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Guinness brewery at Park Royal London

27 February 2024

Listening to the Voices of Guinness

Lecture by Prof. Tim Strangleman in the series "Confronting Decline: Challenges of Deindustrialisation in Western Societies since the 1970s".
Event
Ukrainian Studies Across the Borders

21 February 2024

Ukrainian Studies Across the Borders

International conference dedicated to Ukrainian studies beyond traditional Ukrainistics.
News
Radio Luxembourg - The station that changed the world

20 December 2023

written by :
Dominique Santana

“Radio Luxembourg”, a new transmedia project on the cult station

The Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg, together with Samsa Film and the Centre national de l’audiovisuel (CNA), are launching the transmedia project “Radio Luxembourg – The station that changed the world”.
News
C²DH researcher Gábor Mihály Tóth wins Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History

5 October 2023

written by :
Gabor Mihaly Toth

C²DH researcher Gábor Mihály Tóth wins Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History

The 2023 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History is awarded to Gábor Mihály Tóth.
News
IFPH 2024 at the University of Luxembourg, Belval

19 September 2023

written by :
Thomas Cauvin

CfP - 7th World Conference of the International Federation for Public History

The International Federation for Public History (IFPH) now welcomes applications for its 2024 World Conference that will take place on 3-7 September 2024 at the University of Luxembourg.
Forum Z
Fo'er an de Sixties Forum Z

19 July 2023

written by :
Véronique Faber

Fo'er an de Sixties: Vu Boxeren a Fritten

Op dësem Forum Z diskutéieren mer iwwert wat et op der Schueberfouer an den 1960er ze gesinn an ze di gouf.
News
Radio Luxembourg - The station that changed the world

17 July 2023

written by :
Dominique Santana

Kick off for the project 'Radio Luxembourg – The Station that Changed the World'

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.
News
Historesch Gesinn

6 July 2023

written by :
Joella van Donkersgoed

Start of the new public history project "Historesch Gesinn"

Developing a sustainable network between the general public and cultural organisations to preserve memories and heritages in the long term.
Thinkering
Memories of Ambassadors: A history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Luxembourg diplomacy

27 April 2023

written by :
François Klein, Marco Gabellini, Cécile Duval

Memories of Ambassadors: A history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Luxembourg diplomacy

The aim of the oral history programme about Luxembourg diplomacy, conducted by the C²DH with the support of the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is to document the development of the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Luxembourg’s foreign policy since the end of the Second World War.
Event
BUREU: EU office buildings between architectural “hardware” and managerial “software”, 1950s-2000

6 February 2023

BUREU: EU office buildings between architectural “hardware” and managerial “software”, 1950s-2000

Research seminar with Jens van de Maele
Event
Unravelling twentieth century Swiss video game heritage: an interdisciplinary research

25 January 2023

Unravelling twentieth century Swiss video game heritage: an interdisciplinary research

Hands on History talk with Yannick Rochat, University of Lausanne.
Thinkering
Escher Kaffi

10 January 2023

written by :
Laura Steil, Joella van Donkersgoed

Escher Kaffi: taking the pulse of the city

Escher Kaffi is an experimental public history project funded by the C²DH’s Thinkering Grant to study ordinary sociality in a (post)industrial city undergoing fast infrastructural, urbanistic, demographic, and cultural transformations.
Thinkering
Shelter for refugees at the Center for Urban History,

5 December 2022

written by :
Machteld Venken

Witnessing the Now: Challenges for Emergency Archiving and Oral History following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Report of the workshop held on 23-25 November 2022 at the C²DH, University of Luxembourg.
Event
Crimean Tatars Hands on history.

16 November 2022

Migration is not a one way trip. Studying and telling the story of Crimean Tatars' deportation and return

Hands on History talk with Martin-Oleksandr Kisly (History Department of National University of Kyiv - Mohyla Academy).
Event
Jason Kelly

3 October 2022

Digital Public History in the Context of Slow Disasters

Presentation by Jason M. Kelly, Director of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute.
Event
Stand with Ukraine

31 August 2022

Voices from the War – Path to Peace : Ukrainian and international insights

The C²DH, in collaboration with Polska.lu, LUkraine, Europe Direct at the University of Luxembourg, the Polish Institute of Brussels and the Polish Embassy in Luxembourg, are pleased to invite you to a conference on 20 October 2022 at the auditorium in the Cercle Cité in Luxembourg.
News
Shelter for refugees at the Center for Urban History,

15 March 2022

written by :
Machteld Venken, Inna Ganschow

24.02.22, 5 am: Testimonies from the War

The C²DH is part of an international consortium conducting interviews with refugees and people supporting refugees.
Thinkering
Personal stories of Luxembourgish conscripts

3 November 2021

written by :
Nina Janz

Personal stories of Luxembourgish conscripts

Together with students, the WARLUX team researches the personal side of the history of Luxembourgers, born between 1920 and 1927, who were enrolled into German services during the Second World War. To uncover the individual experiences of these men, women and families, the team of WARLUX collects ego documents and personal interviews of this generation. As one of the last surviving witnesses, Madame Jacoby-Sheehan welcomed Dr Nina Janz and Cristina Sobral to talk about her war experience.
News
Remise du Prix Paul Belche à Dominique Santana

18 June 2021

written by :
Dominique Santana

Remise du « Prix Paul Belche » à Dominique Santana

Le Rotary Club Esch – Bassin Minier a présenté son ‘Prix Paul Belche’, un don de 10 000 EUR, au C²DH pour soutenir le projet de recherche «A Colõnia Luxemburguesa» de la jeune historienne et réalisatrice.
Event
Femeia magazine front cover

5 May 2021

Ambiguous transitions: Gender, the State, and everyday life in socialist and postsocialist Romania

Lecture by Jill Massino, University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

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