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Big Open Science PodcastSustaining and Innovating Open Research Infrastructures. SCIROS Workshop @UniLu🔊 In the third episode of the Big Open Science podcast, Tomasz Umerle speaks with Tugce Karatas and Sofia Papastamkou from C2DH, University of Luxembourg. The discussion covers challenges in sustaining and innovating open research infrastructure, particularly within the social sciences and humanities (SSH). Topics include data preservation, ethics, institutional support, accessibility, and interoperability. AI emerges as a key challenge for all scientific stakeholders in current scholarly communication.📢 Follow SCIROS for more insights: https://sciros.hypotheses.org/📌 This project is supported by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) under the Strategic Partnership Programme...
2025-06-1334 min
SciLuxUnveiling the Layers of History with Dr. Joëlla van DonkersgoedHistory isn't just what happened - it's who gets to tell the story. In this episode, we sit down with public history researcher Dr. Joëlla van Donkersgoed (C2DH, University of Luxembourg) to explore how communities are reclaiming their narratives and reshaping our understanding of the past.From the streets of Esch-sur-Alzette to the remote Banda Islands of Indonesia, Joëlla's work reveals how traditional historical methods often miss crucial perspectives. She breaks down the real challenges of public history: building trust with communities, sharing authority over historical narratives, and creating platforms that actually last beyond aca...
2025-05-2742 min
EuropastEp. 10: Who Owns the Past? Public History Without IllusionsGuest: Prof. Thomas CauvinHosts: Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė, Rūta Vyšniauskaitė, Giorgio RuggeriWhat happens when historians step outside the archive and into the world? In this EUROPAST episode, Professor Thomas Cauvin invites us into the evolving world of public history—a way of doing history that is participatory, collaborative, and rooted in the present. We talk about the challenges of teaching public history and the powerful potential of working beyond institutional walls. Thomas Cauvin is a Professor of Public History at the University of Luxembourg and Head of...
2025-04-3032 min
SciLuxHistory of Online Virality and CD-ROMs with Prof. Valérie SchaferIn this captivating episode of SciLux, we visit the digital history realm with Professor Valérie Schafer, a leading researcher in Contemporary European History at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH). Professor Schafer guides us through the concept of born digital heritage, uncovering the layers of web archives and their significance in preserving our digital past.We also explore the dynamic world of online virality, discussing the unpredictable yet impactful nature of viral phenomena. From the early days of the Internet to the rise of memes, discover how digital culture has evolved and c...
2024-12-1053 min
SciLuxSeason 4 - Episode 13 - ExposomicsTalking to Dr. Dagny Aurich from Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB, University of Luxembourg) turned to be a brilliant travel through many of our previous episodes and we referred a lot to our discussion about unknown chemicals with Prof. Emma Schymanski, Dagny's supervisor.Dagny, who looked into historical exposomics with C2DH researchers through the IAS-funded Luxembourg Time Machine project, currently focuses more on cheminformatics tools. Prepare for a discussion about all of the above and quite a lot on interdisciplinary approach!USEFUL LINKSLCSB - https://www.uni.lu/lcsb-en/...
2024-04-0936 min
C²DH Innovating & Sharing HistoryConfronting Decline in Luxembourg's Steel Industry - CONDESince the 1970s, deindustrialisation has fundamentally changed Western societies. Interestingly, Luxembourg has confronted the decline of its steel industry in a particular way. The CONDE project seeks to explore deindustrialisation in a systematic historical perspective and place it in wider political, economic, social and cultural contexts. The project is led by the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich. C²DH is one of nine collaborating institutions. C²DH historians Stefan Krebs, Zoé Konsbruck and Nicolas Arendt, spoke to Hanna Siemaszko, the producer of the SciLux podcast on science in Luxembourg, about deindustrialisation in Luxembourg, its comp...
2024-04-0825 min
C²DH Innovating & Sharing HistoryWARLUX - Soldiers and their communities in WWIISince March 2020, the Warlux project at C²DH has been delving into the experiences and narratives of Luxembourg's 'forced recruits' and their families during the Second World War. The aim is to break with the traditional historiography surrounding the 'forced recruits' and to critically examine established narratives within the country's overarching historical discourse. Rather than treating these young men as a homogeneous group, the project explores the personal experiences of the soldiers, as well as the fates of their families during the war, utilizing a wide range of (new) sources and innovative digital methods.C²DH historians Ni...
