Lode Wils

Lode Wils
Born
Lodewijk Jan Wils

(1929-03-18)18 March 1929
Antwerp, Belgium
Died10 December 2024(2024-12-10) (aged 95)
Heverlee, Belgium
EducationCatholic University of Leuven
Occupation(s)Historian, academic

Lodewijk Jan "Lode" Wils (18 March 1929 – 10 December 2024) was a Belgian historian and academic.[1] He studied at the Catholic University of Leuven and became a professor of history at KU Leuven following the split between the French and Dutch-language universities, serving in this role until 1995. His works are archived at the Archive for National Movements [nl].[2][3] Wils died in Heverlee on 10 December 2024, at the age of 95.[1]

Works

  • Flamenpolitik en Activisme. Vlaanderen tegenover België in de Eerste Wereldoorlog (1974)
  • Van Clovis tot Happart. De lange weg van de naties in de lage landen (1992)
  • Joris van Severen: Een aristocraat verdwaald in de politiek (1994)
  • Vlaanderen, België, Groot-Nederland: Mythe en geschiedenis (1994)
  • Waarom Vlaanderen Nederlands spreekt (2001)
  • Histoire des nations belges : Belgique, Flandre, Wallonie : quinze siècles de passé commun (2005)

References

  1. ^ a b Brinckman, Bart (11 December 2024). "Lode Wils, de historicus die tal van mythes van het Vlaams-nationalisme ontkrachtte". De Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Archief Lode Wils". Archive for National Movements (in Dutch).
  3. ^ "Fonds Ward Hermans". Archive for National Movements (in Dutch).