Histoire régionale

The C²DH is organising a temporary history lab on the Place de la Résistance in Esch-sur-Alzette. The lab will host a number of participatory events to explore the history and identity of the Minett: participants can take a picture of themselves and learn more about the exciting history of the selfie, record a text for a loved one with our sound postcards and learn about this forgotten history and technology, and experience a fascinating video installation with “Historical Voices from Esch”.

Andreas Fickers und Christoph Brüll sind die Autoren der achtteiligen Sendereihe „100 Jahre Ostbelgien“ die jeden 3. Mittwoch im Monat im BRF ausgestrahlt wird.

«Guide historique et architectural Esch-sur-Alzette»: à la découverte de l’histoire et du patrimoine architectural de la capitale du Bassin minier luxembourgeois.

Workshop at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), University of Luxembourg, from 10 to 11 December 2020. Submission deadline: 31 March 2020

Interactive documentary produced by students on the Bachelor course in Contemporary History of Luxembourg, in collaboration with the National Museum of Military History in Diekirch, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

On 12 November, the REMIX team visited the town of Esch-sur-Alzette and the surrounding industrial sites. The visit was organised and guided by Denis Scuto, the C²DH Vice-Director and a true Escher at heart. In addition to its exploratory purposes, the full-day tour proved to be an excellent bonding experience for the REMIX team.

Premiere of the interactive documentary produced on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

Hands-on History session with Randy Widdis (Professor emeritus at the University of Regina).

Colloque scientifique international / Internationale Tagung.

On 8-9 April 2019, the University of Luxembourg hosted the conference 'The Benelux, Regional Groupings and the Dynamics of European Integration: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives' which explored the ways in which regional (sub-) groupings have played a significant, but comparatively neglected role in the processes of European integration.

The C²DH has signed an agreement with the “European Capital of Culture Esch 2022” asbl (non-profit organisation) for the research project “Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age: Sounds, Images, Ecologies, Practices and Materialities in Space and Time”.

Appel à contributions pour un colloque scientifique international organisé du 17 au 19 octobre 2019 à Luxembourg.

Research seminar with Christoph Brüll and Andreas Fickers

This edition of Forum Z combined a public collection of photos, pictures and objects on industrial heritage with presentations by Luxembourg and international experts.

The C²DH’s digital exhibition about the Great War in Luxembourg was officially launched on 19 April 2018 at a press conference attended by Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and the Rector of the University of Luxembourg, Stéphane Pallage.

Radio – like broadcasting in general – has always been quintessentially shaped by specific regions or nation states. Most radio services and channels, in fact, not only explicitly refer to a geolocation through their names, but also their remit is more often than not linked to a particular country, a region or a city. Whereas Hollywood cinema and other forms of media could be characterised by their global aspiration and appeal, radio seems rather limited in its impact beyond borders. Wherever we are from, little do we know about other countries’ or regions’ radio cultures.

The virtual exhibition developed by the C²DH retraces key aspects of the history and memory of the First World War in Luxembourg.

L'exposition «Être d’ailleurs en temps de guerre (14-18). Étrangers à Dudelange / Dudelangeois à l’étranger» est une réalisation conjointe du Centre de Documentation sur les Migrations Humaines (CDMH) et du Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH). Elle est ouverte au public du 29 mars au 9 décembre 2018 dans les locaux du CDMH à Gare-Usines, Dudelange et accompagnée par un programme d'événements et de conférences.

En menant campagne conjointe aux premières élections européennes au suffrage universel de 1979, Pierre Werner (Luxembourg) et Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb (Belgique) décident d’unir leurs efforts pour favoriser les synergies entre les deux Luxembourg. En 1987 est né le « Cercle européen ‘’Perspectives et réalités frontalières’’», devenu en 2002 le « Cercle Européen Pierre Werner ». Son 30e anniversaire a été célébrée le 22 mars 2018, lors d’une manifestation organisée à Luxembourg par le Cercle, le Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) et leurs partenaires, avec le Ministre des Finances, Pierre Gramegna, comme orateur invité.

Wéi ëmmer wann een sech d’Méi mecht, amplaz dat ofzeschreiwen wat zënter Generatiounen vun engem Geschichtsbuch an dat nächst kopéiert gëtt, sech mat de primären Archivquellen auserneenzesetzen, entdeckt een komplex an oft vergiessen historesch Realitéiten. Dat weist eng Ausstellung iwwer Diddeleng am Eischte Weltkrich. Dozou eng Chronik vum oder besser gesot vun zwee Zäithistoriker.