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The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) is the University of Luxembourg’s third interdisciplinary research centre, focusing on high-quality research, analysis and public dissemination in the field of contemporary Luxembourgish and European history. It promotes an interdisciplinary approach with a particular focus on new digital methods and tools for historical research and teaching.

Temporary History Lab
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Public History Between Proximity and Distance: a Temporary History Lab in Times of COVID-19

The Temporary History Lab, set up in the Annexe22 pavilion in Esch-sur-Alzette from September to October 2020, was part of the research project “Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age”.
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Légionnaires exhibition
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Légionnaires

The exhibition « Légionnaires » is the outcome of a collaboration between the C²DH and the Musée Dräi Eechelen, bringing together the results of a quinquennial investigation on the Luxembourgers in the French Foreign Legion.
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Warlux project
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Between the front and home – War letters of Luxembourgers in Nazi forces and organisations during WWII as a source to study their individual war experiences

The ongoing project WARLUX aims to study the biographies of young Luxembourgers, born between 1920 and 1927, who were drafted by the Nazi German authorities for the Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst) and the German Army (Wehrmacht).
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18 February 2021

Workshop report: Rethinking the Histories and Legacies of Industrial Cities

On 10 and 11 December 2020, the C²DH has hosted an online workshop. This event was organised as part of the research project “Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age: Sounds, Images, Ecologies, Practices and Materialities in Space and Time”. This workshop brought together academics from different countries to analyse the evolution of industrial cities during the 20th century.

11 January 2021

Call for contributions - Histories of the Present and Histories of the Past: Pandemics and Historians of Education

'Paedagogica Historica' is preparing a special issue on Pandemics and History of Education - abstracts welcome. Guest editors: Ian Grosvenor and Karin Priem. Managing editor PH: Inés Dussel.

6 April 2020

À découvrir : Guide historique et architectural Esch-sur-Alzette

«Guide historique et architectural Esch-sur-Alzette»: à la découverte de l’histoire et du patrimoine architectural de la capitale du Bassin minier luxembourgeois.

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Scholars as Bricoleurs: The Plurality of Digital Humanities

4 March 2021

Scholars as Bricoleurs: The Plurality of Digital Humanities

Lecture by Dr. Smiljana Antonijević. The event is part of the C²DH lecture series 'New Horizons: Confronting the Digital Turn in the Humanities'.