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Global tax chains workshop

7 December 2023

Global Tax Chains. Actors and practices of global capitalism in the second of the half of the 20th century.

International workshop co-organised by Jakob Vogel (Centre Marc Bloch) and Benoît Majerus (C²DH).
Event
Letterbox - Making shell companies visible. Digital history as a tool to unveil global networks and local infrastructures

20 October 2023

Letterbox - Making shell companies visible. Digital history as a tool to unveil global networks and local infrastructures

Research seminar with Benoît Majerus and Lars Wieneke.
Event
Towards EMU 2.0: Hindsight and Prospects

14 September 2023

Towards EMU 2.0: Hindsight and Prospects

Conference organised by The Bridge Forum Dialogue together with the University of Luxembourg.
News
Global tax chains: Actors and practices of global capitalism in the second half of the 20th century

31 March 2023

written by :
Benoît Majerus

Global tax chains: Actors and practices of global capitalism in the second half of the 20th century

Workshop on 18-19 January 2024 at the Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin, co-organised with the C²DH. Deadline: 31 May 2023.
Event
Le rôle des juristes dans le développement de la place financière

9 January 2023

Le rôle des juristes dans le développement de la place financière

Conférence par Benoît Majerus, Pierre Sorlut et Catherine Bourin, organisée par la Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg, en collaboration avec la Conférence Saint-Yves et le Centre for Contemporary and Digital History.
Event
'FinLux' seminar: Schedule for the spring term 2022

9 February 2022

'FinLux' seminar: Schedule for the spring term 2022

‘FinLux’ is a series of seminars held on a monthly basis and focusing on the history of the Luxembourg financial centre.
Event
Salle des ordinateurs 1980 BGL

21 September 2021

« FinLux » seminar: Schedule for the winter term 2021

‘FinLux’ is a series of seminars held on a monthly basis and focusing on the history of the Luxembourg financial centre.
News
 75e anniversaire de la surveillance de la place financière du Luxembourg

29 October 2020

written by :
Isabelle Voegeli

Un livre pour le 75e anniversaire de la surveillance de la place financière du Luxembourg

Le 17 octobre 1945 est créée la fonction du Commissaire au Contrôle des Banques. Cette date marque le début de l’ère moderne de la supervision de la place financière du Luxembourg. Afin de marquer le 75ème anniversaire de cet événement, la CSSF a pris l’initiative d’éditer un livre, ainsi que de produire un film-documentaire.
Event
« FinLux » seminar: Schedule for the winter term 2020

25 August 2020

« FinLux » seminar: Schedule for the winter term 2020

‘FinLux’ is a series of seminars held on a monthly basis and focusing on the history of the Luxembourg financial centre.
Data
Virtual exhibition ' BGL: L’histoire d’un siècle'

1 October 2019

written by :
Benoît Majerus

Virtual exhibition ' BGL: L’histoire d’un siècle'

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.
News
Agreement between BGL and C²DH

30 September 2019

written by :
Benoît Majerus

A virtual exhibition created with the University of Luxembourg to celebrate 100 years of BGL BNP Paribas

The retrospective covers the history of the bank from 1919 to today.
Event
Histoire des scandales financiers

6 May 2019

Histoire des scandales financiers

Workshop organisé par le C²DH et l'Université de Lausanne le 27 mai 2019 au Digital History Lab.
Event
« FinLux » seminar: Schedule for the spring term 2019

22 January 2019

« FinLux » seminar: Schedule for the spring term 2019

‘FinLux’ is a series of seminars held on a monthly basis and focusing on the history of the Luxembourg financial centre.
Event
Walking the Line between Supervision and Promotion? Financial Regulation in Luxembourg, 1940s-1980s

5 July 2018

Walking the Line between Supervision and Promotion? Financial Regulation in Luxembourg, 1940s-1980s

Research seminar with Benjamin Zenner, PhD student at C²DH
Event
« FinLux » seminar: Schedule for the spring term 2018

4 April 2018

« FinLux » seminar: Schedule for the spring term 2018

‘FinLux’ is a series of seminars held on a monthly basis and focusing on the history of the Luxembourg financial centre.
Thinkering
Le Luxembourg et la Grande-Région – coopération transfrontalière et intégration européenne

26 March 2018

written by :
Elena Danescu

Le Luxembourg et la Grande-Région – coopération transfrontalière et intégration européenne

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.
Thinkering
Podcasts «Pierre Werner: un homme dans son siècle»

30 November 2017

written by :
François Klein, Elena Danescu, Guido Lessing

Podcasts «Pierre Werner: un homme dans son siècle»

Le C²DH, en collaboration avec la Radio 100,7, produit une série de podcasts consacrée à la vie et à l’œuvre politique de Pierre Werner.
Event
‘Finlux’ reading group meetings

15 September 2017

‘Finlux’ reading group meetings

The ‘Finlux’ reading group meetings is a place for researchers to discuss banking and financial history and to reflect on how to best write the history of the Luxembourg financial centre.
Thinkering
International Conference of Europeanists

24 July 2017

written by :
Elena Danescu

European studies at the crossroads – 24th International Conference of Europeanists

From 12 to 14 July 2017, the University of Glasgow hosted the 24th International Conference of Europeanists which explored the theme of “Sustainability and Transformation”. Elena Danescu (C²DH) gave a presentation entitled “Shaping Economic and Monetary Union in the 1970s – Theoretical Debates and Political Networks.
Forum Z
ForumZ: Glocal histories of finance

10 July 2017

written by :
Benjamin Zenner

Spotlight on the history of the Luxembourg financial centre

The fourth and final ForumZ of this academic year took place on 6 July at the Banque de Luxembourg. In an effort to provide a platform for “the critical discussion and academic study of questions related to the contemporary history of Luxembourg from a transnational perspective,”(1) the C²DH had invited five panellists along with moderator Bernard Thomas to discuss the ‘glocal’ history of the Luxembourg financial centre.

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