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Decoding Fairground Newspapers: Analysing History with Large Language Models

20 March 2024

written by :
Véronique Faber, Lars Wieneke

Decoding Fairground Newspapers: Analysing History with Large Language Models

Can large language models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence (AI) unlock the secrets hidden within historical documents, such as showpeople periodicals? This question propelled researchers from the universities of Antwerp, Luxembourg, and Marburg to explore the potential of LLM/AI in a one-day workshop.
Thinkering
AI generated embroideries for Ukrainian dancing costumes

22 February 2024

written by :
Inna Ganschow

AI generated embroideries for Ukrainian dancing costumes

The VYSH project uses various artificial intelligence technologies to create embroidery designs for the stage costumes of the Luxembourg dance group Berehyni, which popularizes historical Ukrainian dances.
Event
Ukrainian Studies Across the Borders

21 February 2024

Ukrainian Studies Across the Borders

International conference dedicated to Ukrainian studies beyond traditional Ukrainistics.
News
Radio Luxembourg - The station that changed the world

20 December 2023

written by :
Dominique Santana

“Radio Luxembourg”, a new transmedia project on the cult station

The Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg, together with Samsa Film and the Centre national de l’audiovisuel (CNA), are launching the transmedia project “Radio Luxembourg – The station that changed the world”.
Event
The Buried Histories of Chimborazo Park / The Female Itinerant Preachers’ Body in the Nineteenth Century

12 May 2023

The Buried Histories of Chimborazo Park / The Female Itinerant Preachers’ Body in the Nineteenth Century

Research seminar with Laura Brannan and Caroline Greer.
Data
Popkult 60 online exhibition

16 December 2021

written by :
Richard Legay

Popkult60 online exhibition

Transnational popular culture – Europe in the long 1960s.
News
Popkult 60 online exhibition

20 October 2021

written by :
Richard Legay

Popkult60 online exhibition

Transnational popular culture – Europe in the long 1960s
Event
Laying the foundations of a modern city. Middle-classes/Bourgeoisie and entrepreneurship in early 20th century Esch-sur-Alzette (1900-1940)

2 August 2021

Laying the foundations of a modern city. Middle-classes/Bourgeoisie and entrepreneurship in early 20th century Esch-sur-Alzette (1900-1940)

Research seminar with Suzana Lopes Ferreira Cascao
Event
#DHJewish - Jewish Studies in the Digital Age

18 December 2020

#DHJewish - Jewish Studies in the Digital Age

The international virtual conference “#DHJewish - Jewish Studies in the Digital Age” will take place from 11 to 14 January 2021 and will bring together more than sixty scholars and heritage practitioners to discuss how the digital turn affects the field of Jewish Studies.
News
CFP: International Conference #DHJewish - Jewish Studies in the Digital Age

10 March 2020

written by :
Gerben Zaagsma

CFP: International Conference #DHJewish - Jewish Studies in the Digital Age

The international conference “#DHJewish - Jewish Studies in the Digital Age” will take place on 12 and 13 January 2021 at the University of Luxembourg and will bring together scholars and heritage practitioners to discuss how the digital turn affects the field of Jewish Studies.
Event
Zukunftshandeln in globalen Krisen: Bundesdeutsche Praktiken in den 1970/80er Jahren

10 October 2019

Zukunftshandeln in globalen Krisen: Bundesdeutsche Praktiken in den 1970/80er Jahren

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Frank Bösch (Universität Potsdam) im Rahmen des trinationalen Doktorandenkollegs.
News
Out now - Fabricating Modern Societies: Education, Bodies, and Minds in the Age of Steel

19 September 2019

written by :
Karin Priem

Out now - Fabricating Modern Societies: Education, Bodies, and Minds in the Age of Steel

Publication of a new book, edited by Karin Priem and Frederik Herman.
Thinkering
In quest of academic identities: my participation in the ISCH conference in Tallinn

29 July 2019

written by :
Fabio Spirinelli

In quest of academic identities: my participation in the ISCH conference in Tallinn

From 26 to 29 June 2019, I participated in a conference in Tallinn (Estonia) organised by the International Society for Cultural History (ISCH), where, in addition, I presented a paper on cultural policy in Luxembourg. This experience was part of a quest to better understand cultural history and my own research.
Event
Kunstgeplänkel und Kommerzverbrämung: wie Film und Fernsehen der 1960er sich zwischen Mainstream und Avantgarde neu orientieren

2 April 2019

Kunstgeplänkel und Kommerzverbrämung: wie Film und Fernsehen der 1960er sich zwischen Mainstream und Avantgarde neu orientieren

Konferenz von Jörg Türschmann (Universität Wien).
Event
Amerikanisierung, Westernisierung, Europäisierung? Popgeschichte und die historischen Raumdebatten.

18 October 2018

Amerikanisierung, Westernisierung, Europäisierung? Popgeschichte und die historischen Raumdebatten.

Konferenz von Bodo Mrozek (Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung, Potsdam)
News
Kulturen des Reparierens: Dinge - Wissen - Praktiken

22 May 2018

written by :
Stefan Krebs

Kulturen des Reparierens: Dinge - Wissen - Praktiken

Reparieren und Instandhalten sind ökonomisch wie kulturell zentrale Praktiken im »Leben« technischer Dinge und Infrastrukturen. Der Band rückt diese bislang wenig untersuchten Tätigkeiten in den Vordergrund und fragt nach den Wissensformen der unterschiedlichen Kulturen des Reparierens.
Forum Z
May 68 – myth vs reality

21 February 2018

written by :
Richard Legay, Andreas Fickers

May 68 – myth vs reality

What was the impact of “May 68” in Europe and on Luxembourg society in particular? The tensions between myth and reality will be discussed at this Forum Z.
News
Popkult60: A closer look at popular culture in Europe over the long decade of the 1960s

19 January 2018

written by :
Noëlle Schon

Popkult60: A closer look at popular culture in Europe over the long decade of the 1960s

A new interdisciplinary research group composed of members of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), the Institute for History at the University of Luxembourg and Saarland University will investigate transnational transfers of popular culture in Europe in the 1960s.
Thinkering
International Conference of Europeanists

24 July 2017

written by :
Elena Danescu

European studies at the crossroads – 24th International Conference of Europeanists

From 12 to 14 July 2017, the University of Glasgow hosted the 24th International Conference of Europeanists which explored the theme of “Sustainability and Transformation”. Elena Danescu (C²DH) gave a presentation entitled “Shaping Economic and Monetary Union in the 1970s – Theoretical Debates and Political Networks.
Thinkering
Au bord de la mer à Bredene-sur-Mer en Belgique – nature et technologie. Vers 1928.

30 May 2017

written by :
Karin Priem, Frederik Herman

Forging a Modern Society. Photography and Corporate Communication in the Industrial Age (ARBED 1911 – 1937)

An exhibition and book project resulting from a collaboration between the FAMOSO research team (C²DH) and the Centre national de l’audiovisuel (CNA – National Audiovisual Centre).

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