Kristof Loockx

Social historian who brings maritime history to shore; University of Antwerp; FWO & Fulbright postdoc fellow; researching the sailortowns of Antwerp and Boston.

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New publication in @UrbanHistoryCUP! Together with @JSegerink, we shed light on how lodging houses in 19th-century sailortown served as facilitators of global and local entanglements. @FWOVlaanderen @UrbanhistoryUA

https://t.co/F8iJ5Zl7yX

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Enjoying the Women of the Waterfront workshop in the amazing city of Rome! 🇮🇹 @unitorvergata @UrbanhistoryUA @FWOVlaanderen

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@vermeerschj @VLIZnews @UrbanhistoryUA Not that I know of. Great conference, though!

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Great to chair the keynote by Wim De Winter (KU Leuven) at the 300 Years Ostend Company Conference at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend. @VLIZnews @UrbanhistoryUA

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Great session on waterfronts and harbors at the UHA conference in Pittsburgh, PA! ⚓️🇺🇸 @FWOVlaanderen @UrbanhistoryUA

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@MarjoleinVBavel @Radboud_Uni @RICH_Radboud @RU_Letteren Proficiat!

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A physical copy is now also available! Delighted to have contributed to this much-needed book! @Palgrave @FWOVlaanderen @UrbanhistoryUA

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What's new and in which direction should we evolve in nineteenth-century merchant seafaring history? All welcome to join the workshop series which I'm co-organising this fall and winter!

https://t.co/9nVDx4mOO7

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@MBuelensTerryn Ik blijf het herhalen: met bravoure! Proficiat!

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Where I presented a paper with @KristofLoockx challenging the notion of harbour districts as isolated urban enclaves. Great comments by Karoline da Silva Rodrigues & @MarlouSchrover. Much to reflect upon...🤔

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Great that this book is out now, including a chapter in which I used the profession of cook as a case study to make the impact of the transition from sail to steam on maritime labour more explicit @FWOVlaanderen @UrbanhistoryUA

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Next Tuesday, May 16th (6.15pm-7.30pm CET), I will talk about Antwerp's sailortown and its inhabitants ⚓️ at the Maritime History and Culture Seminar from @RMGreenwich. The online event is free and there's no need to book!

https://t.co/oJiydFRPGJ

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Grateful to have been awarded a fellowship by the @MHS1791! Very excited to return to Boston! @MHS_Research @UrbanhistoryUA

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Congratulations to, among others, @nabreault @zsb1787 @LauraClerx @jlhill86 @Capt_Dutch @KristofLoockx @KevinMarch94 @knitwhitted @arielwilks for receiving short-term fellowship support from @MHS1791 this year!

We look forward to welcoming you to 1154 Boylston!

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@jeremyland25 @_agiliberto Looking forward to reading this!

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Really enjoyed the session about social approaches to cultural history at the @esshc23 in Gothenburg 🇸🇪! It was the perfect opportunity to present findings on the inhabitants of the maritime districts of Boston and Antwerp. @FWOVlaanderen @fulbrightBELUEU @UrbanhistoryUA

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In de voetsporen van Griekse zeelui 🇬🇷 in 20ste-eeuws Antwerpen 🇧🇪! Ondanks het weer, leerrijke wandeling met de mensen van het 'In Skipperstreet' erfgoedproject en @JSegerink!
Meer info:
https://t.co/WYqxlgt0a6
https://t.co/xKrjx3YjNX

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Vandaag in de Gazet van Antwerpen! Interview gegeven over vrouwelijke pioniers in de Belgische scheepvaart.

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It's Poetry Week in Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands, so here's a colorful gem that describes Boston's harbor around 1900 (found it in a small photo album at the @MHS1791). @FWOVlaanderen @fulbrightBELUEU @UrbanhistoryUA

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Wonderful presentation of the @JaarboekVrouwen last Friday at the @schpvrtmsm in Amsterdam. Great to be part of it! @FWOVlaanderen @UrbanhistoryUA

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Seems like a perfect time to head back home... See you soon, Boston! @FWOVlaanderen @fulbrightBELUEU @UrbanhistoryUA