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Joost Vaesen

Joost Vaesen (1979) obtained a Master in History at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2001. His Master's thesis focused on military history and was published by the Koninklijk Legermuseum. As of 2001, he is working on the political and institutional system in Brussels. In 2008, he successfully defended his Ph.D. on the relationship between the different public administrations in Brussels. Starting October 2008, he will be working on both military history and Brussels.

Core publications
  • Joost Vaesen, 'Between passéisme and modernisation? The case of the Belgian fortification system, 1926-1940', in: Herman Amersfoort & Wim Klinkert (eds.), Small powers in the age of total war, 1900-1940 (Leiden: Brill, 2011) 221-250.
  • Joost Vaesen, Osmose, dwang en tegenmacht? De verhoudingen tussen de openbare besturen in Brussel, 1970-2004 (Brussel: onuitgegeven doctoraatsverhandeling, 2008).
  • Joost Vaesen, 'De sa tour d'ivoire vers la cité? De Belgische hedendaagse militaire historiografie sinds 1970', in: Machteld De Metsenaere, Jean-Claude Burgelman & Guy Vanthemsche (eds.), De Tuin van Heden. Liber alumnorum prof. dr. Els Witte (Brussel: VUBPress, 2007).
Topics for Bachelor's paper
  • Military history (late 19th and 20th centuries)
  • Brussels and the state reform(s)
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