The Flat Land That Is Mine

A few notes on my way to learning more about Belgium and Europe.

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

John-Joseph Merlin - A Belgian Personality

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Jean-Joseph Merlin Wikimedia Commons image I was watching a documentary on the history of clockwork, which spent a lot of time talking about...
Friday, November 16, 2018

From False Accusations During WWI to Real Atrocities

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"This is how German lands will look like if France reaches the Rhine" - German WWI propaganda All's fair in love and w...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Reasons Behind The EU's Unpopularity

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Here is an essay I wrote a couple of years ago for the MOOC Understanding Europe [0]   (before Brexit even happened) on some of the m...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

The 10 Commandments Of A Belgian Employee At The End Of The 19th Century

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I've been reading this really interesting book, La vie quotidienne en Belgique sous le règne de Léopold II (1865-1909)  by Georges-H. D...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Feminism

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Campaign for women's suffrage in Belgium, 1908. Source: Getty Images Feminism (n.): Belief in or advocacy of women's social, p...
Monday, August 31, 2015

The Boundary Between Flanders And Wallonia

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Belgium split in two (or three, depending on who and where you are) Who's heard of Belgium is also aware of the the sometimes, and u...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

A Century Of Freedom...And Political Changes

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Albert Devèze "A [political] party does not have a reason for being unless it possesses its own ideal which it pursues with  the co...
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