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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · 2d

Join us today at 11.30 am on-site or online for a History@Play lecture with Marc Bonner, University of Applied Sciences in Kaiserslautern
Link and info: www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...
#storytelling #publichistory

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · 9d

The Scientific Unit of the Chamber of Deputies released a study exploring #Luxembourg ’s tax competitiveness. The report’s 4th chapter offers a critical history of the Grand Duchy’s financial centre and was co- written by Benoît Majerus
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@majben.bsky.social #fiscalité

Study exploring Luxembourg’s tax competitiveness co-written by Benoît Majerus

The Scientific Unit of the Chamber of Deputies released a study exploring Luxembourg’s tax competitiveness. The historical chapter was co-written by Benoît Majerus.

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · 16d

We are preparing to bring history to life with HISTOFEST, the first history festival in #Belval! A vibrant mix of activities, stories, and surprises is waiting for you on 15 October.
Full programme 👉 www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...
#publichistory #histofest #historyfestival #Esch

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · 29d

Rejoignez-nous le 1er octobre pour un Forum Z consacré à la médiatisation des inégalités sociales et économique au #Luxembourg.
Organisé en partenariat avec @csllux.bsky.social
Plus d'infos: www.uni.lu/c2dh-fr/even...
#ForumZLU #PublicHistory

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University of Luxembourg @uni.lu · Aug 22

🎡 The Schueberfouer is back! Beyond rides & lights, one sound stood out in the 1960s: the voices of the Recommandeurs (barkers).

Research by our own Véronique Faber (@c2dh.uni.lu) + Dr. Vanessa Toulmin from @sheffielduni.bsky.social dives into this art of showmanship.

#Schueberfouer #Luxembourg

Echoes of the Schueberfouer: Voices from the Fairground

Exploring the theatrical and multilingual art of fairground “Recommandeurs” in the sensory chaos of the Schueberfouer during the 1960s.

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · Jul 30

Open call for PhD candidates, Post-Docs and Senior Researchers
We offer 3 fellowships for visiting researchers in 2026
Seize the opportunity and apply before 15.10.2025
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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · Jul 23

#IndustrialHistory in Action!
We followed the traces of Belval Blast Furnace C to China
Both countries deal with similar challenges when it comes to reusing old industrial sites. What should be preserved? How can these places be made meaningful again?
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Industrial History in Action

Report of a research trip to China to follow the traces of Blast Furnace C, originally part of Luxembourg’s steel industry in Belval.

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · Jul 14

#CfP Conference in Northern Luxembourg on 26-27 February 2026 on the topic of national-socialist internment sites in Western Europe
Deadline for submission: 15 September
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#Holocaust #WW2 #HistoricalSites

CfP: Transit zones: Western European internment sites in the interspaces of Nazi persecution

International conference organised by the C²DH / University of Luxembourg and the Centre Cinqfontaines / Zentrum fir politesch Bildung (ZPB) on 26.-27. February 2026.

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LUinOttawa @luinottawa.bsky.social · Jul 14

Were you a listener of Radio #Luxembourg 🇱🇺 ❓
⏩️ Send your short voice message to [email protected]
❗️ Immersive Experience Opening Spring 2026 @ Villa Louvigny @cityluxembourg.bsky.social
@c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu @cnalux.bsky.social @samsafilms.bsky.social

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · Jul 10

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR FIRST HISTORY FESTIVAL
📅 15 October 📍 Belval
We’re bringing history to life with a vibrant mix of activities,
films and surprises. Whether you're a history buff, a curious local, or just looking for something fun to do—HISTOFEST is for YOU!
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

HISTOFEST. History on Full Blast

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

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · Jul 1

Félicitations à Alinéor Gandanger, récompensée par une bourse Gerda Henkel, pour ses travaux sur la Grande Guerre.
Lire la suite: www.uni.lu/c2dh-fr/news...
#ww1 #GrandeGuerre #storytelling

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Institut für Zeitgeschichte München−Berlin @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social · Jun 25

Einführung zu Tag 1 der gemeinsam mit @c2dh.uni.lu organisierten Tagung „Challenges of Deindustrialization in European Societies since the 1970s“ mit Martina Steber, Stefan Krebs & Christian Marx. Die ersten Panels beleuchten die Folgen der Deindustralisierung für Industrieproduktion und Umwelt.

