Contemporary history of Luxembourg

The C²DH research profile reflects the mission entrusted to the University of Luxembourg to produce new knowledge about the political, economic, cultural and social history of Luxembourg in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Batty Fischer. Évacués. Luxembourg, 1940. © Photothèque de la Ville de Luxembourg.

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29 April 2025

written by :
Christoph Brüll

Die deutsch-belgischen Beziehungen in der langen Nachkriegszeit: grenzgeschichtliche Perspektiven

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1 March 2025

written by :
Jens van de Maele

Architectures of Bureaucracy: The Politics of Government Office Buildings in Interwar Belgium

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6 February 2025

Forced Laborers in Luxembourg: “Keiner weinte, es gab keine Tränen mehr”

Book launch with Inna Ganschow.

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6 February 2025

written by :
Christoph Brüll

Biographie(s) et historiographie(s) dans les cantons de l’Est belges pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Retour sur une expérience d’historiens

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6 February 2025

written by :
Philippe Blasen

Luxemburg und Siebenbürgen: der Ursprung des Urheimatmythos (1778-1887)

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25 January 2025

written by :
Philippe Blasen

Siebenbürgisch-sächsische Kunst auf der Viandener Burg: Wieder einmal der Urheimatmythos

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The Family of Man. Photo by Romain Girtgen

21 January 2025

What is the relevance of Edward Steichen’s ‘The Family of Man’ today?

Talk by Dr Claude Ewert at Wolfson College, Cambridge.

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13 January 2025

The Jews of Romania and Luxembourg: An Entangled History (1914-1947)

Symposium regarding Jewish migration from eastern Austria-Hungary and Romania to Luxembourg and vice versa.

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The Impact of War Experiences in Europe: The Conscription of Non-German Men and Women into the 'Wehrmacht' and 'Reichsarbeitsdienst' (1938–1945)

8 January 2025

Book launch: The Impact of War Experiences in Europe: The Conscription of Non-German Men and Women into the 'Wehrmacht' and 'Reichsarbeitsdienst' (1938–1945)

Volume 2 in the De Gruyter series "Studien zur transnationalen Zeitgeschichte Luxemburgs" is out now!

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20 December 2024

written by :
Inna Ganschow

Foreign Language Knowledge and Migration Behaviour among Ukrainians in Greater Region from 2016 until 2024

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The History of the National Miners’ Monument in Kayl

10 December 2024

written by :
Sam Klein

New website: The History of the National Miners’ Monument in Kayl

A new website, developed by the C²DH as part of a research project about the history of the Inspectorate of Labour and Mines (ITM), explores the intertwined histories of the National Miners’ Monument and the Léiffrächen in Kayl.

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WW2.lu. Luxemb(o)urg in the Second World War

5 December 2024

written by :
Christoph Brüll, Muriel van Ruymbeke

WW2.lu. Luxemb(o)urg in the Second World War

The online exhibition WW2.lu explores Luxembourg's experiences during World War II using recent historiography and digital resources.

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5 December 2024

written by :
Inna Ganschow

Forced Labourers from the East

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5 December 2024

written by :
Inna Ganschow

Prisoner-of-War camp Tambov, Rada (Tambov), Russia

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5 December 2024

written by :
Anna Jagos, Yasmina Zian

Recherches de provenances sur les collections nationales luxembourgeoises. Rapport préliminaire sur la présence éventuelle dans les collections de la BnL, du MNAHA et des " Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg d'objets confisqués aux Juifs pendant…

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1 December 2024

written by :
Sarah Maya Vercruysse

“Desertion Leads to Resettlement” – The Consequences of Desertion and Draft Evasion on the Families of Luxembourgish Soldiers (1942–1945)

News

28 November 2024

written by :
Klaus Behnam Shad, Alex Relicovschi

CfP: Day of Contemporary History in the Greater Region

The Day of Contemporary History in the Greater Region will take place on 25 April 2025, an event dedicated to advancing the study of 19th and 20th-century history with a special focus on the interdisciplinary and transnational dynamics that characterize the Greater Region.

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28 November 2024

written by :
Nicolas Arendt

D'ARBED am Spannungsfeld von der ostdäitscher Transformatioun. D'Acquisitioun von der Maxhütte Unterwellenborn 1992

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22 November 2024

written by :
Christoph Brüll

Emotions et coopération transfrontalière. Réflexions à propos de l'Euregio Meuse-Rhein

Event

19 November 2024

Launch of the 'WW2.lu. Luxemb(o)urg in the Second World War' online exhibition

The new online exhibition WW2.lu explores Luxembourg's experiences during World War II using recent historiography and digital resources.

Aida Horaniet Ibanez
Alex Relicovschi
Andreas Fickers
Andy O'Dwyer
Anita Lucchesi
Anna Jagos
Arnaud Sauer
Aurélia Lafontaine
Benjamin Zenner
Benoit Vaillot
Benoît Majerus
Blandine Landau
Christoph Brüll
Christopher Morse
Daniel Richter
Daniel Thilman
Daniele Guido
Denis Scuto
Dominique Santana
Elena Danescu
Elisabeth Wingerter
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Estelle Berthereau
Estelle Bunout
Fabio Spirinelli
Florentina Armaselu
François Klein
Frederik Herman
Frédéric Clavert
Gerben Zaagsma
Guido Lessing
Inna Ganschow
Ira Plein
Ira Yeroshko
Irene Portas
Irma Hadžalić
Isabelle Voegeli
Jakub Bronec
Jens van de Maele
Joella van Donkersgoed
Julia Harnoncourt
Juliane Tatarinov
Karin Priem
Kateryna Zakharchuk
Kevin Goergen
Klaus Behnam Shad
Lars Wieneke
Machteld Venken
Marc Gloden
Marco Gabellini
Marten Düring
Martine Richard
Maxime Derian
Muriel van Ruymbeke
Nicolas Arendt
Nina Janz
Noëlle Schon
Philippe Blasen
Richard Legay
Sam Klein
Sandra Camarda
Sarah Maya Vercruysse
Sebastien Moreau
Stefan Krebs
Stefania Scagliola
Susanne Schmolze
Suzana Cascao
Sytze Van Herck
Tim van der Heijden
Vera Fritz
Victoria Mouton
Viktoria Boretska
Vitus Sproten
Véronique Faber
Werner Tschacher
Wolfgang Freund
Yasmina Zian
Zoé Konsbruck

100 years of BGL BNP Paribas in Luxembourg
150 Years of Inspection du travail et des mines (Luxembourgish Inspectorate of Labour and Mines)
175 years of POST Luxembourg
75 years of CFL (Luxembourg National Railway Company)
A Colônia Luxemburguesa
Colonial History of Luxembourg (COLUX)
C²DH stands with Ukraine
Digital History & Hermeneutics Doctoral Training Unit
Digital Shoah Memorial Luxembourg
Europe Direct at the University of Luxembourg
FAMOSO 2 - Fabricating modern societies
Foreign workforce in the Minette during the inter-war period
Gilbert Trausch
History in the Making: #covidmemory
History of the spoliation of Jewish property in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (1930s - 1950s)
Italian and Portuguese migration memories in Luxembourg
Passport: Workgroup on the history of borders and migration
Popkult60 (1)
Ranke.2 - Teaching platform on digital source criticism
Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age: Sounds, Images, Ecologies, Practices and Materialities in Space and Time
Researching the collecting, preserving, analysing and disclosing of Ukrainian testimonies of war (U-CORE)
Russian emigration to Luxembourg from 1914 to the present day
Soviet “Ostarbeiters” and POW in Luxembourg during WWII
The history of justice in Luxembourg
Transnational History of Luxembourg
Transnational popular culture – Europe in the long 1960s (2)
Virtual Exhibition: Luxembourg during the Second World War (WWIILUX)
Vyshyvanka - AI generated Ukrainian embroidery
WARLUX - Soldiers and their communities in WWII: The impact and legacy of war experiences in Luxembourg
Éischte Weltkrich: Remembering the Great War in Luxembourg
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Contemporary history of Luxembourg

29 April 2025

Die deutsch-belgischen Beziehungen in der langen Nachkriegszeit: grenzgeschichtliche Perspektiven

1 March 2025

Architectures of Bureaucracy: The Politics of Government Office Buildings in Interwar Belgium

6 February 2025

Forced Laborers in Luxembourg: “Keiner weinte, es gab keine Tränen mehr”

6 February 2025

Biographie(s) et historiographie(s) dans les cantons de l’Est belges pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Retour sur une expérience d’historiens

6 February 2025

Luxemburg und Siebenbürgen: der Ursprung des Urheimatmythos (1778-1887)

25 January 2025

Siebenbürgisch-sächsische Kunst auf der Viandener Burg: Wieder einmal der Urheimatmythos

21 January 2025

What is the relevance of Edward Steichen’s ‘The Family of Man’ today?

13 January 2025

The Jews of Romania and Luxembourg: An Entangled History (1914-1947)

8 January 2025

Book launch: The Impact of War Experiences in Europe: The Conscription of Non-German Men and Women into the 'Wehrmacht' and 'Reichsarbeitsdienst' (1938–1945)

20 December 2024

Foreign Language Knowledge and Migration Behaviour among Ukrainians in Greater Region from 2016 until 2024

10 December 2024

New website: The History of the National Miners’ Monument in Kayl

5 December 2024

WW2.lu. Luxemb(o)urg in the Second World War

5 December 2024

Forced Labourers from the East

5 December 2024

Prisoner-of-War camp Tambov, Rada (Tambov), Russia

5 December 2024

Recherches de provenances sur les collections nationales luxembourgeoises. Rapport préliminaire sur la présence éventuelle dans les collections de la BnL, du MNAHA et des " Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg d'objets confisqués aux Juifs pendant…

1 December 2024

“Desertion Leads to Resettlement” – The Consequences of Desertion and Draft Evasion on the Families of Luxembourgish Soldiers (1942–1945)

28 November 2024

CfP: Day of Contemporary History in the Greater Region

28 November 2024

D'ARBED am Spannungsfeld von der ostdäitscher Transformatioun. D'Acquisitioun von der Maxhütte Unterwellenborn 1992

22 November 2024

Emotions et coopération transfrontalière. Réflexions à propos de l'Euregio Meuse-Rhein

19 November 2024

Launch of the 'WW2.lu. Luxemb(o)urg in the Second World War' online exhibition

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research areas

Public history

Contemporary history of Luxembourg

Contemporary history of Europe

Digital history & historiography