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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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19 September 2024

written by :
Nicolas Arendt

Surviving Transformation. Technological progress in the (post)socialist steel industry in the GDR 1985-1995

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BEYOND WORK: sports, culture and arts within diverse societies in Europe across time

18 September 2024

BEYOND WORK: sports, culture and arts within diverse societies in Europe across time

34th AEMI (Association of European migration institutions) conference.
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18 September 2024

written by :
Inna Ganschow

Data Modeling and CMDI standard

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12 September 2024

written by :
Andreas Fickers

Thinkering with Old Media Technologies: Hands-on History as Experimental System of Historical Knowledge Production

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1 September 2024

written by :
Philippe Blasen

Der trügerische Blick auf den Anderen. Die Beziehungen zwischen Siebenbürger Sachsen und Luxemburgern in der Zwischenkriegszeit

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28 August 2024

written by :
Andreas Fickers

Making objects speak. Experimental media archaeology, object biographies, and transmedia storytelling

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6 August 2024

written by :
Inna Ganschow

Crafting a Best Practice Digital Workflow Amidst Conflict: Hands-On Solutions and Reflections on Ethics and Data Security

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16 July 2024

written by :
Suzana Cascao

LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF A MODERN CITY. BOURGEOIS MIDDLE-CLASSES IN ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE (1842-1922)

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6 July 2024

written by :
Sarah Maya Vercruysse, Blandine Landau

Challenging Luxembourg's Second World War narratives through public engagement and community-based research

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6 July 2024

written by :
Denis Scuto, Philippe Blasen

Die Personenstandsaufnahme und das Vetorecht der Quellen. Teil 4: Überlegungen zur völkischen Politik

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26 June 2024

written by :
Daniel Richter

Grüne Mauern und der Mythos der "ausgebliebenen Proletarisierung" - Periphere Arbeiterstraßen in der industrialisierten Kleinstadt Esch/Alzette zwischen Urbanität und Ruralität (1890-1935)

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22 June 2024

written by :
Denis Scuto, Philippe Blasen

Von der Personenstandsaufnahme zur Erhebung des Volkstums. Teil 3: Drohungen, Strafgelder, Schläge, einer Kartei halber

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21 June 2024

written by :
Inna Ganschow

Book Writing in Luxembourg

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Maxime Kaci

12 June 2024

written by :
Machteld Venken

Transnational Scholar in Residence: Maxime Kaci

From 10 to 26 June 2024, the 'Contemporary History of Luxembourg' (LHI) research group has the pleasure of welcoming Maxime Kaci as a Transnational Scholar in Residence.
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10 June 2024

written by :
Machteld Venken

Conjuguer passé et présent des frontières : Pour un dialogue renouvelé entre History of Borderlands et Border Studies

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Kaputt © Volker Schlecht 2016

7 June 2024

written by :
Ira Yeroshko

Forced labor at GDR prison - animated in award-winning “Kaputt” animation

How does one visualize the tragic past of the Hoheneck imprisoned forced laborers, a reality that remained unseen for years? Three German directors, Volker Schlecht, Max Mönch, and Alexander Lahl, took on this daunting task by conducting extensive oral history research and transforming their findings into the award-winning animation “Kaputt.”
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Mariupol. A Hunder Nights

7 June 2024

written by :
Ira Yeroshko

Mariupol. A Hundred Nights - A Story Not Yet Forgotten

Thoughts about the animation film "Mariupol. A Hundred Nights" by Sofiia Melnyk and Andrii Palatnyi portraying a young girl who loses her family and home in Mariupol following the Russian invasion in 2022.
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7 June 2024

written by :
Andreas Fickers

SERVERS AND CLOUDS IN 50 YEARS: DOCUMENTATION TECHNOLOGIES TODAY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ARCHIVES IN THE FUTURE

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7 June 2024

written by :
Machteld Venken, Inna Ganschow

Presenter: Designing a best practice digital workflow in times of war. Insights into the launching of the U-CORE project

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History's New Chatty Companion: Putting the Chat Eluxemburgensia to the Test

3 June 2024

written by :
Estelle Bunout

History's New Chatty Companion: Putting the Chat Eluxemburgensia to the Test

Members of the research area Contemporary History of Luxembourg and participants of the Strand Colloquium for Digital and Transnational History had a workshop to assess the capabilities of the Chat Eluxemburgensia, an AI-powered chatbot designed to provide historical information in response to natural language queries. The workshop identified the chatbot's strengths in answering specific, structured questions about historical figures and events.

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