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · Jun 25

Opening of the 'Confronting Decline (CONDE) – Challenges of #Deindustrialization in European Societies since the 1970s' conference in Luxembourg
Welcome address by Andreas Fickers (C²DH) and Andreas Wirsching @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social
Programme: www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · May 21

Les sacrifiés de l' #IA: prisonnières en Finlande, réfugiés ukrainiens, travailleurs en lutte au Kenya, exploitation du lithium en Amérique du Sud
🎬Projection du film, suivie d'une discussion avec son co-auteur Antonio A. Casilli
📅2.7. 📍 Rotondes
#IntelligenceArtificielle
www.uni.lu/c2dh-fr/even...

Dans les coulisses de l'intelligence artificielle

Projection du documentaire « Les sacrifiés de l’iA » (2025) | Présentation et discussion avec Antonio A. CASILLI, Professeur, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, et co-auteur du film

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University of Luxembourg @uni.lu · Jun 18

The #DIGISHELL project starts in 2026 and will use digital tools to study millions of pages of multilingual, unstructured data.

More about the story and what’s next 👇

#AI #ERC #DigitalHistory #Luxembourg #Research
#uni_lu @c2dh.uni.lu

How researchers use AI to reconstruct history of offshore shell companies

Benoît Majerus, a history professor at the University of Luxembourg, will soon be launching a groundbreaking research project on global tax networks,

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · Jun 2

Workshop History of Digital History between East and West (5-6 February 2026)
📣❗ Extended deadline for abstracts: 27 June
#digitalhistory #dhist #digitalhumanities
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Call for Papers: Workshop History of Digital History between East and West

This workshop will address these blind spots by focusing attention on the question of how the local and the transnational intersected in the technology-inflected reshaping of historical research pract...

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · May 28

Your contributions will help us better understand the many ways in which The Family of Man has resonated with individuals and communities over time.

Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · May 28

Whether you visited the exhibition during its original world tour, encountered it in Clervaux, or feel a personal or cultural connection to its themes, your perspective matters to us.

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · May 28

Share your story about the #FamilyofMan photo exhibition! 📣

#EdwardSteichen #photography @cnalux.bsky.social

➡️ www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...

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Hanna Siemaszko @scihanna.bsky.social · May 27

🎧 New SciLux: History isn't just what happened – it's who gets to tell the story.

Dr. Joëlla van Donkersgoed (@c2dh.uni.lu) shows how communities from Luxembourg to Indonesia are reclaiming their narratives & reshaping historical research.

Powered by @researchluxembourg.org

#PublicHistory #SciLux

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · May 26

C²PhD PODCAST 🎙️
Camilla Portesani launched the Participatory #PublicHistory Lab at the House of #EuropeanHistory. She shares her reflections on the project, the skills she had to developed, and the juggling act of doing hands-on work while writing a #PhD #thesis
➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/4GLt...

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · May 21

Les sacrifiés de l' #IA: prisonnières en Finlande, réfugiés ukrainiens, travailleurs en lutte au Kenya, exploitation du lithium en Amérique du Sud
🎬Projection du film, suivie d'une discussion avec son co-auteur Antonio A. Casilli
📅2.7. 📍 Rotondes
#IntelligenceArtificielle
www.uni.lu/c2dh-fr/even...

Dans les coulisses de l'intelligence artificielle

Projection du documentaire « Les sacrifiés de l’iA » (2025) | Présentation et discussion avec Antonio A. CASILLI, Professeur, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, et co-auteur du film

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · May 20

70 years #FamilyofMan

We have the pleasure of welcoming Prof Shamoon Zamir for a talk about the famous photo exhibition

📅 21 May 🕔 5-6 pm (CET) 📍 C²DH, MSH, Belval

#EdwardSteichen #photography @cnalux.bsky.social
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Talk by Shamoon Zamir, Professor of Literature and Art History, New York University Abu Dhabi, in the framework of the 70th Anniversary of “The Family of Man” exhibition and the FoMLEG Project.

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · May 15

Meet Myriam Piguet, Vice-Head of the Contemporary European history #research group.
How do international organisations act as spaces where actors collaborate and interact with each other? What's the real impact of their decision-making powers?
@uni.lu #facesoftheC2DH
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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 po...

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · May 13

How can videos be used to talk about history on the Internet? What are the issues, processes and problems involved? How are these videos received by the public?

Join us 📍 online at 🕚11 am (CET) today for a talk with Robin Maillard

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#PublicHistory #socialmedia

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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