CONFERENCE/BOOK LAUNCH: Standen en Landen/Anciens Pays et Assemblées d'États (Brussels, 18 May 2015)

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Standen en Landen /Anciens Pays et Assemblées d'États, the Belgian Section of the International Committee for the History of Parliamentary and Representative Institutions, launches the 110th volume of its collection on Monday 18 May 2015 in the Chamber of Representatives.

After presentation of a work on 20th Century Belgian parliamentary and party politics (Dr. Frederik Verleden (KUL),‘Vertegenwoordigers van Natie‘ in partijdienst. De verhouding tussen de Belgische politieke partijen in hun parlementsleden (1918-1970), Kortrijk:INNI publishers, 2015), prof. Olivier Christin (Neuchâtel/EPHE), author of Vox Populi. Une Histoire du vote avant le suffrage universel (Paris: Seuil, 2014, see earlier on this blog) will deliver a keynote lecture on Old Regime voting systems.

Those wishing to attend the event, from 14:00 to 16:00, should notify their presence on standenenlanden@gmail.com.

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