Doctorant PDR - FNRS (WEAVE)Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales
Centre de recherche Mondes Modernes & Contemporains
Campus du Solbosch - CP 133/01
Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50
B-1050 Bruxelles
Brecht.Kreynen@vub.be
BIO
In 2022, I finished my Master in History at the VUB, magna cum laude, with a masterthesis on the War recognition of Belgian colonial veterans in the metropole between 1917 and 1951. For this paper I received the Debock-Doehaerd prize for best master thesis with a historical orientation. As of January 2024, I started working on ‘Rebel Soldiers on trial: Military agency and its repression in colonial Congo between 1885-1960' (Weave FNRS/FWO), as a doctoral student at the ULB. This project centers around the topics of colonial violence, the military courts, and their shaping of Congolese agency within the Force Publique.
In 2022, I finished my Master in History at the VUB, magna cum laude, with a masterthesis on the War recognition of Belgian colonial veterans in the metropole between 1917 and 1951. For this paper I received the Debock-Doehaerd prize for best master thesis with a historical orientation. As of January 2024, I started working on ‘Rebel Soldiers on trial: Military agency and its repression in colonial Congo between 1885-1960' (Weave FNRS/FWO), as a doctoral student at the ULB. This project centers around the topics of colonial violence, the military courts, and their shaping of Congolese agency within the Force Publique.
CV
- 2021-2022 Master in History: VUB – With great distinction
- Prize Professor Dr. R. de Bock-Doehaerd for best masterthesis with a historical orientation (VUB)
- 2018-2021 Bachelor History: VUB – With distinction
- 2017-2018 Teacher Studies: UCLL
- 2015-2017 Bachelor in History: Catholic University Leuven( unfinished)
- 2009-2015 Diploma seconday education: Mater-Dei Instituut Sint-Pieters-Woluwe
Research experience:
- Documentation Researcher ‘Esprit des Ancêtres’ (juli -september 2020)
During the art project Esprit des Ancêtres I was tasked with searching primary source material and literature concerning African ancestral rituals. The information contained in these documents would then serve as an inspiration source for African artists and their art project within Esprit des Ancêtres. - Research assistent research project Belgian War Willingness WWI (july - august 2021)
Between July and August 2021, I was tasked with writing up a preliminary research rapport on Belgian war willingness between August and October 1914, which could potentially serve as a basis for a FWO-proposal. - Candidate pre-doctoral mandate call 2023 (FWO) ( October 2022 – March 2023)
Between October 2022 and March 2023 I wrote an FWO-proposal on the Mobilisation of the Belgian population between July and October 1914. - Historical Researcher at Centrum voor Academische en Vrijzinnige Archieven (CAVA) (September 2023 – December 2023)
Starting from the 15th of September 2023, I work as a historical researcher for the project Resistance and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The main focus of this project was to find information on Dutch-speaking ULB students and academic staff and their role in the Resistance. - Academic articles ( August 2022 – )
At this moment I am writing two academic articles on the recognition of the Belgian colonial veterans of the Great War between 1917 and 1951.