Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)

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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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Faces of the C²DH: Myriam Piguet

Postdoctoral researcher Myriam Piguet is interested in how international organisations act as spaces where actors collaborate and interact with each other, and the real impact their decision-making powers can have.

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Luxembourg Urban Garden (LUGA) 2025: Embedded in Western European green space heritage

On the occasion of LUGA 2025, Luxembourg’s first major open-air garden exhibition, Eliane Schmid (doctoral researcher at C²DH, University of Luxembourg) draws parallels between this event and understudied Western European greening initiatives dating back to the 1950s.

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Vanishing Points: Technographies of Data Loss – Tracing Digital Remains

Hands on History talk with Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, University of Copenhagen

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Talking history on YouTube

In his presentation, Robin Maillard will explore some thoughts on popularising history on Youtube, one of the most popular social networks.

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Manufacturing Colonial Consent : Diplomacy, media and propaganda at the Berlin Conference (1884-1885)

This Research Seminar with Ferdaous Affan focuses on the Berlin Conference (1884-1885) as a foundational moment in the development of modern propaganda.

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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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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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