Writing urban history in the heart of Europe
HOST is a research group from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel that conducts innovative research in the field of urban history. As one of the spearhead research teams within the university, it aims to contribute to insights into contemporary societal challenges. HOST’s research mission is to study the interactions between social inequality, migration and social relations in a long-term and comparative perspective. Our team draws on expertise in the social and economic history of urban Brabant and Flanders from the late Middle Ages to the long 19th century.
Recent news
Save the date: November, 16/17 - Food, Rules, and the City
We are delighted to share the following good news with you ! On 16 and 17 November, the congress "Food, Rules and the City" will take place.
Conference Food, Rules and The City: call for papers
On the 16th and 17th November 2023 HOST-members Robin Rose Southard and Dennis De Vriese, in cooperation with Nicolas Brunmayr (ULB), are organizing Food, Rules and the City, an international conference on food market regulation in the long term held on the VUB and ULB campuses.
Brussels Seminar in Economic and Social History with Jane Humphries
We are pleased to announce an upcoming seminar with Jane Humphries, Professor of economic history at Oxford University.
Upcoming events
Practical info-Seminar with Thomas Safley: 'Charity and Capitalism: The Roles of Foundations - Pious and Profitable - in Premodern Financial History'
We are pleased to announce a seminar with Thomas M.
Practical info-Michael Depreter: 'From medieval military markets to Early Modern fiscal-military hub: Credit, Materiel, and Manpower in Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam (ca. 1430-ca.1630)'
HOST research group presents within the format of the Brussels Urban History Seminars:
Practical info-Amy Erickson: ‘Migration and gender in British cities and towns in the long 18th century’
HOST research group presents within the format of the Brussels Urban History Seminars:
