Pierre Huyghebaert
Education & KnowledgeHistorical Tyrants 1: Leopold II of Belgium | European History
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À l’occasion de la parution de son livre La Dimension coloniale de l’#ArtNouveau, #LucasCatherine se prête au jeu de l’interview et revient sur le long travail historique, et parfois plus personnel, l’ayant amené à devenir l’un des spécialistes du #Congo. Une interview par #VéroniqueCletteGakuba.
#architecture #colonisation #colonialisme #LéopoldII #karabouya #avenueLouisBertrand #GustaveStrauwen #MuséedeTervuren #ArtsandCrafts #WienerSezession #Expositioncoloniale #HenryVandeVelde #PaulHankar #VictorHorta #PhilippeWolfers #HalfPintClub #SociétédelaTableronde #Cercleartistiqueetlittéraire #LesAmisphilanthropes #CercleGaulois
"#Solvay, #Autrique, #Tassel, #Winssinger… les commanditaires des premières grandes réalisations architecturales d’Horta étaient ingénieurs chez Solvay, enseignaient à l’#ULB et fréquentaient la loge Les Amis Philanthropes."
À l’occasion de la parution de son livre La Dimension coloniale de l’#ArtNouveau, #LucasCatherine se prête au jeu de l’interview et revient sur le long travail historique, et parfois plus personnel, l’ayant amené à devenir l’un des spécialistes du #Congo. Une interview par #VéroniqueCletteGakuba.
#architecture #colonisation #colonialisme #LéopoldII #karabouya #avenueLouisBertrand #GustaveStrauwen #MuséedeTervuren #ArtsandCrafts #WienerSezession #Expositioncoloniale #HenryVandeVelde #PaulHankar #VictorHorta #PhilippeWolfers #HalfPintClub #SociétédelaTableronde #Cercleartistiqueetlittéraire #LesAmisphilanthropes #CercleGaulois
"#Solvay, #Autrique, #Tassel, #Winssinger… les commanditaires des premières grandes réalisations architecturales d’Horta étaient ingénieurs chez Solvay, enseignaient à l’#ULB et fréquentaient la loge Les Amis Philanthropes."
skuaBeen listening to #ColumMcCann perform his novel #Twist.
And I hear in interviews that he sees it relating to #JosephConrad's #TheHeartOfDarkness.
And I find that I've somehow missed that The Heart of Darkness is set in the horror of the #BelgianCongo genocides.
So next to listen to Conrad's book.
2/3
And am wondering about ethics.
(No, not ones about escape.)
Would I be OK reading about how Sherlock Holmes helped bring an end to the genocidal activities carried out in the #BelgianCongo in the service of the King of #Belgium, #LeopoldII?
This #GenocideForProfit was of a similar scale to the killings, based on ethnicity, by the Nazis.
(10 million compared to 17 million.)
Joel PomalesHoy en Joel te recomienda otro libro que encabrona.
De existir el infierno, espero que el bueno de Leopoldo se esté rostizando como pollo a la vara. #belgium #belgique #leopoldii
I'm not even halfway in to a book about King #LeopoldII and I already hate his mother fucking guts.
I want to go where he's buried and spit on his grave. And I'm not even Belgian. #Belgium #Belguiqe
Zoidtes@EU_Commission why isn't the coin designed that reminds of the terrible acts of #Belgium back then when #LeopoldII was doing his #racist and #hateful acts in #africa?
Germany has a coin of the #Kniefall but Belgium has nothing similar, despite Belgium eradicated tribes and killed many people for no reason. Not even a coin that remembers that tragic event. #EU2024BE #Eu #Belgium #NeverForget
Germany has a coin of the #Kniefall but Belgium has nothing similar, despite Belgium eradicated tribes and killed many people for no reason. Not even a coin that remembers that tragic event. #EU2024BE #Eu #Belgium #NeverForget
World History EncyclopediaThe Declaration of Pillnitz was a joint statement issued on 27 August 1791 by Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Declaration_of_Pillnitz/ #History #DeclarationofPillnitz #FrenchRevolution #LeopoldII,HolyRomanEmperor
The Declaration of Pillnitz was a joint statement issued on 27 August 1791 by Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Declaration_of_Pillnitz/ #History #DeclarationofPillnitz #FrenchRevolution #LeopoldII,HolyRomanEmperor