Luxemburgische Zeitgeschichte

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.

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.”

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.

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.

Atelier pluridisciplinaire organisé par la Chambre des salariés, en collaboration avec le C²DH et le LISER.

From 6 to 10 May 2024, the ‘Contemporary History of Luxembourg’ (LHI) research group has the pleasure of welcoming Dominika Gruziel as a Transnational Scholar in Residence.

The Warlux website, focusing on wartime experiences of young Luxembourgish men who served in the German labour service and armed forces during World War II, is now online.

À l’occasion de la parution de « Le Luxembourg et la Shoah », Revue d’histoire de la Shoah, n°219, éd. Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris, mars 2024.

Research seminar with Yasmina Zian, Anna Jagos and, Marc Adam Kolakowski.

Signature of a Memorandum of Understanding and a Master thesis agreement with the Institut Grand-Ducal.

The conference organized by the U-CORE project took place at the University of Luxembourg, 26-27 March 2024 and hosted UNDIPUS-scholars from three German universities, four disciplines and five projects.

Présentation de la thèse de doctorat de Blandine Landau, réalisée sous la codirection des Prof. Andreas Fickers (C²DH-Université du Luxembourg) et Isabelle Backouche (EHESS, Paris), soutenue le 28.03.2024.