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Innovating history

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.

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Holocaust History and Memory

This Forum Z centres around three themes related to Holocaust history and memory – Holocaust history in the digital age, the Holocaust and Jewish life in Luxembourg, and combating anti-Semitism in contemporary Europe.
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Thinkering

Learning by Walking: Discovering Esch and its Industrial Surroundings

On 12 November, the REMIX team visited the town of Esch-sur-Alzette and the surrounding industrial sites. The visit was organised and guided by Denis Scuto, the C²DH Vice-Director and a true Escher at heart. In addition to its exploratory purposes, the full-day tour proved to be an excellent bonding experience for the REMIX team.
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Data

Lecture by Melvin Wevers: "Signals and Noise: Extracting Patterns of Cultural Expressions from Digitized Sources". Recording and interview.

Lecture by Dr. Melvin Wevers, KNAW Humanities Cluster, Amsterdam, and exclusive interview for the C²DH’s ‘New Horizons’ lecture series.
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3 December 2019

Third Issue of the Journal of Historical Network Research published

JHNR publishes outstanding and original contributions which apply the theories and methodologies of social network analysis to historical research whilst respecting best practices in historical research.

21 November 2019

CfP International Summer School "Oral History Meets European Integration Studies. Testing new tools and methods in digital history"

The C²DH announces a Summer School co-organised with the European University Institute (Florence) and the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (Frankfurt), to be held at the Maison Robert Schuman in Luxembourg City from 22 to 26 June 2020. This Summer School invites to test digital tools and methods for oral history and stresses how digital oral sources contribute to narratives in European Integration History.

30 September 2019

A virtual exhibition created with the University of Luxembourg to celebrate 100 years of BGL BNP Paribas

The retrospective covers the history of the bank from 1919 to today.

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Schumann's Eck - an interactive documentary

20 January 2020

Schumann's Eck - an interactive documentary

Premiere of the interactive documentary produced on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.