Lode Wils

Lodewijk Jan "Lode" Wils (18 March 1929 – 10 December 2024) was a Belgian historian and academic.^[1] 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].^[2][3] Wils died in Heverlee on 10 December 2024, at the age of 95.^[1]

Lode Wils
Born	Lodewijk Jan Wils (1929-03-18)18 March 1929 Antwerp, Belgium
Died	10 December 2024(2024-12-10) (aged 95) Heverlee, Belgium
Education	Catholic University of Leuven
Occupation(s)	Historian, academic

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)