Why do historians collect new sources? War Experiences in Luxembourg. The Second World War and Today

Speeches/Talks (2023)

The military offensive launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine in the early hours of 24 February 2022 and the ensuing war on Ukrainian territory have resulted in immense human suffering, a ... [more ▼]

The military offensive launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine in the early hours of 24 February 2022 and the ensuing war on Ukrainian territory have resulted in immense human suffering, a humanitarian tragedy and incalculable material damage. The violation of a country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty – an act in clear breach of the United Nations Charter – has shattered the shared framework of values and principles fostered by multilateralism after the Second World War in the hope of achieving world peace, while leading to an unprecedented outpouring of solidarity for Ukraine and the plight of its people from Western democracies and European and international organisations, including NATO, the UN, the European Union and the Council of Europe, and their Member States and private initiatives. As contemporary history is turned on its head, historians, driven by the duty of memory, are stepping up to explain the origins of the conflict, identify the various players, provide an objective analysis of the consequences, record the memories of eyewitnesses and victims – with oral history proving a precious tool –, preserve historical sources and, above all, reflect on the role that intellectual effort can play in paving the way for a return to peace in the new world order taking shape before our eyes. [less ▲]

Les Italiens dans le Luxembourg des migrations (5e partie)

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USB Drop Attacks

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Digitising History From a Global Context; And What This Tells Us About Access and Inequality

in Historical Transactions - Royal Historical Society Blog (2023)

In this post we continue our series — ‘Historical Research in the Digital Age’ — which explores historians’ use and understanding of the digital tools and sources that shape modern research culture. The ... [more ▼]

In this post we continue our series — ‘Historical Research in the Digital Age’ — which explores historians’ use and understanding of the digital tools and sources that shape modern research culture. The series explores the impact and implications of digital resources (positive and negative) for how historians work today. In Part Five we hear from Gerben Zaagsma who is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), University of Luxembourg. Here, Gerben explores the concept of ‘digital abundance’ in global perspective. Allocations of digital resources, and the capacity to access digital content, reflect wider divisions between Global Norths and Souths. However, as Gerben argues, the realities of digital imbalance also cut across these binary divisions. For many, a crucial impediment to research remains the lack of digital discoverability for analogue sources. Gerben also offers ways to better facilitate digital provision in the Global South and connect Northern / Southern research cultures. [less ▲]

Krich huet kee kloert Zil a wäert dofir sou laang virugoen, wéi de Putin lieft

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Dëse Krich huet kee kloert "Siegesbild" an kee kloert Zil an dofir wäert en och sou laang virugoen, wéi de Putin nach lieft. Dat fäert d'Inna Ganschow. D'Historikerin a Migratiounsfuerscherin vun der Uni ... [more ▼]

Dëse Krich huet kee kloert "Siegesbild" an kee kloert Zil an dofir wäert en och sou laang virugoen, wéi de Putin nach lieft. Dat fäert d'Inna Ganschow. D'Historikerin a Migratiounsfuerscherin vun der Uni Lëtzebuerg war en Donneschdeg de Moien eis Invitée vun der Redaktioun. [less ▲]

Contracts and Human Rights & Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) Laws

Conference given outside the academic context (2023)

How are contracts typically used in HREDD? Does contracting-as-usual support effective HREDD -- why / why not? What do the new laws say about contracts and the role they should play in HREDD? Specifically ... [more ▼]

How are contracts typically used in HREDD? Does contracting-as-usual support effective HREDD -- why / why not? What do the new laws say about contracts and the role they should play in HREDD? Specifically, what do the new laws say about contracts and HREDD-related liability? Against this backdrop, what would you advise in-scope companies to include in their contracts to meet the new legal requirements? Article 12 of the EU’s proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive indicates that the European Commission will develop guidance on model contractual clauses that companies can use to inform their own contracting practices. What are some key principles of due diligence-aligned contracting that you would like to see reflected in this guidance? More generally, what improvements are needed for contracts to better support HREDD regimes that effectively prevent and remedy adverse impacts? [less ▲]

Policy Brief to the French Public Consultation on Influencers and Content Creators

Diverse speeches and writings (2023)

Centering Europe and Othering the Rest: Corporate Due Diligence Laws and Their Impacts on the Global South