2024-03-1336 min
SciLuxSeason 4 - Episode 1 - Mentorship in AcademiaEver wondered how mentorship worked in academia? We did for sure, and that's why for the first episode of the new season we invited two experienced mentors: Prof. Simone Niclou, the Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Luxembourg and Prof. Andreas Fickers, the Director of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH). Simone and Andreas not only defined mentorship for us, talked about the starting point and their own experiences as mentees, they also shared some surprising questions and comments they encountered on their paths as mentors. Exceptionally we went so deep into t...
2023-10-1744 min
C²DH Innovating & Sharing History"Minett Stories" virtual exhibitionThe Minett Stories virtual exhibition explores the history and identity of the Minett, the industrial region in southern Luxembourg, in 21 stories. For a century (approx. 1870-1970) the Minett was shaped by iron ore mining and the iron and steel industry. Rapid economic and population growth, urbanisation and labour migration had a major impact on the history of the region, which has also been shaped by economic crises, environmental pollution and precarious housing and living conditions.C²DH historians Viktoria Boretska and Stefan Krebs and anthropologist Irene Portas Vázquez  spoke to Hanna Siemaszko, the...
2023-05-0432 min
C²DH Innovating & Sharing HistoryAnalysing Web archivesFor the C²DH, 2022 was a particularly fruitful and intense year for our ongoing research on Web archives: two year-long projects came to an end, one in partnership with the DataLab of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, entitled Buzz-F, and another with the Canadian Archives Unleashed team, AWAC2, which looked at Web archives related to the COVID-19 crisis. In autumn 2022, the final conference of the WARCnet project (2020-2023) was also held in Aarhus, Denmark. Finally, the HIVI project (A history of online virality) pursued its activities for the second consecutive year. C²DH historian Valérie Scha...
2023-05-0238 min
C²DH Innovating & Sharing HistoryJewish studiesIn all humanities disciplines, scholars find themselves confronted with the rapidly increasing availability of digital resources, new technologies to interrogate and analyse them, and the question of how to engage with these developments. The field of Jewish studies is no exception. The C²DH aims to use the potential of digital technology to foster research in Jewish studies. Various projects have been carried out in recent years, including the launch of the websites #DHJewish and the Luxembourg Memorial of the Shoah, the publication of the book "Jewish Studies in the Digital Age" and a study o...
2023-04-2636 min
C²DH Innovating & Sharing History"A Colônia Luxemburguesa" transmedia documentaryOne hundred years ago, the Luxembourg-based steel giant ARBED – today ArcelorMittal – inaugurated its Brazilian subsidiary in the State of Minas Gerais. Hundreds of Luxembourgish migrants settled in João Monlevade to work at the plant, bringing their social and cultural mores with them. An innovative transmedia documentary traces the history of the city and its inhabitants as well as the links forged between Brazil and Luxembourg. C²DH historian Dominique Santana and film producer Bernard Michaux (Samsa Films) spoke to Hanna Siemaszko, the producer of the SciLux podcast on science in Luxembourg, about their experiences of the “A Colôni...
2023-04-2437 min
C²DH Innovating & Sharing History"HistorESCH", making history more collaborativeHistory shapes towns and cities and the people who live in them. Esch-sur-Alzette has an extremely rich, sometimes forgotten history, one that is reflected in its buildings and heritage and above all in the lived experiences of its residents. Thomas Cauvin, head of the “Public History and Outreach” research area, and Joëlla van Donkersgoed, a post-doctoral researcher at the C²DH, spoke to Hanna Siemaszko, the producer of the SciLux podcast on science in Luxembourg, about the challenges of the “HistorEsch” public history project.This podcast was recorded in connection with the 2022 Annual Report of the Luxembourg...
