PhD Vacancy: “A History of Journalism Through Its News Dispatches”
Université libre de Bruxelles | Application deadline: 24 March 2024
This project focuses on the 41 years of news dispatches from the Belgian press agency Belga, which are archived at KBR—over 3 million pages produced since 1954. It also involves contributing to their preservation as historical archives. The project has a dual objective: first, to analyse Belga’s news production to enrich the history of Belgian journalism, and second, to contribute to the preservation and public (and academic) accessibility of this major cultural heritage. The Belga Dispatch Archive is an invaluable resource for the history of journalism and for Belgian history more broadly.