History of technology

Hosted by the C²DH at the Belval Campus of the University of Luxembourg from 9 to 11 October, the 2025 SHOT (Society for the History of Technology) Annual Meeting is organised under the theme ‘Technologies of Migration – Migrating Technologies’.

Dataset from the research project Doing Experimental Media Archaeology (DEMA) was recently published on Europeana, the online platform of cultural heritage.

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.

A "Tensions of Europe" (ToE) remote conference.

Workshop on 30 November - 1 December 2023 at the University of Luxembourg. Deadline: 20 April 2023.

Research seminar with Jens van de Maele

Auf diesem Forum Z erkunden wir Reparaturpraktiken gestern und heute.

Do you want to hear what scientific data sounds like? Eager to discover the fascinating links between science and music? Then Rockhal on Saturday, December 3rd, is the place to be for the final event of the Esch2022 project “The Sound of Data – Science meets Music”.

Hands on History talk with Andrew Russell, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

International conference on 13-14 October 2022 at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH).

International conference on 13-14 October 2022 at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH).

Five years C²DH – Five ways of innovating and sharing history.

The first issue of the REPAIR fanzine which explores the topic of repair practices and opportunities in Esch-sur-Alzette, is now available.

The international workshop “Histories of Maintenance and Repair” brought together philosophers, anthropologists and historians of technology to discuss the implications of our repair studies.

International workshop organised by the REPAIR project team.

On 17-18 December 2019, the first workshop of the DEMA project - Doing Experimental Media Archaeology: Practice & Theory - project took place at the C²DH. For this workshop, specialists from the fields of media history, art history and the history of science were invited to share best practices and experiences in documenting hands-on and experimental research.

En 2017, POST Luxembourg a célébré son 175e anniversaire en tant qu’institution nationale autonome. Voilà le point de départ d’une collaboration entre l’établissement public et le C²DH, visant la création d’une exposition virtuelle retraçant l’histoire des postes et des télécommunications au Grand-Duché.

Immersion virtuelle dans le monde des timbres, du courrier, des télécommunications, satellites… et des hommes et femmes au service des citoyens luxembourgeois depuis 1842.

Earlier this year the REPAIR team invited fellow historians and friends to their first hands-on workshop: Repairing old radios and sensing history.

Lecture "New findings and new questions about the origins of Digital Humanities: on the state of the art of histories of the Index Thomisticus project of Fr Roberto Busa S.J." by Dr. Julianne Nyhan, UCL (London), and exclusive interview for the C²DH’s ‘New Horizons’ lecture series.