2023-04-2032 min
C²DH Innovating & Sharing HistoryDoing experimental media archaeologyThe DEMA (“Doing Experimental Media Archaeology”) project studies the potential of hands-on experimentation as a means of better understanding and experiencing the materiality and use practices of old media technologies. Musician Aleksander Kolkowski, media historian Tim van der Heijden and C²DH Director Andreas Fickers spoke to Hanna Siemaszko, the producer of the SciLux podcast on science in Luxembourg, about their experiences and their thoughts on experimental media archaeology as a practical and sensorial approach to media historiography. This podcast was recorded in connection with the 2022 Annual Report of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digit...
2023-04-1954 min
La Cantine numérique de Brest#43 Goûter les archives et les humanités numériques, avec Caroline Muller et Frédéric ClavertQuarante troisième épisode, nous recevons Caroline Muller, maîtresse de conférence à l’Université Rennes 2 et Frédéric Clavert, Assistant Professor au C2DH de l’Université du Luxembourg, pour leur travail sur le livre numérique Le Goût de l’archive à l’ère numériqueIls nous parlent de l’évolution du métier d’historien, au travers de nouvelles pratiques et méthodes liées aux […]
2023-02-1337 min
stphUsages pédagogiques de ChatGPThttps://www.c2dh.uni.lu/thinkering/usages-pedagogiques-de-chatgpt-enregistrement-de-la-table-ronde
Enregistrement d'une table ronde modérée par Valérie Schafer (historienne, C²DH, Université du Luxembourg), avec :
Pierre-Carl Langlais (humanités numériques, opsci)
Stéphane Crozat (informatique, COSTECH, Université Technologique de Compiègne)
Caroline Muller (historienne, EA Tempora, Université Rennes 2)
Frédéric Clavert (historien, C²DH, Université du Luxembourg)
Salima Lamsiyah (sciences informatiques, Université du Luxembourg)
2023-02-1100 min
stphUsages pédagogiques de ChatGPThttps://www.c2dh.uni.lu/thinkering/usages-pedagogiques-de-chatgpt-enregistrement-de-la-table-ronde
Enregistrement d'une table ronde modérée par Valérie Schafer (historienne, C²DH, Université du Luxembourg), avec :
Pierre-Carl Langlais (humanités numériques, opsci)
Stéphane Crozat (informatique, COSTECH, Université Technologique de Compiègne)
Caroline Muller (historienne, EA Tempora, Université Rennes 2)
Frédéric Clavert (historien, C²DH, Université du Luxembourg)
Salima Lamsiyah (sciences informatiques, Université du Luxembourg)
2023-02-1100 min
SciLuxSeason 3 - Episode 7 - Dr. Inna Ganshow (C2DH, University of Luxembourg) - LURN and Forced Labour ResearchThe seventh episode of this season was a chance to talk to Dr. Inna Ganschow from the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) at the University of Luxembourg. Inna told us how the Luxembourg Ukrainian Researcher Network came to be, as well as familiarised us with her latest research regarding Soviet forced labourers and prisoners of war. Last but not least, your host lost her voice during the interview and had to work harder than ever to make this episode work. Hope you'll enjoy nevertheless!------USEFUL LINKSLuxembourg Centre...
2023-01-0348 min
SciLuxEpisode 28 - Summer Science News 2022We're on a short holiday, but before we left, we recorded an episode with the latest developments in science and technology in Luxembourg. This means we did not talk to any new researcher, just reminded you of what had been happening in our country and what were the events you should keep in mind in the next weeks.USEFUL LINKSEurostat: government budget allocations for R&DLuxembourg in 3DSpace Campus in LuxembourgESRIC call for start-upsThomas Cauvin's Textbook about Public History
2022-08-2314 minD'Grenz erëm beliewenDe Fuerschungsprojet Dancing Esch, deen am Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) vun der Uni Lëtzebuerg gemaach gëtt, probéiert tëschent Archivfuerschung an Histoire orale de ganze Räichtum an d'Komplexitéit vun dëse populäre Festlechkeeten ze dokumentéeiren. Et geet drëm d'Geschicht vun der Sozialitéit an der Fräizäit, vun de Gebräich an der Intimitéit, an och déi vum Kierper an de Sënner ze entdecken, an enger Grenzstad, déi geschafe gouf duerch d'Stolindustrie an d'Migratioun.
