312.
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