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Lodewijk Jan "Lode" Wils (18 March 1929 – 10 December 2024) was a Belgian historian and academic. He studied at the Catholic University of Leuven and became a professor of history at KU Leuven following the split between the French and Dutch-language universities, serving in this role until 1995. His works are archived at the Archive for National Movements [nl]. Wils died in Heverlee on 10 December 2024, at the age of 95.

Works

• Flamenpolitik en Activisme. Vlaanderen tegenover België in de Eerste Wereldoorlog (1974)
• Van Clovis tot Happart. De lange weg van de naties in de lage landen (1992)
• Joris van Severen: Een aristocraat verdwaald in de politiek (1994)
• Vlaanderen, België, Groot-Nederland: Mythe en geschiedenis (1994)
• Waarom Vlaanderen Nederlands spreekt (2001)
• Histoire des nations belges : Belgique, Flandre, Wallonie : quinze siècles de passé commun (2005)

References

1. ^ Brinckman, Bart (11 December 2024). "Lode Wils, de historicus die tal van mythes van het Vlaams-nationalisme ontkrachtte". De Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
2. "Archief Lode Wils". Archive for National Movements (in Dutch).
3. "Fonds Ward Hermans". Archive for National Movements (in Dutch).

• 1929 births
• 2024 deaths
• Belgian historians
• Belgian academics
• Writers from Antwerp
• Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni