- The archives about the history of colonisation
- Decolonising the treatment of these archives: current projects
- The sources guide to the history of colonisation
- The transfer of the “Africa Archives” to the State Archives
- News
- Further information
News
- Mandatory declassification: Big step in the right directions
- State Archives and Special Parliamentary Commission “Congo”: A first assessment
- Reaction of the State Archives to the expert report of the Congo Commission
- Transfer of archives from Colonial Security Services
- Virtual exhibition “Métis – archives, memories and identities”
- Release of an exceptional publication: “Belgium, Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Sources guide to the history of colonisation (19th-20th century). Towards a better sharing of a common cultural heritage!”
- Series of videos about the archives related to the colonisation
- The new Secretary of State for Science Policy, Thomas Dermine, visits the State Archives
- Progressive cataloguing of the “Africa Archives”: archives of the Inspector General for Hygiene
- Over 2.5 km of archives transferred from FPS Foreign Affairs
- Union Minière: Archives about the copper mining operations in Katanga
- Fonds Umicore: Archives about the non-ferrous metals sector
Further information
- Les archivistes face aux défis de la décolonisation (version française) (Journal of Belgian History, LII, 2022, 4) | Belgian archivists dealing with the challenges of decolonisation (Archives et Bibliothèques de Belgique, L93, 2022 (2024)).
- Opening up colonial archives, in Belgium, Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Sources guide to the history of colonisation (19th-20th century). Towards a better sharing of a common cultural heritage!
- From confiscation to decolonisation: The challenges of colonial archives (Meta 2021/2)
- A common heritage to be shared. The challenges in managing archives produced in a colonial context (Info-AAFB, May 2021)
- Podcasts Africarch (video)
- The project 'Résolution-Métis': Archival issues between identity and confidentiality
- Research project “Résolution-Métis”
- A common (digital) heritage: Bilateral sharing of Belgian colonial public records about Rwanda
- Virtual exhibition “Résolution-Métis”
Page update: 23 July 2024
