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After one exciting year of existence, the C²DH publishes its first annual report - in a fully digital format.

Benoît Majerus and Anne Roekens (Université Catholique de Louvain) have edited a special issue ‘Histories of Psychiatry’ of the Journal of Belgian History. The issue contains five articles exploring different research trends. Two of these contributions were by members of the C²DH: Benoît Majerus and Eva Andersen.

Il s'agit de commenter l'analyse à laquelle interdisciplinaire réalisée par Michel Aglietta et Nicolas Lerron dans leur ouvrage intitulée « La double démocratie. Une Europe politique pour la croissance ». Cette analyse est placée dans une perspective historique, avec l’objectif d’expliquer pourquoi l’Europe est plus gravement atteinte par ces phénomènes que les autres région du monde et d’identifier les moyens d’ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives au projet européen. Le constat des auteurs est sans appel : l’Union européenne et la zone euro sont aujourd’hui en impasse.

As Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Luxembourg over several decades, Pierre Werner shaped the future of his country and was one of the rare statesmen to play a part in the progress of European integration until the mid-1980s. He played a major role in regional integration (BLEU, Benelux) and in EEC policy-making and gained a strong reputation for forging a political consensus between larger powers (Germany and France)and between diametrically opposed positions (‘economists’ vs ‘monetarists’).

This contribution, which lies at the intersection of two topics that will be addressed at the conference (Critical study and digital hermeneutical approaches in the humanities, and Humanities research enabled by digital approaches), aims to analyse how the study of digital social networks of the past may challenge historians of the Web and digital cultures and help shed light on current issues concerning the heritagisation of social networks.

The contribution is part of the dissertation entitled Cultural and Educational Activities of the Jewish Minority in Czechoslovakia and Luxembourg after World War II. Interviews completed the survey among the members of the 2nd and 3rd Jewish post-war generations and the reflection of archival research. The study aims to point out different perceptions of international events (Judicial Process with Adolf Eichmann, Six-Day War, Operation Entebbe, Olympic Games in Munich 1972, etc.) within the differently influenced Jewish communities.

Decoding Europe: On the Traces of the Past. Highlighting Europe’s multiplicity. Zoom in and out between micro-histories of Europe in the border regions of Luxembourg and the macro-histories of Europe by exploring Berlin as a lens of world history. General organisation of lectures, course topics, hands on sessions and visits in Berlin and the greater region. Preparation of topic based readers for the students and participation in the multiple hands on activities proposed in Berlin and the greater region.

Seminar on "European institutions and European enterprises" (Seminar at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy, May 30 2018. From 01:00 to 24:00. I explain the Origins of the Rules surrounding the freedom of establishment in the EU. NOTE: the computer crashed before the seminar, so I had to look to the large screen to my left to read the notes. This is why I am looking left throughout the video.)