Organisation: Public History & Outreach

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    Faces of the C²DH – Joëlla Van Donkersgoed

    Portrait of public historian Joëlla van Donkersgoed at the C²DH.

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    CfP: Citizen Practices in Producing and Preserving the Past

    Call for papers for an international conference hosted by the C²DH on 11 and 12 May 2026.

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  • Events

    Playing with Fire: Confronting History’s Dark Past

    For this year’s participation in Game On, and in collaboration with Rotondes, the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BPB) and Paintbucket Games, History@Play turns its attention to video games that confront difficult history and heritage.

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    Between Fact and Fiction: Competing Historical Narratives and Social Media Instrumentalization in Contemporary Lebanon

    This lecture by Charles al Hayek contextualizes seven conflicting perspectives on Lebanese history and examines their instrumentalization through social media platforms

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    Managing Large-Scale Public History Projects: The Case of Stadt.Geschichte.Basel

    How can regional history be researched, published, and shared with the public in the digital age? How do scholars balance accessibility, rigor, and sustainability when building long-term digital infrastructures?

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    Cartier Libre’s research project at the crossroads of public history and scientific mediation

    Lecture by Gaïd Andro and Fanny Le Bonhomme about the history of Jacques-Cartier Prison.

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    Lebanese and Near Eastern Heritage : a New Public History Partnership

    The Public History as a New Citizen Science of the Past (PHACS) project has the pleasure to announce a new partnership with Charles al-Hayek, Lebanese public historian and founder of Heritage and Roots to publish and disseminate practices of public history from Lebanon and the region (Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Türkiye).

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    Visiting PhD Fellow Manon Mortier

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  • Events

    Architectures of Imperial Empowerment: On the Crystal Palace and Open World Games as World-Shaped Halls

    istory@Play Lecture with Marc Bonner about rural open-world games that adapt physical-real iconic places and explore their ecological as well as ideological implications.

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    C²DH researchers to speak at the ‘Digital Public History in a Global Context’ panel in Qatar

    C²DH researchers to speak at the ‘Digital Public History in a Global Context’ panel in Qatar.

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