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- Gert Huskens is currently enrolled as a doctoral candidate in the project 'Pyramids and progress. Belgian expansionism and the making of egyptology, 1830-1952'. His PhD focuses on ‘Belgian diplomatic representatives in Egypt before WW1 and the making of Egyptology’. Previously, he obtained an MA in History at KU Leuven following an MA thesis on Belgian imperialism and diplomacy in late Qing China in the era of the Boxer War. Additionally, he acquired an MSc in Comparative and International Politics at the same institution analysing civil society participation in contemporary debates on international development. Combining his expertises as historian and political scientist, Huskens primarily looks at histories of colonialism, expansionism, imperialism, decolonization and postcolonialism. Reaching out to a broader audience, he also contributes regularly to postcolonial debates in Belgian and Dutch media through editorials and accessible blogs.
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In the shadow of ancient Thebes : Belgian consular representation in Luxor and local elites, 1860 and 1937
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The lion and the sphinx : an entangled history of Belgian diplomacy in Egypt, 1830-1914
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Diplomacy amidst the rubble : the Alexandria Indemnity Commission of 1883-1884
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Jean Eïd (1819–1878) : from Levantine dragoman to godfather of a Belgian-Egyptian dynasty : para-diplomatic personnel and the history of Belgium’s diplomatic entanglements with Egypt
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Lifting the veil of Levantine cosmopolitanism : diplomatic networking in Egypt, 1873-1914
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Auguste Parent’s voyage en Orient and the Musée Parent that never really existed
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A Velvet Empire : French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century
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Beyond the 'Place des Consuls' : network analysis and the Foreign Diplomatic Corps in Egypt ca. 1800–1914
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Edouard Blondeel Van Cuelebroeck’s Abyssinian Expedition (1840-1842) : Saint Simonian in disguise?
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Breaking the barriers in diplomacy : dragomans, translators, interpreters and diplomatic practice in Egypt ca. 1800-1914