Vun der Zäithisorikerin Laura Steil
2022-07-1709 minKolonial Verflechtunge vu LëtzebuergD'Regierung huet d'Institut fir Zäitgeschicht vun der Universitéit Lëtzebuerg (C2DH) mat engem Fuerschungsprojet zur Kolonialgeschicht vum Land beoptraagt. Déi kolonial Verflechtunge vu Lëtzebuerg si bei Wäitem net komplett opgeschafft. D'Brisanz, ee feelend Problembewosstsinn, mee och d'Noutwennegkeet vun der Thematik weist sech an der aktueller Diskussioun. E globalhistoresche Bléck, deen iwwer een nationalgeschichtleche Paradigma erausgeet, kann ee wichtege Beitrag fir eis haut leeschten.
Dozou dës Chronik vum Kevin Goergen, Doktorand am Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), deen zur Kolonialgeschicht vu Lëtzebuerg fuerscht.
2022-07-0309 min
De Gruyter Brill ConversationsDigital Humanities - A Science Unto Itself? A Conversation With Valérie SchaferWhat does it mean to be a digital scholar? The answers to this seemingly simple question are probably as diverse as the interdisciplinary field of digital humanities itself. To learn more about the ins and outs of the emerging research area, we invited Prof. Valérie Schafer from the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) for an interview.
Valérie Schafer has been a Professor in Contemporary European History at the C2DH since 2018, where she does research on the history of the Internet and the Web, the history of European digital cultures and in...
2022-03-1048 min
SciLuxEpisode 16 - Aida Horaniet Ibanez (C2DH) - Data VisualisationOur guest today is Aida Horaniet Ibanez, data analyst and doctoral researcher at C2DH (University of Luxembourg). We sit down with her to talk about data in humanities and interdisciplinary projects, as well as visualising data for NGOs and talking to children about it. There's also a surprising pub quiz question that Aida prepared for our listeners so listen to it all!---SHOW NOTESViz For Social GoodAida's blog with her stories about #MyMomIsADataAnalystDear Data bookSupport the show
2022-03-0235 min
SciLuxEpisode 13 - Prof. Thomas Cauvin (C2DH) - Public HistoryWe continue talking to researchers based in Luxembourg and this time we took the time to talk to prof. Thomas Cauvin (C²DH). In the longest episode so far we had a chance to understand a bit more what public history is professor Cauvin set our expectations high for Esch 2022. We also learnt that doing history in social media is definitely possible.------SHOW NOTESC²DH WebsitePHACS (Public History as the New Citizen Science of the Past)FL'ESCH Back Facebook groupSupport the show
2021-12-1240 minLiewensgeschichten aus dem MinettDen Zentrum fir zäitgenëssesch an digital Geschicht (C2DH) krut fir hire Projet Historical Voices from the Minett e Präis. Dobäi geet et ëm Liewensgeschichten aus dem Minett, no deene laang recherchéiert gouf, fir se da multimedial presentéieren ze kënnen. D'Julia Harnoncourt vum C2DH beschreift, ëm wat et bei dësem Projet am Detail gaangen ass.
2021-11-1308 min
MusicArteExposição "Légionnaires" - Entrevista com François ReinertA exposição "Légionnaires"  - Parcours de guerre et de migrations entre le Luxembourg et la France" organizada pelo Museu Dräi Eechelen, em colaboração com o Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), está patente até 28 de novembro no Museu Dräi Eechelen. François Reinert, curador da exposição foi convidado de Ana Cristina Gonçalves no MusiCarte, na Radio Latina.
Informações sobre a exposição nos sites: www.mnha.lu e www.m3e.lu.
2021-07-0607 min
MusicArteExposição "Légionnaires" - Entrevista com Denis ScuttoA exposição "Légionnaires"  - Parcours de guerre et de migrations entre le Luxembourg et la France" organizada pelo Museu Dräi Eechelen, em colaboração com o Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), está patente até 28 de novembro no Museu Dräi Eechelen. Denis Scutto, vice-presidente do Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, foi convidado de Ana Cristina Gonçalves no programa Musicarte, na Radio Latina
Informações sobre a exposição nos sites: www.mnha.lu e www.m3e.lu.
2021-07-0608 min