Cold War

Since the end of 2020, the Cold War is one of CegeSoma's central thematic areas. In concrete terms, this means that the Center now wants to have a more structural presence in the field of 'The Cold War and Belgium'. This applies first of all to basic research, which in the coming years will focus mainly on the economic dimensions of the Cold War on the one hand and on anticommunism on the other. You will find below more information on projects, events and publications (Type) related to this period by performing a targeted search based on keywords (Tags). CegeSoma will also further develop its research on the Cold War in terms of acquisitions.

Publication

CegeSoma Annual Reports

If you would like an annual overview of the activities, publications,...

Event

Ctrl-Alt-History: (Digital) Humanities meets AI

Registration for Contemporary History Day 2026 now open!...

Event

Workshop Report: “The Korean War and Belgium”

On 19 September 2025, CegeSoma organized a workshop entitled “The Korean War...

Event

Workshop report: New Critical Perspectives on Communists and Communism in Belgium.

On Wednesday, 22 October 2025, an international workshop was held at...

Publication

Inventory of the CegeSoma's 'Diaries and Manuscripts' Collection. Acquisitions 1969-2018.

The CegeSoma's 'Diaries and Manuscripts' Collection is largely freely...

Publication

Inventory of the archives of journalist Alain de Prelle de la Nieppe

The inventory of...

Group photo taken during the first Saint Nicholas party of Les Invalides Prévoyants organised at the Œuvre des "Petites Abeilles" by the Cercle "Le Turgouin". 1941. (547-2814 AA2218, no. 39). Reserved rights CegeSoma/State Archives.

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Inventory 'Les Invalides Prévoyants' and Inventory 'Les Enfants de la Patrie/De Kinderen van het Vaderland' : two closely related associations

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1952 photo of a group of soldiers from the Belgian Korea Battalion (all rights reserved)

Event

The Korean War and Belgium

On 25 June 1950, troops from communist North Korea invaded capitalist South...

JBH - 2024, 3-4

Publication

Cold War theme issue

The new double issue (No. 3-4) of the Journal of Belgian History is a...

Event

Brussels toponymy, past and future

On 14 November 2024, a study day at CegeSoma brought together some fifteen...

Publication

Rights, capabilities, and the making of citizens : Jewish immigrants in Israel

Adina Babesh-Fruchter began conducting research...

Event

Young Historian's Day (Promotions of 2019-2025)

Below you will find the abstracts of the different papers. If you are...

Event

Archival Research into the Economic Aspects of the Cold War

Faced with international pressure and pressure from within, countries are...

Event

De Bende van Nijvel. De feiten, het onderzoek, de toekomst. (The 'Nijvel Gang'. The facts, the investigation, the future.)

Lecture with debate (in Dutch) ; invitees: Hilde Geens & Paul Ponsaers. Debate moderated by...

Publication

The Cold War in the 'new' JBH

The current Journal of Belgian History ( Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste...

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The Cold War in the 'old' JBH

The current Journal of Belgian History ( Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste...

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The Cold War in the BEG/CHTP (and its predecessor)

The current Journal of Belgian History ( Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste...

Pendant la bataille d'Imjin, le 23 avril, A. Crahay est interviewé par un journaliste américain. Collection Albert Crahay, volontaires belges dans la guerre de Corée, photo n° 122875, droits réservés CegeSoma/Archives de l'Etat..

Projet

Anti-communism in Belgium during the Cold War (2022 - )

With the research programme about anti-communism in Belgium during the Cold...

Event

Minutes of the conference “The Cold War and Belgium”, CegeSoma (17 June 2022)

When did the Cold War start precisely? There are diverging opinions among...

Publication

Belgian historians and the Cold War

The Cold War is over since more than thirty years now. Yet, historical...

Le monument Julien Lahaut au cimetière de Seraing. Inauguré sous sa forme définitive en 1956, il comporte une statue de l'homme politique dans sa posture familière de tribun et, derrière lui, un monument plus massif symbolisant le 'peuple', que Lahaut paraît protéger. (Photo équipe projet Lahaut, Cegesoma)

Projet

The assassination of Julien Lahaut (2011-2014)

In 2011, CegeSoma began an investigation requested by the Senate into the...

President John F. Kennedy speaks with Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon upon the return of the delegation to the Inter-American Economic and Social Conference at Punta del Este on the South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. Secretary of State Dean Rusk looks on from behind Secretary Dillon. 19 August 1961. Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. Public Domain.

Projet

Belcowar : Belgium and the Cold War (2022 - )

BELCOWAR. ‘Belgium and the Cold War: Gaining or Losing Sovereignty through...

Les ombres de la Guerre froide en Belgique

Publication

Qui a tué Julien Lahaut?

A political murder

On August 11, 1950, the cry...

Journaux de Guerre 1939-1945 - Les débuts de la Guerre Froide (France)

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Journaux de Guerre 1939-1945 - Les débuts de la Guerre Froide (France)

After the success of the series about both World Wars and the Interwar period, the series...