Gillian Mathys

Ufo

Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 35

Room 130.012

B-9000 Gent

tel: ++32 (0)9 33 10284

e-mail: gillian.mathys@ugent.be

Education

• Master in History, Ghent University 1999-2003
• Master of Arts in African Studies, School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) 2004-2005
• PhD in History, Ghent University, March 2014

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• Ph. D. fellowship of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
• Member of the Research Group CCC
• Member of Ghent Africa Platform (GAP)
• Member of ABORNE (African Borderlands Research Network)

Appointments

Room 130.012, UFo, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 35, 9000 Ghent. 

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Research interests

• State and state formation in the eastern Congo from a local perspective; land; use and mobilization of history and historical naratives within a conflict context; Simba rebellions 
• PhD-research: 'People on the move. Frontiers, borders, mobility and history in the Lake Kivu region 

• Master's thesis (SOAS, 2005): 'The migration of 'Banyarwanda' towards the Kivu during the colonial period'

• Master's thesis (University Ghent, 2003): 'The star in the land of unholy idols: an interpretation of the images in the Belgian colonial cinema (1947-1957)'

Fieldwork

Extensive research experience in Rwanda and the eastern Congo since 2009;

 

Publications

Publications(active tab)

https://biblio.ugent.be/person/802000129671 

Other

• • Bouvy, Alexis and Gillian Mathys for Local Voices Project, “Nous ne sommes pas des terroristes - La Lucha” http://www.localvoicesproject.com/issue-01/nous-ne-sommes-pas-des-terroristes-lucha/

• Mathys, Gillian. 'Het wapen van de Congolese geschiedenis' [The weapon of Congolese history]. Opinion piece in De Morgen, 13.11.2008.

• Stefaan Smis & Gillian Mathys, 'Reader overzicht van de geschiedenis van Afrika', Gent, Acco, 2008.