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Wikipedia as a source of historical knowledge: applying digital source criticism
Learn moreDive into our newest lesson on Ranke.2 designed to revolutionize your approach to Wikipedia as a born-digital source for historical research.
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The CD-ROM project presents its curated bibliography
Learn moreOutlining the general history of the CD-ROM and its sources, the CD-Hist project presents a curated bibliography that provides a first in-depth look into this artifact and medium.
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Lecture series: Media Environments: Between Capture and Surveillance
Learn moreThis lecture series is a praxeological and interdisciplinary endeavor, in which we enquire into the scales of co-operation that make media environments materialize.
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Elena Danescu has been awarded the Jean Monnet Fellowship for Advanced Studies at the EUI Florence
Learn moreDr Elena Danescu has been awarded a competitive Jean Monnet Fellowship at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute for the research project “The female face of the EU”.
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Public Historians Unite: C²DH Hosts the 7th World Conference of the International Federation for Public History
Learn moreFrom September 3 to 6, the C²DH at the University of Luxembourg, the headquarters of the IFPH, hosted over 300 public historians.
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Feieren! Popular balls of the Luxembourgish mining bassin, 1920-1980.
Learn moreThe “Dancing Esch” research project studies the festive sociabilities of the Luxembourgish mining basin during the 1920-1980. It focuses on popular balls in Esch-sur-Alzette, a town shaped by the mining and steel industry.
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From Luxembourg to Chicago: How A Funfair Went Global
Learn moreFounded in 1340, the “Schueberfouer”, Luxembourg’s largest funfair, attracts every year visitors and goods from Luxembourg and aboard. Luxembourg emigrants in Chicago celebrate their own version of this fair as part of their heritage. Véronique Faber, doctoral researcher at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), attended this year’s fair and explores the…
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Welcome to visiting research fellow Rebecca S. Wingo
Learn morePublic Historian Rebecca S. Wingo joined the C²DH as a visiting researcher for the upcoming weeks.
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The CD-ROM, a precursor of our digital world
Learn moreBy studying the history of the CD-ROM, a research team from the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), research centre at the University of Luxembourg, will show how this technology, which peaked in the 1990s, had a lasting impact on digitalisation, media and interactivity, and more generally on culture, the arts, society and…
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New publication: Online Virality
Learn moreThe book Online Virality, edited by Valérie Schafer and Fred Pailler, explores the many ways we can analyse the circulation, reception, and evolution of viral born-digital content.