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The C²DH is proud and happy to announce that Prof. Mark Tebeau will join as visiting public history research fellow in 2022.

Présentation du livre "Les CFL en mouvement depuis 75 ans. Histoire des chemins de fer luxembourgeois" le 17 mars 2022.

The C²DH is part of an international consortium conducting interviews with refugees and people supporting refugees.

Die Universitäten Trier und Luxemburg sind Gastgeber der jährlichen Fachkonferenz für digitale Geisteswissenschaften im deutschsprachigen Raum.

La première luxembourgeoise du documentaire interactif «A Colônia Luxemburguesa» de Dominique Santana et l'inauguration du "[L]aço à Belval ont eu lieu le 4 mars en présence de S.A.R. le Grand-Duc.

The C²DH has joined #ScienceForUkraine, an initiative of volunteers which brokers information about support opportunities for scholars fleeing Ukraine.

International Conference on 9-10 June 2022 at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) in Esch-Belval.

The C²DH expresses its solidarity with the people of Ukraine and everyone who is affected by the consequences of this war.

The first issue of the REPAIR fanzine which explores the topic of repair practices and opportunities in Esch-sur-Alzette, is now available.

A new treasure hunt takes you on a journey through the former ironworks of Belval. Discover secret locations, solve riddles and maybe win a prize.

JHNR publishes outstanding and original contributions which apply the theories and methodologies of social network analysis to historical research, helps advance the epistemological and theoretical understanding of social network analysis in the historical, social and political sciences, and promotes empirical research on historical social interactions.

In connection with the WARLUX research project, this conference focuses on the impact of war experiences on non-German nationals serving in the Nazi German armed forces and labour organisations. It will be held on 26-28 October 2022 at the University of Luxembourg.

The Institute of History of the University of Wrocław, Poland, the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg (C²DH), Zajezdnia (Depot) History Centre, the International Federation for Public History, and the Commission for Public History of the Committee of Historical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences invite students, PhD candidates and practitioners to participate in the fifth Public History Summer School to be held in hybrid format (on-site and on-line), 6–10 June 2022.

As of 1 January 2022, the University of Luxembourg has become the headquarters of the International Federation for Public History. This constitutes a new partnership to develop international research networks.

Parue dans la série « Studien zur transnationalen Zeitgeschichte Luxemburg“ de De Gruyter Oldenburg.

Former C²DH PhD candidate Vitus Sproten’s thesis on the history of free radios in the Netherlands, Belgium and North Rhine-Westphalia wins the ‘excellent thesis award’ granted by the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences.

On 27 October, Machteld Venken was interviewed about her newest monograph ‘Peripheries at the Centre. Borderland Schooling in Interwar Europe’ on the New Books Review

Dieses Buch lädt Sie ein, die Geschichte und das architektonische Erbe von Esch/Alzette zu entdecken, der außergewöhnlichen Hauptstadt des luxemburgischen Erzbeckens.

Book edited by Joris Vandendriessche and Benoît Majerus and published by Manchester University Press.

Andreas Fickers wins the Outstanding Mentor Award and the Award for Outstanding Promotion of Science to the Public goes to the C²DH REMIX team.