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Die Einwanderer_innen aus dem früheren Russischen Reich trugen zur Arbeiterlandschaft im Süden, Norden und Osten Luxemburgs nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg bei. Nimmt man diese „Russen“ genauer unter die Lupe, zeigen sich mindestens drei neue Gruppen, die die bereits vor 1914 bestehende russische Gemeinde vergrößerten. Die ersten sind die ehemaligen Kriegsgefangenen aus den Lagern in Frankreich, Belgien und Deutschland. Ein Teil ist vor Kriegsende als Flüchtlinge im Lande, die anderen kommen nach dem Waffenstillstand im November 1918.

Descriptif de la journée Le vendredi 18 octobre 2019, les Archives de l’État et la Bibliothèque royale (KBR) vous emmèneront dans l’univers complexe de l’archivage du web, lors d’un colloque sous le thème « Saving the web : the promise of a Belgian web archive ».

Indexing oral histories digitally at the timecode level is a practice increasingly adopted for collections, often with the goal of creating online access to recordings. A particular attraction to using an index is that it can be generated in less time than a transcript, especially when both must be done manually. Indexing provides convenient access to original recordings and can be a platform for decision-making about a collection over time, for researchers or collection stewards.

Lecture by Prof. Dr Jane Winters, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and exclusive interview for the C²DH’s ‘New Horizons’ lecture series.

Our contribution examines the conference theme of digital hermeneutics from the perspective of the Doctoral Training Unit (DTU) in ‘Digital History and Hermeneutics’, a four-year interdisciplinary research and training program hosted by the Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg.

A chronicle by historian Denis Scuto on the new novel of Jean Portante about the migrations of twins, Lorenzo and Antonio Tramagni from San Demetrio (Abruzze, Italy), the one to New York and West Virginia, the other to Hussigny (Lorraine, France) and Differdange (Luxembourg), their fates and those of their descendants, closely linked to the tragedies of 20th century.

Le groupe de travail Ethique & Droit a organisé, avec le soutien de l’URFIST Méditerranée, une journée d’étude intitulée « Diffuser les données numériques en SHS : le droit et l’éthique comme alliés ».

The virtual exhibition was developed by the C²DH to mark the BGL BNP Paribas’ centenary year. The retrospective covers the history of the bank from 1919 to today.

The course will introduce to the new methods of VHA (Video History Analysis) applied on the Jewish society in Luxembourg. Students will learn how to use the new methods of using archival sources in digital era. During the individual sessions, participants will use the intuitive video editing software on the online IWitness platform, which allow to edit and create their own video recordings. The course also provides an overview of using and editing historical photos, maps and personal documents as archival source.

This paper aims to investigate the concept, context and socio-economic consequences of fiscal competition in the integrated economic space of EMU in completion, to pinpoint the positive and negative factors at work via a case study of the Benelux countries – both founder members of the EU and pioneers of EMU – and to examine the impact on European and international regulations in the field. In particular, it will endeavour to provide a comprehensive interpretation of fiscal policy in the Benelux countries via a comparative approach and from a historical perspective.

L’exposition retrace l’histoire de BGL BNP Paribas depuis ses débuts en 1919 jusqu’à nos jours, ainsi que son rôle et sa participation dans l’économie et le développement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg.

“Nature, thank God, is far more merciful than people”. This memorable statement is taken from Alfred Oppenheimer’s testimony during the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem, in which he describes his ordeals during the war.

Lecture by Prof. Dr David Bodenhamer, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and exclusive interview for the C²DH’s ‘New Horizons’ lecture series.

In this interview, Professor Jane Winters gives an overview of her career, starting as a medieval historian to becoming a professor in digital history. She talks about her main work with born digital archives and reflects on how web archive changes historical research. ‘History from below’ with a big interest in genealogy and local history being very popular in the UK, she describes the character of digital history in her country and the response of both amateur and professional historians to digitisation.