Another winner of an Expeditions Oral History project concerns one of our first projects (1999) in Belgium: Listening to a city called Louvain (in dutch: Luister van Leuven), concerning the social and cultural change in the Expeditions home town Louvain before and after the Second World War.

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I want to congratulate Expeditions with the publication of this book. It is indeed a very valuable research whereby many aspects of the nearby history of our city are revealed in a clear and original way. It is not about the mere differences between the past and the present, but about the way in which the former grew into the latter. Therefore by reading this oral history, the social and cultural processes which connect past and present are better understood.

Louis Tobback, Mayor of Leuven.
(foreword Luister van Leuven, p. 3)
Website of the city of Leuven

Informants

Rik Uytterhoeven (1931)
The passion of local history, Heverlee-Leuven!

George Donnes (1938)
The "Jaartallen" in Leuven.

Paul Reekmans (1926)
The Academy of the dialect of Leuven.

Julienne De Prins (1924) and Marcel Struyven (1925)
Leuven is our town!

Anna De Wit (1914)
Learning the youth in Leuven to read and to write.

Margriet Kayenbergh (1904)
Life must be lived in Leuven.

Louis Vanlangendonck (1928)
"Blauwput" en "Vlierbeek".

Jerome Verhoelst (1931)
Being a senior in Leuven.

Dr. Alfons Roeck (1927)
Folk tales in Leuven.
Website about Flemish Folktales