Histoire de la culture populaire

Hands-on History talk with Bart G. Moens, University of Antwerp.

Aliénor Gandanger (University of Luxembourg) and Rachel Beck (University of Limerick) will explore the confluence of history and webcomic-making.

Halloween lecture with Craig Ian Mann, film historian, writer and producer.

The “Dancing Esch” research project studies the festive sociabilities of the Luxembourgish mining basin during the 1920-1980. It focuses on popular balls in Esch-sur-Alzette, a town shaped by the mining and steel industry.

The 31. SYMPOSIUM ON THE HISTORY OF THE ART OF MAGIC took place from 25 to 28 April 2024 at the University of Luxembourg with the support of the C²DH. If Forum Z takes history beyond the university's walls, this was an opportunity to bring non-academic research within its walls.

Research seminar with Matthias Höfer.

Table ronde mat verschidden Acteuren aus där Epoch.

The Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg, together with Samsa Film and the Centre national de l’audiovisuel (CNA), are launching the transmedia project “Radio Luxembourg – The station that changed the world”.

Vortrag von Matthias Middel (Universität Leipzig) im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts "Populärkultur transnational - Europa in den langen 1960er Jahren".

Outreach event at the “Schueberfouer” about the long 1960s.

Im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe "20 years of ideas!" der Universität Luxemburg entführt Sie die Doktorandin Véronique Faber auf die Schueberfouer der 1960er Jahre.

Op dësem Forum Z diskutéieren mer iwwert wat et op der Schueberfouer an den 1960er ze gesinn an ze di gouf.

Tune in to the amazing history of one of the world’s greatest radio stations, based in one of the world’s smallest nations – Radio Luxembourg.

Cet après-midi dansant façon "Grenz" sera l'occasion pour se pencher sur la culture et la mémoire des bals, danses et musiques populaires dans le sud du Luxembourg.

Ëffentlechen Workshop am Lëtzebuerg City Museum.

Memory has its own pitfalls, and to provide a more tangible environment for remembering, it was decided to perform oral history interviews for the ongoing research about the “Schueberfouer” funfair on site at the fairground. The assumption was that the space of the “Schueberfouer” could trigger memories and reflections that would otherwise not emerge. However, navigating through a noisy present can prove challenging.

Escher Kaffi is an experimental public history project funded by the C²DH’s Thinkering Grant to study ordinary sociality in a (post)industrial city undergoing fast infrastructural, urbanistic, demographic, and cultural transformations.

Rund 40 Luxemburger Schriftsteller und Historiker haben sich von Bruce-Springsteen-Songs zu Texten über das Minett inspirieren lassen.

Offizielle Präsentation des von C²DH und capybarabooks herausgegebenen Buches im „Pompelhaus“ in Schifflingen.

Talk by by Dr. Florence Tamagne (Associate professor in contemporary history at the University of Lille).