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Research projects

In 2023, the centre launched 6 new projects in contemporary and digital history, pursued 30 projects and closed 2 projects. All the projects are approached from an interdisciplinary perspective, bringing together historians, data scientists and web developer together to co-design new forms and formats of historical knowledge. 

6 new projects launched in 2023

→ (36 months)
Mental health of migrants: actors, practices, networks (1950-1980, France, Switzerland, Germany)
Leader: Benoît Majerus
Member: Benoît Majerus
→ (36 months)
Historesch Gesinn: Public Platform to Facilitate Discussions and Crowdsourcing to Enhance Luxembourgish History
Leader: Joella van Donkersgoed
Members: Marten Düring, Thomas Cauvin, Joella van Donkersgoed, Laura Steil, Sofia Papastamkou
→ (36 months)
Radio Luxembourg - We're back on air!
Leader: Dominique Santana
Members: Andreas Fickers, Lars Wieneke, Stefan Krebs, Sandra Camarda, Andy O'Dwyer, Dominique Santana, Thomas Cauvin
→ (41 months)
Media Monitoring of the Past II. Beyond Borders: Connecting Historical Newspapers and Radio
Leader: Marten Düring
Member: Marten Düring
→ (1 month)
DHD2023 - Open Humanities - Open Culture
Leader: Estelle Bunout
Members: Lars Wieneke, Estelle Bunout
→ (4 months)
Migration studies, citizenship history, contemporary history of Luxembourg, inclusion, exclusion, citizenship acquisition
Leader: Denis Scuto
Member: Denis Scuto

30 ongoing projects

→ (36 months)
A history of online virality
Leader: Valérie Schafer
Members: Valérie Schafer, Carmen Noguera, Fred Pailler
→ (48 months)
Augmented Artwork Analysis, Computer-aided Interpretation device for art images
Leader: Lars Wieneke
Member: Lars Wieneke
→ (34 months)
Building the RRCHNM / C2DH Strategic Alliance
Leader: Andreas Fickers
Member: Andreas Fickers
→ (36 months)
Bureaucracy by Design? EU Office Interiors as an Interface Between Architectural “Hardware” and Managerial “Software”, 1951-2002
Leader: Andreas Fickers
Members: Andreas Fickers, Jens van de Maele
→ (36 months)
Computational Access and Cloud Storage for Archival Research Photographs: Expanded Outreach, Large Scale Projects, and Third-Party Integrations
Leader: Sean Takats
Member: Sean Takats
→ (78 months)
Data Science of Digital History
Leader: Andreas Fickers
Members: Andreas Fickers, Gerben Zaagsma, Frédéric Clavert, Marten Düring, Florentina Armaselu, Valérie Schafer, Sean Takats
→ (84 months)
Digital History Advanced Research Projects Accelerator
Leader: Sean Takats
Members: Sean Takats, Lorella Viola, Mariella De Crouy Chanel, Petros Apostolopoulos
→ (241 months)
Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities
Leader: Andreas Fickers
Member: Andreas Fickers
→ (56 months)
Europe Direct Centre at the University of Luxembourg
Leader: Elena Danescu
Members: Elena Danescu, Sonia Golini
→ (36 months)
Facing the past. public history for a stronger Europe
Leader: Thomas Cauvin
Members: Ghislain Sillaume, Thomas Cauvin
→ (24 months)
Histoire de la Chambre des Salariés (1924-2024)
Leader: Denis Scuto
Member: Estelle Berthereau
→ (49 months)
Histoire de la spoliation des biens juifs au Grand Duché de Luxembourg (années trente - années cinquante)
Leader: Denis Scuto
Members: Denis Scuto, Blandine Landau
→ (48 months)
Histoire du Luxembourg pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Leader: Christoph Brüll
Members: Christoph Brüll, Fabio Spirinelli, Muriel van Ruymbeke
→ (36 months)
Histoire institutionnelle de l’Inspection du Travail et des Mines
Leader: Denis Scuto
Member: Sam Klein
→ (36 months)
Historiographien, Praktiken und Ästhetiken einer Entgrenzung
Leader: Benoît Majerus
Member: Benoît Majerus
→ (49 months)
L’histoire coloniale du Luxembourg
Leader: Denis Scuto
Members: Denis Scuto, Kevin Goergen
→ (48 months)
Luxembourg Time Machine
Leader: Andreas Fickers
Members: Andreas Fickers, Lars Wieneke
→ (36 months)
Making shell companies visible. Digital history as a tool to make fiscal optimisation historically tangible.
Leader: Benoît Majerus
Members: Lars Wieneke, Victoria Mouton
→ (48 months)
Mémorial digital de la Shoah au Luxembourg
Leader: Denis Scuto
Member: Denis Scuto
→ (36 months)
Populärkultur transnational - Europa in den langen 1960er Jahren
Leader: Andreas Fickers
Members: Andreas Fickers, Valérie Schafer, Machteld Venken
→ (60 months)
Public History as the New Citizen Science of the Past
Leader: Thomas Cauvin
Members: Thomas Cauvin, Camilla Portesani, George Lawson, Violeta Tsenova, Rhianne Morgan, Myriam Dalal
→ (59 months)
Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age: Sounds, Images, Ecologies, Practices and Materialities in Space and Time
Leader: Stefan Krebs
Members: Denis Scuto, Karin Priem, Christoph Brüll, Valérie Schafer, Maxime Derian, Viktoria Boretska, Julia Harnoncourt, Irene Portas, Daniel Richter
→ (49 months)
Slow Memory: Transformative Practices for Times of Uneven and Accelerating Change
Leader: Frédéric Clavert
Member: Frédéric Clavert
→ (60 months)
SOCIAL POLITICS IN EUROPEAN BORDERLANDS. A COMPARATIVE AND TRANSNATIONAL STUDY, 1870S-1990S
Leader: Machteld Venken
Member: Machteld Venken
→ (49 months)
Soldiers and their communities in WWII: The impact and legacy of war experiences in Luxembourg
Leader: Denis Scuto
Members: Denis Scuto, Nina Janz, Michel Romain Pauly
→ (37 months)
Soviet Forced Labourers in Luxembourg during the WW2
Leader: Inna Ganschow
Member: Inna Ganschow
→ (48 months)
Spoliation et vie juive au Luxembourg (1920-1960)
Leader: Andreas Fickers
Members: Denis Scuto, Benoît Majerus, Christoph Brüll, Linda Graul
→ (48 months)
The role of women in European and international relations in Luxembourg (after the Second World War)
Leader: Elena Danescu
Member: Elena Danescu
→ (48 months)
The Transformation of ARBED 1973-2001. A trans-European business and labour history
Leader: Machteld Venken
Member: Nicolas Arendt
→ (48 months)
Tri-national doctoral school Docteuropa / L'histoire internationale par l'interdisciplinarité : Perspectives franco-allemandes et européennes au XXe siècle
Leader: Andreas Fickers
Member: Andreas Fickers

2 projects completed in 2023

→ (12 months)
Exposition sur l'architecture et l'évolution urbaine de la Ville de Esch-sur-Alzette
Leader: Denis Scuto
Member: Denis Scuto
→ (12 months)
The Hard Minette Land
Leader: Denis Scuto
Member: Denis Scuto