Journal of Belgian History, LIII, 2023, 1-2. Thematic Issue: ‘Cultures of Spectacle’ (Leen Engelen & Roel Vande Winkel)

Articles

• Leen Engelen & Roel Vande Winkel : The Theatres of War: Cultures of Spectacle in German-occupied Belgium, 1914-1918 & 1940-1945
• Margo Buelens-Terryn : ‘The Practices of Lantern Lectures, They Are a-Changin’. Cultural policies and changing lanternscapes in German-occupied Antwerp and Brussels during the Great War
• Evelien Jonckheere : Lantern Lectures at the Vlaamsche Kring in Mortsel: activism, avant-garde, and commerce in occupied Flanders
• Klaas de Zwaan : Projecting a Nation in Ruins. Lantern Lectures and the Spectacle of War-Struck Belgium in the Neutral Netherlands (1914-1918)
• Erik Spinoy : “You’ve seen a lot of movies”: Rereading Paul van Ostaijen’s Occupied City in Light of the Contemporary Cinema Culture in Belgium
• Guido Convents : Film Distribution and Exhibition in the Light of German Cultural Policy in Occupied Belgium (1914-1918)
• Leen Engelen : The Movie Theatre in Occupied Belgium at the Crossroads of Different Cultures of Spectacle (1914-1918). The case of Louvain Palace
• Louis Fortemps & Roel Vande Winkel : The German Military Propaganda Department Belgium (Propaganda-Abteilung Belgien) vis-à-vis “Cultures of Spectacle” in Occupied Belgium (1940-1944)
• Erik Baeck : Opera Performances in Antwerp During the First and Second World War
• Hedwige Baeck-Schilders : Symphonic Concerts in Antwerp During the First and Second World War
• Eric Derom : One Orchestra, Two Artistic Policies, One Censor: Symphonic Music by the Great Symphony Orchestra of Belgian Radio (1940-1944)
• Sophie De Schaepdrijver : Cultures of Spectacle under Military Occupation: A Reflection