Organisation: Contemporary History of Luxembourg

  • Events

    Popular Modernism: Edward Steichen as Curator-Artist

    Talk by Shamoon Zamir, Professor of Literature and Art History, New York University Abu Dhabi, in the framework of the 70th Anniversary of “The Family of Man” exhibition and the FoMLEG Project.

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    Contribute to ‘The Legacy of The Family of Man’ research project

    The C²DH is gathering personal stories, memories, and experiences connected to The Family of Man exhibition.

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    8 May 1945: the German surrender and Luxembourg

    The C²DH created online exhibition Luxemb(o)urg during World War II shows how Luxembourgers had lived the War period and how they entered the post-war period.

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    Exhibition about Luxembourgers in Romania on tour

    The exhibition about the presence of Luxembourgers in Romania (1885-1950) will open in Everlange (LU) before moving on to Romania.

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  • Articles

    What nightlife can tell us. Dancing as historical method

    A three-year study at the C²DH explored how realities as evanescent and unserious as dance parties have been documented in archives and can be reclaimed through an experimental methodology.

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    70 Years of The Family of Man

    70 Years of The Family of Man. The CNA international symposium.

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    Faces of the C²DH: Inna Ganschow

    Research scientist and migration scholar Inna Ganschow’s publication on forced labourers from the Soviet Union in Luxembourg during World War II was released early this month.

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    The Yugoslav Wars and the End of Swedish Neutrality

    Hands on History talk with Naman Habtom, Visiting researcher at the C²DH.

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    Day of Contemporary History in the Greater Region

    The first Day of Contemporary History in the Greater Region serves as a dynamic platform for exploring recent advancements in the study of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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    Forced labor on the Belval campus. Soviet youth during the Second World War

    The students are not the first to come to Campus Belval every day. Eighty years ago, it was young people who had been deported from the occupied territories of the USSR to Luxembourg to work in the steel industry in Belva

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