Corresponding members

To reinforce its presence in the scientific and documentary field in the specific areas designated by the Mission Statement, the Ceges/Soma has created a network of corresponding members. In exchange for intellectual and logistic support, they impart, with priority, the results of their research to the Centre. They are also important intermediaries for the acquisition of documents and finally they put their expertise at the disposal of the public of our institution. At present there are seven corresponding members.

Pascal Deloge, doctor in history at the Catholic university of Louvain (UCL), works on industry and European cooperation in the field of armaments from the 1930s till today.

Jocelyn Grégoire, doctor in history at the University of Liège, is correspondent of the Ceges/Soma for the audiovisual sector. In particular, he makes accessible to the public of the Ceges/Soma audio and video programmes from the 1930s to 2007, as well as archives in relation to the historiography of radio and television, popular culture and historical pedagogics.

Insa Meinen, doctor in history, researcher at the University of Konstanz, studies the German occupation in Belgium during the Second World War. She focuses in particular on the persecution and deportation of the Jews.

Adeline Remy, history graduate at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) and MA in sociology and anthropology at the same university, studies the anthropology of memory, more particularly the commemoration and transmission of the heroism of the Resistance in a transnational perspective trough the case of the evasion line Comet.

Gerlinda Swillen, graduate in Germanic languages and President of the Masereelfonds, studies the sexual relations in times of war among 'enemy' populations.

Etienne Verhoeyen, graduate in ethics at the University of Gent and former journalist of the VRT (Flemish Radio and Television), examines the history of the intelligence services active in Belgium and its neighbouring countries from the 1930s till the end of the Second World War. In this context, he takes particular interest in the networks of the Resistance and of the German espionage services.

The East Cantons under German administration

Jacques Wynants, history graduate at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) analyses the events of the Second World War, particularly in and around Verviers, the East Cantons and the 'Ten villages', daily life and the education system.