The ninth Baron Velge Prize has been awarded to Professor Giorgos Antoniou for his work on the impact of World War II on society and current policies in present day Greece. To mark the occasion, Professor Antoniou will deliver an exclusive series of 4 lectures at the ULB.

The Baron Jean Charles Velge Fund, set up within the King Baudouin Foundation, supports research in contemporary history. Since 2012, it has financed the International Chair for the History of the Second World War, created in honour of Jean Vanwelkenhuyzen. Each year, the Fund awards the Baron Velge Prize to the author of an original contribution. 

The 2019 prize recognises the work of Giorgos Antoniou, Professor of Contemporary History at the Aristotle University of Thessalonica, for his work on the impact of World War II on present-day society and policies in Greece. 

To mark the occasion, Professor Antoniou will address issues of restitution, collaboration and resistance in a series of 4 exclusive lectures organised by the International Chair for the History of the Second World War.

Practical details

Inaugural lecture « The Long second war in Greece, 1941-1949 »
Monday, 18 November 2019, at 18h30 
ULB – Campus du Solbosch
Auditorium R42.4.503   
Av. F. Roosevelt 50
1050 Brussels

Lecture « Return and restitution. Ethnic and political refugees and expellees in Greece, 1945-1995 »
Thursday 21 November 2019, at 18h00
ULB – Campus du Solbosch
Auditorium AY2.108
Av. F. Roosevelt 50
1050 Brussels

Lecture « Surviving the Holocaust. Jewish victims, Christian bystanders, rescuers and collaborators »
Monday 25 November 2019, at 18h00
ULB – Campus du Solbosch
Auditorium R42.5.503
Av. F. Roosevelt 50
1050 Brussels

Lecture « History rewriting and the public sphere: revisionist debates in Europe »
Wednesday 27 November 2019, at 18h00
ULB – Campus du Solbosch
Auditorium R42.5.503
Av. F. Roosevelt 50
1050 Brussels