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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 20h

How to collectively re-interpret former prisons?
Join us next week (on site or online) to listen to Gaïd Andro and Fanny Lebonhomme about their collaborative project about Jacques Cartier prison in Rennes
#Prison #Memory #PublicHistory @c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu @fnr.lu
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

Jacques Cartier: From prison to participatory research-creation project

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

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 20h

And you are welcome to attend if you can stay longer in Esch :)

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 2d

So impatient to welcome Charles H. al-Hayek at the @uni.lu and @c2dh.uni.lu to discuss public history in #Lebanon and in the Middle East.
Another international partnership designed and driven by Myriam Dalal, PhD

www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
#PublicHistory

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 Root...

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 3d

Check the new student project showcase.
A #PublicHistory project by students from Master in Public History at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
They tell stories based on a collection of 5,000 digitised postcards.

publichistoryonline.org/project-show...

October Project Showcase

October 2025 Project Showcase From Times Past: A Kreuzberg Postcard Collection By Alexander Elspaß, Maximilian Gärtner, Christina Helwig, Marina Kochedyshkina, Marcel Ravens, Janika Stolt, and…

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 3d

Designing with communities?
When coproduction practices help enriching our heritage interpretation

Nitya Sankhe interviewed by Myriam Dalal and Nada Elshabrawy hosted at @uni.lu by the @c2dh.uni.lu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_6H...

#Heritage #Community #Design #PublicHistory

Interview with Nitya Sankhe - Public History and Arts series

YouTube video by University of Luxembourg

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 8d

Available curriculum and syllabus to teach and learn public history.
First shared resource with the entire curriculum from the Master at Institut National Universitaire Champollion (France)
#PublicHistory
publichistoryonline.org/syllabus/

Course Syllabus Sharing

Exploring Public History Syllabi across our Network This page will bring together a collection of course syllabi from across the European Network for Masters in Public History (EUMAPH). By sharing …

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 13d

The number of Masters, courses, and University Labs in Public History grows every year. Today, two new additions to the international public history map. Erasmus University Rotterdam and University of Zurich
#PublicHistory

www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

Public History Courses, Programmes, Labs - Google My Maps

List of University Public History Centers, Programmes and project. If you want to add your infos... send an email to [email protected] Please send the title, a location, and a URL (link) for the pr...

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 17d

Do you want to join us in Luxembourg as visiting fellow? 3 more weeks to apply at @c2dh.uni.lu at the @uni.lu
#PublicHistory #DigitalHistory #DH
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...

C²DH Visiting Researcher Fellowships 2026

The C²DH offers 3 fellowships for visiting researchers: for PhD candidates, Post-Docs and Senior Researchers.

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 17d

Rich discussion about #PublicHistory in the UK.
Katie Carpenter, Anna Maguire, David Geiringer, and Julia Laite in History Workshop journal

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Teaching Public History in Britain Today: A Roundtable Discussion

Abstract. ‘What is Public History Now?’ This was the question posed by the 2022 AHRC Network led by Julia Laite. The network culminated in a conference of

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 18d

Check the Call for Participation to the 2026 conference of the International Federation for Public History. It will take place in Lison, Portugal (September 2026)
ifph.hypotheses.org/6522
#PublicHistory @ncph.bsky.social @sypph.bsky.social

8th International Conference on Public History

The Public History of Difficult Pasts 8th International Conference on Public History Lisbon, Portugal | September 7-11, 2026 Call for Papers Conference Overview In a time of escalating...

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 21d

Call for Application: Digital Global South Fellowship.
Thanks for sharing
@c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu
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Call for Applications: Digital Global South Fellowship

he C²DH invites applications for the Digital Global South Fellowship DGSF, a fully virtual, four-week residency dedicated to advancing Public History.

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 21d

Creating a @zotero.org bibliography to teach and study #PublicHistory.
More info on the website of the European network of Masters of Public History.
publichistoryonline.org/public-histo...

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 23d

-"Dialogues about the humanities must commence by acknowledging the injustices of Western political-economic structures that obstruct the recognition of the epistemological, linguistic, cultural, scientific, and spiritual traditions of Indigenous peoples of all continents."

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 23d

"The historical exclusion of many groups from educational institutions and knowledge production shows how the humanities have perpetuated hierarchies of power that, ironically, dehumanized."

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 23d

"Do the humanities humanize?"
from Luis Martin Valdiviezo Arista in the Public Humanities journal.

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Do the humanities humanize? | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core

Do the humanities humanize? - Volume 1

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 24d

First History Festival in #Luxembourg !!
On October 15 for a history fair with games, activities, presentations and 2 film screenings. Everything open and free.
@uni.lu @c2dh.uni.lu

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HISTOFEST. History on Full Blast

The first history festival in Belval, featuring hands-on activities, project's fair, exhibition, hologram display, film screenings. The first history festival in Belval, featuring hands-on activities,...

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 29d

A very powerful article from Marchella Ward in the Public Humanities journal (open access)

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How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core

How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine - Volume 1

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 29d

New university public history courses, masters, labs? If yours is not on the map yet, just say so in the comment www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e... #PublicHistory

Public History Courses, Programmes, Labs - Google My Maps

List of University Public History Centers, Programmes and project. If you want to add your infos... send an email to [email protected] Please send the title, a location, and a URL (link) for the pr...

www.google.com

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · Sep 9

“I have been able to apply skills from my career in a heritage situation”
Check our new Public History Student Project Showcase. Richard Twydell (Derby Public History Master) described his project "Creating the Attic Tour for Sudbury Hall"
#PublicHistory
publichistoryonline.org/project-show...

Project Showcase

September 2025 Showcase Creating the Attic Tour for Sudbury Hall By Richard Twydell MA Public History and Heritage, University of Derby, United Kingdom “I have been able to apply skills from …

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · Sep 9

Help needed: Involved in the creation of a future national association of public history.

Why creating national associations of public history? What could national associations do, help with? Thanks for sharing your arguments. #PublicHistory @sypph.bsky.social @ncph.bsky.social

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Emiliano Perra @emilianoperra.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's a great book, and it's open access to boot!

Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · Jul 9

Full open access ❗
Nicholas K. Johnson's book on the production of television representations of the Wannsee Conference. With @degruyterbrill.bsky.social and @c2dh.uni.lu
#Television #WWII #PublicHistory
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Scripting Genocide

Scripting Genocide traces the history of how and why the Wannsee Conference has repeatedly attracted the attention of American, British, and German artists, writers, and filmmakers since 1960. Almost ...

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · Sep 8

Enseigner l'histoire publique / Teaching public history.

Organised this week at @upecofficiel.bsky.social with representatives of the different programmes in France and from our Master in Digital and Public History at @uni.lu Université du Luxembourg.
crhec.u-pec.fr/actualites/a...

Congrès international « Enseigner l'Histoire publique aujourd'hui »

Ce congrès international est organisé par Marie-Karine Schaub et Stéphane Michonneau, enseignants-chercheurs à l’UPEC et membres du laboratoire CRHEC (Faculté des Lettres, Langues et Sciences humaines...

crhec.u-pec.fr

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yes

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · Aug 27

2025 Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)

This year it will take place in Luxembourg, at the @c2dh.uni.lu at @uni.lu
#History #Technology #skystorians
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · Aug 26

Public history and #arts. History and arts in #Kenya.
Interview of Muthoni Mwangi (African Digital Heritage Foundation).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLHb...

Public History and Arts Series | Interview with Mũthoni Mwangi

YouTube video by University of Luxembourg

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