Organisation: Department of Humanities
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Events
International research workshop “The Powers and Limits of Rational Reflection”
Learn moreRoughly, ‘rational reflection’ is the capacity for thinking and reasoning about normative features of one’s own attitudes in a reflective and self-conscious way and with the aim of forming more appropriate attitudes. While it is an open question whether all reasoning requires this capacity, it is clear that it is a very important element in…
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Young Researchers’ Conference „From Liège to Strasbourg. New Research on the German-French Border Region During the High and Late Middle Ages (11th–16th Century)“
Learn moreIn the High and Late Middle Ages, the border region between the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire was a dynamic space not only in terms of territorial politics, but also in economic, religious, social and cultural terms, which always requires cross-border work in historical research. Despite this elementary precondition, there is currently…
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CONFERENCE : Threatened Orders and the Perception of Threat in Times of Covid
Learn moreThreatened social orders are situations in which people lose confidence in familiar processes, in the actions of others, and in a safe and secure future. They react emotionally and feel pressure to discuss the threat and to look for solutions to the threat. Throughout history and across all cultures, threatened social orders lead and have led to similar patterns of action. People…
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CONFERENCE : Städtische Rechnungsbücher als Quelle zur mittellaterlichen Informationspolitik am Beispiel der Stadt Luxemburg
Learn moreTrierer Kolleg für Mittelalter und NeuzeitWinter Talks 2021/2022jeweils donnerstags 19 Uhr s.t.
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CONFERENCE : Städtische Rechnungsbücher als Quelle zur mittellaterlichen Informationspolitik am Beispiel der Stadt Luxemburg
Learn moreTrierer Kolleg für Mittelalter und NeuzeitWinter Talks 2021/2022jeweils donnerstags 19 Uhr s.t.
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News
Cemeteries in Luxembourg: a public space like no other
Learn moreIf Luxembourg is known for its diverse and multicultural population, this has not been evident at cemeteries until recently. In a conference that took place in Luxembourg city on the 28th October, Prof. Dr. Sonja Kmec discussed the growing number of new funerary rituals in the country and how they are being accommodated with stakeholders…