Sophie de Schaepdrijver is a Belgian historian whose work delves into the complexities of migration, 19th-century urban life, nationalism, and culture. She explores the intricate connections between societal shifts and cultural phenomena, often drawing parallels between European and American historical trajectories. Her scholarship offers insightful perspectives on the formation of national identities and the broad impact of cultural transformations. Through her writings, she provides readers with a nuanced understanding of historical developments.
Mary Thorp, an English governess working for a Belgian-Russian family in German-occupied Brussels, kept a secret war diary from September 1916 to January 1919. This long-forgotten diary sheds light on an important aspect of the First World War: civilian life under military occupation in a transnational conflict.
A study of individual heroism in the First World War and an analysis of the debates around collective memory, resistance, gender, occupation and national identity.