Really enjoyed meeting fellow Fulbright scholars at the welcome reception organized by WorldBoston! Fulbright Belgium | Luxembourg | Schuman FWO

Great to present findings on the state in Antwerp's sailortown at the Social Science History Association (SSHA) conference in Chicago (research conducted together with Hilde Greefs)! Fulbright Belgium | Luxembourg | Schuman FWO @UrbanhistoryUA

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Treasure hunting at the Congregational Library & Archives and enjoying Boston's beauty on the way home Congregational Library & Archives Fulbright Belgium | Luxembourg | Schuman FWO

Seems like a perfect time to head back home... See you soon, Boston! FWO Fulbright Belgium | Luxembourg | Schuman @UrbanhistoryUA

Wonderful presentation of the Jaarboek voor Vrouwengeschiedenis last Friday at the Het Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam. Great to be part of it! FWO @UrbanhistoryUA

It's Poetry Week in Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands, so here's a colorful gem that describes Boston's harbor around 1900 (found it in a small photo album at the Massachusetts Historical Society). FWO Fulbright Belgium | Luxembourg | Schuman @UrbanhistoryUA

Vandaag in de Gazet van Antwerpen! Interview gegeven over vrouwelijke pioniers in de Belgische scheepvaart.

In de voetsporen van Griekse zeelui 🇬🇷 in 20ste-eeuws Antwerpen 🇧🇪! Ondanks het weer, leerrijke wandeling met de mensen van het 'In Skipperstreet' erfgoedproject en Jasper Segerink! Meer info: facebook.com/inskipperstreet antwerpen.be/nl/overzicht/e…

Really enjoyed the session about social approaches to cultural history at the ESSHC23 in Gothenburg 🇸🇪! It was the perfect opportunity to present findings on the inhabitants of the maritime districts of Boston and Antwerp. FWO Fulbright Belgium | Luxembourg | Schuman @UrbanhistoryUA

Grateful to have been awarded a fellowship by the Massachusetts Historical Society! Very excited to return to Boston! MHS Research @UrbanhistoryUA

Next Tuesday, May 16th (6.15pm-7.30pm CET), I will talk about Antwerp's sailortown and its inhabitants ⚓️ at the Maritime History and Culture Seminar from Royal Museums Greenwich. The online event is free and there's no need to book! rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onlin…

Great that this book is out now, including a chapter in which I used the profession of cook as a case study to make the impact of the transition from sail to steam on maritime labour more explicit FWO @UrbanhistoryUA

Where I presented a paper with Kristof Loockx challenging the notion of harbour districts as isolated urban enclaves. Great comments by Karoline da Silva Rodrigues & @MarlouSchrover. Much to reflect upon...🤔

What's new and in which direction should we evolve in nineteenth-century merchant seafaring history? All welcome to join the workshop series which I'm co-organising this fall and winter! networks.h-net.org/group/announce…

A physical copy is now also available! Delighted to have contributed to this much-needed book! Palgrave Macmillan FWO @UrbanhistoryUA

Great session on waterfronts and harbors at the UHA conference in Pittsburgh, PA! ⚓️🇺🇸 FWO @UrbanhistoryUA

Great to chair the keynote by Wim De Winter (KU Leuven) at the 300 Years Ostend Company Conference at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend. Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @UrbanhistoryUA

Enjoying the Women of the Waterfront workshop in the amazing city of Rome! 🇮🇹 Università di Roma Tor Vergata @UrbanhistoryUA FWO

New publication in Urban History! Together with Jasper Segerink, we shed light on how lodging houses in 19th-century sailortown served as facilitators of global and local entanglements. FWO @UrbanhistoryUA doi.org/10.1017/S09639…