Revival After the Great War

Luc Verpoest is Emeritus Professor at the KU Leuven where he has been teaching architectural history and theory and history of heritage conservation. He is still publishing in these particular research fields. Leen Engelen is historian of media and visual culture at LUCA School of Arts/KU Leuven and president of the International Association for Media and History. Rajesh Heynickx is intellectual historian at the KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture. In his work he focuses on the history of architectural theory and the transformation of aesthetic theories in the twentieth century. Jan Schmidt is historian of modern and contemporary Japan at KU Leuven, focusing on political and media history. Pieter Uyttenhove is Associate Professor of history and theory of urbanism at Ghent University. Pieter Verstraete is Associate Professor of history of education at KU Leuven and curator of the annual Leuven DisABILITY Film festival.

C’est donc sur un grand sujet que porte cet ouvrage collectif, issu d’un colloque organisé en mai 2018 à Louvain. De manière novatrice, les chapitres interrogent la pertinence de la dimension nationale dans l’étude des reconstructions d’après-guerre et présentent un modèle alternatif, qui lie fortement le niveau local aux efforts transnationaux (Pierre Purseigle). Outre leur étude des espaces de la guerre et de la sortie de guerre, les auteurs retravaillent aussi la question de la reconstruction pour en dévoiler les multiples aspects.Bruno Cabanes, 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire 2021/4 (N° 152), pages 181 à 212, DOI 10.3917/vin.152.0181

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionRevival After The First World War: Rebuild, Remember, Repair, Reform Luc Verpoest, Leen Engelen, Rajesh Heynickx, Jan Schmidt, Pieter Uyttenhove & Pieter Verstraete PART ONE — REBUILDCatastrophe and Reconstruction in Western Europe: The Urban Aftermath of the First World War Pierre Purseigle Reflections on Leuven as Martyred City and the Realignment of Propinquity Richard Plunz Making Good Farmers by Making Better Farms: Farmstead Architecture and Social Engineering in Belgium After the Great War Dries Claeys & Yves Segers “C’est la beauté de l’ensemble qu’il faut viser.” Notes on Changing Heritage Values of Belgian Post-World War I Reconstruction Townscapes Maarten Liefooghe Rebuilding, Recovery, Reconceptualization: Modern architecture and the First World War Volker M. Welter PART TWO — REMEMBER Reclaiming the Ordinary: Civilians Face the Post-war World Tammy M. Proctor Expressing Grief and Gratitude in an Unsettled Time Temporary First World War Memorials in Belgium Leen Engelen & Marjan Sterckx Remembering the War on the British Stage: From Resistance to Reconstruction Helen E. M. Brooks A War to Learn From: Commemorative Practices in Belgian Schools After World War l Kaat Wils PART THREE — REPAIRHigh Expectations and Silenced Realities: The Re-education of Belgian Disabled Soldiers of the Great War, 1914–1921 Pieter Verstraete and Marisa De Picker Back to work: Riccardo Galeazzi’s Work for the Mutilated Veterans of the Great War, Between German Model and Italian Approach Simonetta Polenghi Competition over Care: The Campaign for a New Medical Campus at the University of Leuven in the 1920s Joris Vandendriessche PART FOUR — REFORMAn Argentine Witness of the Occupation and Reconstruction of Belgium: The Writings of Roberto J. Payró (1918-1922) María Inés Tato The New Post-war Order from the Perspective of the Spanish Struggle for Regeneration (1918-1923) Carolina García Sanz The Act of Giving: Political Instability and the Reform(ation) of Humanitarian Responses to Violence in Portugal in the Aftermath of the First World War Ana Paula Pires Reconstruction, Reform and Peace in Europe after the First World War John Horne Bibliography List of Contributors