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The Academia Belgica is an academic organization. The goal of the Academy is to promote the cultural, scientific and artistic cooperation between

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

and

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

. The organization was founded in 1939 when the

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princess Marie-José married the Italian crown prince

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. The Academy is also the seat of the Belgian Historical Institute in

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and of the foundation princess Marie-José, which supports historical research. In 1947, Franz Cumont donated his library to the Academia Belgica. Pierre Bautier and

Henri Pirenne Henri Pirenne (; 23 December 1862 – 24 October 1935) was a Belgian historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume history of Belgium in French and became a prominent public intellectual. Pirenne made a lasting contribut ...

, also donated collections to the academy.

Directors of the Academy

* Jules Vannerus (1939–1940) * Fernand De Visscher (1945–1949) * Fernand Vercauteren (1949–1954) * William Lameere (1954–1959) *

Charles Verlinden Charles Verlinden (3 February 1907 – 19 May 1996) was a Belgian medievalist with a particular interest in the history of slavery in Europe. In 1970 he was awarded by the Premio Internazionale Galileo Galilei dei Rotary Italiani for his contribut ...

(1959–1977) * Jan Albert Van Houtte (1977–1983) *

Louis Godart Louis Godart (born 12 August 1945) is an Italian archaeologist of Belgian origins. He is a specialist in Mycenaean archaeology and philology and holds the chair of philology at the University of Naples Federico II. He is also currently Director fo ...

(1983–1988) * Jozef Mertens (1988–1993) * Jacqueline Hamesse (1993–2003) * Walter Geerts (2003–2012) * Wouter Bracke (2012-2018) * Sabine Van Sprang (since 2018)

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* {{authority control Learned societies of Belgium Academic transfer Organizations established in 1939 Foundations based in Belgium 1939 establishments in Belgium 1939 establishments in Italy Belgium–Italy relations

Directors of the Academy

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