Research Group Contemporary European History

Networks and circulation

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The European History team studies European history in all its complexity, identifying national or transational commonalities as well as tensions and divisions.

Shifting borders and boundaries

A network-based approach rooted in digital history

The C²DH works at the crossroads of an institutional, political and social perspective on European integration on the one hand, and approaches focused on the The C²DH works at the crossroads of an institutional, political and social perspective on European integration on the one hand, and approaches focused on the C2DH’s areas of excellence (notably digital history) on the other hand. Core topics of investigation are networks (political, technical, infrastructural, etc.), memories, and digital humanities, all in relation to European history. The research mainly focuses on three key topics: 1) Networks, circulations and interrelations, 2) Digital cultures and memories, 3) Banking and financial history.

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