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Contemporary history of Luxembourg

The C²DH research profile reflects the mission entrusted to the University of Luxembourg to produce new knowledge about the political, economic, cultural and social history of Luxembourg in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Batty Fischer. Évacués. Luxembourg, 1940. © Photothèque de la Ville de Luxembourg.

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29 April 2025

written by :
Christoph Brüll

Die deutsch-belgischen Beziehungen in der langen Nachkriegszeit: grenzgeschichtliche Perspektiven

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15 March 2025

written by :
Inna Ganschow

Book presentation: “No One Cried. There Were No More Tears.” Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian Female Forced Laborers in Luxembourg during the Second World War from a Transnational Perspective

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11 March 2025

written by :
Inna Ganschow

Forced Laborers in Luxembourg: “Keiner weinte, es gab keine Tränen mehr”

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6 March 2025

written by :
Inna Ganschow

Forced laborers in Dudelange during the Second World War

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History and Migrations Chair at the University of Luxembourg

3 March 2025

written by :
Denis Scuto

Launch of the ‘History and Migrations’ Chair: A Bridge Between Past and Future

The University of Luxembourg and the City of Dudelange launched an ambitious initiative: the ‘History and Migrations’ Chair, led by Professor Denis Scuto.
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1 March 2025

written by :
Inna Ganschow

The written testimony of a Ukrainian forced laborer

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1 March 2025

written by :
Jens van de Maele

Architectures of Bureaucracy: The Politics of Government Office Buildings in Interwar Belgium

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Keiner weinte, es gab keine Tränen mehr

6 February 2025

Forced Laborers in Luxembourg: “Keiner weinte, es gab keine Tränen mehr”

Book launch with Inna Ganschow.
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6 February 2025

written by :
Christoph Brüll

Biographie(s) et historiographie(s) dans les cantons de l’Est belges pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Retour sur une expérience d’historiens

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6 February 2025

written by :
Philippe Blasen

Luxemburg und Siebenbürgen: der Ursprung des Urheimatmythos (1778-1887)

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25 January 2025

written by :
Philippe Blasen

Siebenbürgisch-sächsische Kunst auf der Viandener Burg: Wieder einmal der Urheimatmythos

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The Family of Man. Photo by Romain Girtgen

21 January 2025

What is the relevance of Edward Steichen’s ‘The Family of Man’ today?

Talk by Dr Claude Ewert at Wolfson College, Cambridge.
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14 January 2025

written by :
Denis Scuto

Le tableau de Lily Gelber. La spoliation: une question aux nombreuses ramifications

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The Jews of Romania and Luxembourg

13 January 2025

The Jews of Romania and Luxembourg: An Entangled History (1914-1947)

Symposium regarding Jewish migration from eastern Austria-Hungary and Romania to Luxembourg and vice versa.
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The Impact of War Experiences in Europe: The Conscription of Non-German Men and Women into the 'Wehrmacht' and 'Reichsarbeitsdienst' (1938–1945)

8 January 2025

Book launch: The Impact of War Experiences in Europe: The Conscription of Non-German Men and Women into the 'Wehrmacht' and 'Reichsarbeitsdienst' (1938–1945)

Volume 2 in the De Gruyter series "Studien zur transnationalen Zeitgeschichte Luxemburgs" is out now!
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1 January 2025

written by :
Christoph Brüll

Introduction

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1 January 2025

written by :
Machteld Venken

Conflicting Loyalties Among Soldiers Fighting Both in the German Army and the Allied Forces

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20 December 2024

written by :
Inna Ganschow

Foreign Language Knowledge and Migration Behaviour among Ukrainians in Greater Region from 2016 until 2024

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19 December 2024

written by :
Machteld Venken

Border Temporalities of an Old Letter: A Hermeneutic Interpretation of Cross-Border Veteran Welfare

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The History of the National Miners’ Monument in Kayl

10 December 2024

written by :
Sam Klein

New website: The History of the National Miners’ Monument in Kayl

A new website, developed by the C²DH as part of a research project about the history of the Inspectorate of Labour and Mines (ITM), explores the intertwined histories of the National Miners’ Monument and the Léiffrächen in Kayl.

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