Anthe Baele

Phd researcher

Department of History

Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

Anthe Baele is a historian and FWO doctoral student at the Department of History at Ghent University. After obtaining a master's degree in History at Ghent University, she completed an International Advanced Master's degree in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies at KU Leuven. Her research focuses on the role of history in relation to the metaphorical ‘other’, with particular attention to the reception of historical cultures. Integration courses form the central field of research. Her current project compares the role of history in integration policy in Flanders and the Netherlands. Specifically, she investigates both the historical development of integration policy in both countries and its practice through participatory observations in integration courses. In this way, she studies how the policy takes shape in the classroom and how both teachers and newcomers relate to the historical content offered.

Email: anthe.baele@ugent.be

Research themes:

Histories of migration and migration policy || Education and training || Participation, integration and transnational relations || Identity