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The conceptions of Belgium that lie behind the demands of German-speaking Belgians for the expansion of their autonomy have not yet come into the focus of historical and political science research. What future do they associate with the Belgian state when they claim a community-region or a ‘Belgium of four’? This article attempts to approach this question by analysing four regimes of fear that determine East Belgian discourses: Fear of the past, fear of minorities, fear of being overwhelmed and fear of disintegration.

The application of digital technologies to historical newspapers have changed the research landscape historians were used to. An Eldorado? Despite undeniable advantages, the new digital affordance of historical newspapers also transforms research practices and confronts historians with new challenges. Drawing on a growing community of practices, the impresso project invited scholars experienced with digitised newspaper collections with the aim of encouraging a discussion on heuristics, source criticism and interpretation of digitized newspapers.

Dr Sara Afonso Ferreira presented to the students the Court of Justice of the European Union and the collection of works of art which it preserves and which are representative of the Member States and of Europe’s multicultural diversity. Curia's artistic heritage has evolved in line with the stages of European integration and the history of the institution itself, and embodies nowadays the European identity.

Dr Jacopo Cellini's talk aimed at familiarising the students with the history of the EUI - which was founded in 1972 with the mission to “foster the advancement of learning in fields which are of particular interest for the development of Europe”. he HAEU opened to the public in 1986: they hold institutional and non-institutional archives on European integration (more than 270 fonds, multilingual and multimedia).

TRIBUNE. Alors que le rachat de Twitter a mis au jour la fragilité des contenus uniquement numériques, l’historien Frédéric Clavert appelle, dans une tribune au « Monde », à créer des mécanismes citoyens d’archivage pour « préserver l’information de notre époque ».

Dr Ioana Cîrstocea presented and analysed with the students her last book entitled "Learning Gender after the Cold War. Contentious Feminisms" 'Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), which is dedicated at "decoding" the role of feminist politics and technocratic norms, expert discourses, activist repertoires and academic knowledge on women’s rights and gender equality after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The talk presents an overview of theoretical aspects, NLP techniques and LLOD formalisms for analysing and representing semantic change.

Kriege sind Räume unterschiedlicher Begegnungen und Handlungsfelder: sei es durch Menschen, die durch Flucht und Migration, durch Deportation oder Gefangenschaft gezwungen sind, ihre Länder zu verlassen, oder durch die Bewegungen von Soldaten. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs waren beispielsweise über 50 Millionen Soldaten auf dem Marsch.