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BLIZAAR project develops new visualization techniques for the exploration of multimedia document collections

The story of a Russian POW saved and hidden by his Luxemburger friends in 1944 told by two eyewitnesses.

The story of the castle built by the inventor of accumulators Henri Owen Tudor (1859-1928).

The virtual exhibition of the history of Radio Luxembourg / RTL is the result of a research seminar at the University of Luxembourg, curated by students of the Master in Contemporary European History under the supervision of Prof. Andreas Fickers.

This paper describes a prototype geo extension to an open source graph-based tool designed for analysing co-occurrence in large multimedia collections of historical resources. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, combining tools and practices from humanities and geography, we explore how it can be extended to facilitate both social and spatial enquiry. For the prototype development we

This book examines the participation of Jewish volunteers in the international brigades during the Spanish Civil War "--

The story of the tollest building in the main street of the capitol Luxemburgs - Centre Rosenstiel.

The conference “Benelux, Europe and the Cold War, the power of non-powers”, which took place on 30 and 31 March 2017 at the University of Luxembourg, was the first of three events planned in the FNR-funded CORE junior project “Benelux”, as part of its public outreach and academic output objectives. The conference sought to highlight asymmetrical power relations in the Cold War period of European integration by examining European security. What was/is European security in the context of the Cold War? How was and is it conceived?

The conference “Benelux, Europe and the Cold War, the power of non-powers”, which took place on 30 and 31 March 2017 at the University of Luxembourg, was the first of three events planned in the FNR-funded CORE junior project “Benelux”, as part of its public outreach and academic output objectives. The conference sought to highlight asymmetrical power relations in the Cold War period of European integration by examining European security. What was/is European security in the context of the Cold War? How was and is it conceived?

Die Stadt Luxemburg scheint ihr Stadtbild durch den Wechsel von eng be- bauten Straßenzügen und offenen Plätzen, Wohnvierteln und Parks, Banken und Rasenflächen in ein harmonisches Gleichgewicht bringen zu wollen. Eine der Methoden, Übergänge zwischen bebautem und freiem Raum zu kreieren oder auch ein Zuviel an „Luft“ zu füllen, ist ein Denkmal, das die Leere des Raums geschickt ausbalanciert. Außerdem erfüllte es außer der dekorativen schon immer auch eine erzieherische Funktion: Es sichert Erinnerungswerte, schreibt bestimmte Beispiele ins Gedächtnis der Nachkommen ein.