WWW Virtual Library Women's History: Belgium

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Women's History

Archives and Libraries

Archiefcentrum voor vrouwengeschiedenis (AVG-Carhif) - Centre d’Archives pour l’Histoire des Femmes (Carhif-AVG) (Brussels). Belgian Archive Centre on Women's History specializing in women’s history. The centre houses archival materials, books, magazines and pictures related to women’s history and the history of the women’s movement in Belgium.
Cherchez la femme dans les archives de l'AMSAB Online guide to gender related collections in AMSAB, Ghent, the most important repository for the socialist movement in Flanders compiled by Paule Verbruggen and others (MS Word file, 11 pp., 65 Kb).
Fonds Suzan Daniel General information about the Belgian gay/lesbian archive and documentation centre.
RoSa Documentation Centre and Archives Flemish documentation centre, library and archives on equal opportunities, the position of women and gender studies. The collection consists of books, national and international periodicals and leaflets. The website gives general information and access to the RoSa library catalogue.

Research Institutions

Centre for Gender Studies Ghent University
Vrouwenstudies Universiteit Antwerpen The centre for women's studies at the University of Antwerp. General information in Flemish.

Special Topics

Fonds Suzan Daniel General information about the Belgian gay/lesbian archive and documentation centre.
Jongens en meisjes, een duik in het verleden (Boys and girls - diving into the past). An interactive website designed for educational purposes by the Belgian The Archive Centre on Women’s History AVG - CARHIF.
Recht van de Lage Landen = Low Countries Law Digitized documents, articles and a bibliography on witchcraft trials in the early modern southern Netherlands on this legal history site maintained by Jos Monballyu, Leuven University (Belgium).

Discussion Lists

Kenau Discussion list for women's and gender history in the Netherlands and Belgium. Subscription information in Dutch.

Reference

Sophia Belgian women's studies network. Sophia aims at stimulating research and education in women's studies, while establishing contacts between the Dutch-and Frenchspeaking communities in Belgium and between the women's movement and the academic world.

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Last updated 11 February 2013