{"id":144,"date":"2023-05-30T13:36:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/fhse-en\/?post_type=research-departments&#038;p=144"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:26:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"research-departments","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/research-departments\/department-of-humanities\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section py-0 static\">\n<section class=\"py-0 wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><!-- SecondaryNavigationMirror --><div class=\"js-secondary-nav--sticky wp-block-unilux-blocks-secondary-navigation\" id=\"5d5f53e0-dea0-4555-b8c6-a2f60e46787a\">\n    <nav id=\"secondary-navigation\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Secondary menu\" class=\"secondary-nav\">\n        <button class=\"secondary-nav__button btn btn-solid--primary w-full\" 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By integrating cutting-edge approaches into more traditional humanities research domains, we strive to produce critical knowledge on contemporary issues in a changing world. Our multi-faceted research is organised in seven research institutes and the<strong> <\/strong>transversal Culture &amp; Computation Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-buttons btn-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-button\"    aria-disabled=\"false\"\n    >\n    <a\n        role=\"link\"\n        aria-disabled=\"false\"\n                    href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/research-en\/research-projects-overview\/?fq_research-projects-taxonomies-organisation%5B%5D=department-of-humanities%7CDepartment+of+Humanities%7COrganisation\"\n                target=\"_self\"\n        class=\"btn btn--primary\"\n            >Research projects<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper w-full md:w-auto px-16\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper flex flex-col items-center\">\n<h2 class=\"text-h4 has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"discover\"\n    >\nDiscover<\/h2>\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-button-highlight-square\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/DHUM_Programs-2023-2024.pdf\"\n    target=\"_self\"\n>\n    <span class=\"btn-highlight-square__container\">\n        <div class=\"btn-highlight-square__body\">\n    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--download-link icon--xl\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--download-link\"><\/use><\/svg>    <span class=\"btn btn--dark\">\n        \n<span class=\"btn__name wp-block-unilux-blocks-plain-text\">Our Study Programmes<\/span>    <\/span>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image image-bg object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/DHUM_cover.png\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/DHUM_cover-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/DHUM_cover-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/DHUM_cover-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/DHUM_cover.png 789w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; 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font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 100.00% 100.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 3\/2; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure><\/section>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper content-card__overlay\">\n<a class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-button-highlight-rounded bottom-left\" \n    href=\"#\"\n    target=\"_self\"\n>\n    \n<span class=\"btn-highlight-rounded__name wp-block-unilux-blocks-plain-text\"><\/span>    <span class=\"icon-rounded\">\n        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right icon--lg\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>    <\/span>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-card__body  wp-block-unilux-blocks-content-card-free-area\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/research-groups\/research-institute-of-multilingualism\/\">Multilingualism<\/a><\/strong> <br>conducts research on the challenges of learning and living in linguistically diverse contexts, studying multilingualism in individuals and society and its impact on education and well-being.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/research-groups\/institute-of-philosophy\/\">Philosophy <\/a><br>focuses on research and teaching is modern and contemporary European philosophy.<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/research-groups\/institute-of-luxembourgish-language-and-literature\/\">Luxembourgish Language and Literature<\/a><\/strong><br>stands for its pioneering spirit by introducing and implementing new research paradigms and critical lenses for the study of language and literature related topics in Luxembourg and beyond.<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/research-groups\/institute-of-history\/\">History<\/a><\/strong> <br>focuses on four major themes of research: Borders and Identity, Power and Legitimation, History and Space, Materiality and Culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/research-groups\/institute-of-english-studies\/\">English Studies<\/a><\/strong><br>participate in the multiple dimensions of the field of English Studies in and beyond the Anglophone world and engages with literary and linguistic corpora and culture in English and other languages.<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/research-groups\/institute-of-romance-studies-media-and-arts\/\">Romance Studies, Media &amp; Arts<\/a><\/strong><br>provides a laboratory of cultural studies, structured around three major strands: Romance Studies, Media, Art.<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/research-groups\/institute-for-german-language-literature-and-interculturality\/\">German Studies<\/a><\/strong><br>is dedicated to the German language and its literature from the early Middle Ages to the present, in its entire bandwidth.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"section  wp-block-unilux-blocks-content-card-full-width py-0\">\n    <div class=\"container 2xl:max-w-screen-2xl\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-11\/12\">\n            <div class=\"content-card content-card--right content-card__overlay--hidden wp-block-unilux-blocks-content-card\">\n    \n<h2 class=\"content-card__heading has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"a-transversal-lab-for-cultural-data-science\"\n    >\nA transversal lab for cultural data science<\/h2>\n<div class=\"content-card__visual wp-block-unilux-blocks-content-card-visual-area\">\n    \n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-image-video-wrapper\">\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Picture_TravoltaSjqMA7.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Picture_TravoltaSjqMA7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Picture_TravoltaSjqMA7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Picture_TravoltaSjqMA7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Picture_TravoltaSjqMA7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Picture_TravoltaSjqMA7.jpg 1920w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; 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Computation Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The CuCo Lab fosters collaboration among scholars of the Department of Humanities, to promote research in&nbsp;cultural data science&nbsp;as a comprehensive approach to the application of computational methods in the humanities, and to advance the analysis of (digital) culture from a scholarly point of view. In doing so, we are driven by a critical curiosity and open to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lab serves four primary functions: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thematic figurehead<\/strong>:&nbsp;It positions &amp; promotes humanities research at the university in the national and international research landscape.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"    >\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project hub<\/strong>:&nbsp;It provides infrastructure, technical and development assistance for projects and researchers in the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Training platform<\/strong>:&nbsp;It offers training and teaching in Cultural Data Science and digital methods to scholars and students, and the scientific community beyond the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anchoring point<\/strong>:&nbsp;It functions as a collaboration hub for incoming researchers, societal stakeholders, and industry partners in terms of project development and funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-centre section\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h2 class=\"content-card__title has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"our-team\"\n    >\nOur team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper flex flex-wrap -mx-16 xl:-mx-32\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper w-full xl:w-9\/12 px-16 xl:px-32\">\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"an-interface-for-different-academic-cultural-traditions\"\n    >\nAn interface for different <br>academic cultural traditions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper flex flex-wrap -mx-16\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper w-full md:w-5\/12 mb-48 px-16\">\n<p>Driven by curiosity, scientific rigor, and social engagement, our researchers are highly regarded experts in their respective fields. We are committed to fostering a community of scholars who work together to address pressing contemporary issues in a changing world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-quick-link-underline\">\n    \n<li class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-quick-link-underline-item\">\n    <a\n            href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/research-departments\/department-of-humanities\/people\/\"\n            class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-anchor\"        target=\"\"\n>\n    \n<span class=\"hero__title__subject wp-block-unilux-blocks-plain-text\">Meet the team<\/span><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-buttons btn-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-button\"    aria-disabled=\"false\"\n    >\n    <a\n        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