The History Department's research is organized around three chronological axes and four major themes structured into research hubs.

Chronological research

  • Middle Ages (Xavier Hermand, Jean-François Nieus, Matthieu Pignot, Etienne Renard, Nicolas Ruffini-Ronzani)
  • Modern times (Fulgence Delleaux, Isabelle Parmentier)
  • Contemporary period (Bénédicte Rochet, Anne Roekens, Axel Tixhon)

Research in the history of antiquity is conducted within the Department of Classical Languages and Literatures.

Major themes

  • L'écrit au Moyen Âge

Pôle de recherche interdisciplinaire "Pratiques médiévales de l'écrit" (PraME), part of the Institut PaTHs.

  • L'histoire des campagnes aux époques modernes et contemporaine

Pôle de recherche namuroise en histoire rurale 1500-1850 (aRaiRe), integrated into the PaTHs Institute.

  • Environmental history in modern and contemporary times

Pôle de l'histoire environnementale-Namur (PolleN), part of the ILEE Institute.

  • The history of the visual and representations in contemporary times

"History, sounds, images" research cluster (HiSI), integrated into the PaTHs Institute.

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