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Multiplying mathematical teachers

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Guest Editor, Journal of Risk and Financial Management

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« Préservons notre patrimoine numérique grâce au contre-archivage décentralisé et collaboratif »

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TRIBUNE. Alors que le rachat de Twitter a mis au jour la fragilité des contenus uniquement numériques, l’historien Frédéric Clavert appelle, dans une tribune au « Monde », à créer des mécanismes citoyens ... [more ▼]

TRIBUNE. Alors que le rachat de Twitter a mis au jour la fragilité des contenus uniquement numériques, l’historien Frédéric Clavert appelle, dans une tribune au « Monde », à créer des mécanismes citoyens d’archivage pour « préserver l’information de notre époque ». [less ▲]

Bridging NLP and LLOD: Humanities Approaches to Semantic Change

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Natural language processing (NLP) for detecting lexical semantic change and linguistic linked open data (LLOD) are two areas of research that have shown promising results in the latest years. However ... [more ▼]

Natural language processing (NLP) for detecting lexical semantic change and linguistic linked open data (LLOD) are two areas of research that have shown promising results in the latest years. However, their potential of being considered together for analysing and representing semantic change from a humanistic perspective needs further study and development. The talk presents an overview of theoretical aspects, NLP techniques and LLOD formalisms intended to this purpose, and focuses on a project developed as a humanities use case within the COST Action “Nexus Linguarum - European network for Web-centred linguistic data science.” The discussion includes preliminary thoughts on the conception of a system that combines dictionary information with corpus evidence, and provides multilingual diachronic ontologies for humanities research. [less ▲]

Les Italien-ne-s dans le Luxembourg des migrations (1ère partie)

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Minett Stories: Geschichten aus dem industriellen Süden Luxemburgs

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Natur a Literatur: Nei Erzielunge fir nei Welten

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Archiving and Oral History. Hands-On history: automated transcription.

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In the context of the project “24.02.22, 5 am: Testimonies from the War”, one of the tasks in the process of creating a digital archive of testimonies is to transform the audio testimony into a transcript ... [more ▼]

In the context of the project “24.02.22, 5 am: Testimonies from the War”, one of the tasks in the process of creating a digital archive of testimonies is to transform the audio testimony into a transcript. We have important questions to consider when transcribing :Which way and type of tranсribing corresponds to our purpose? Which type of transcript will be most useful for your particular context? Ways to Transcribe Interviews Transcription can be done in several different ways: In the scientific literature, four main ways of transcription are distinguished. Using:Audio-to -Text Conversation; Transcribing manually; Outsourcing to a Transcription Agency; Hiring a Freelance Transcriptionist. Іn our project “24.02.22, 5 am: Testimonies from the War”, after comparing manual transcription with automatic, we decided to use automatic transcription. In recent years, enormous technological advances have been made in the field of speech recognition. In the scientific literature, we can find many publications summarizing the experience of projects that solve the problem development of speech recognition and speech analysis technologies in the context of oral history. Despite the improvements in speech recognition, the transcripts contain recognition errors. At the initial stage, Audio-to-Text Conversation did not recognize the Ukrainian language well. Especially when a speaker names a person, an organization, an acronym, name of the area, a word that was not included in the program, ect. How we can contribute to the improvement of the program? Just actively working with additional features of the program. At first glance, it requires more time. But this investment pays off. The artificial intelligence of the program will take into account its mistake next time and improve the quality itself. The next time you upload a file, simply select My Vocabulary to ensure that the words you have added to your vocabulary are identified and transcribed with even greater precision. Choosing Audio-to-Text Conversation we contribute to the modernization of the transcription process. [less ▲]

Ech kucken net

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Denis Scuto, historian, former Luxembourg national team footballer, former record-holder of first league matches played in Luxembourg (424 matches from 1982 to 2002) and today vice-director of the ... [more ▼]

Denis Scuto, historian, former Luxembourg national team footballer, former record-holder of first league matches played in Luxembourg (424 matches from 1982 to 2002) and today vice-director of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) explains why he will not be watching the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. [less ▲]

A Little Threat from My Friends: An EU-based Company Contemplates Taking War-Torn Ukraine to Investment Arbitration

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C-885/19 P and C-898/19 P, Fiat on Transfer Pricing Rulings – Did the Commission Lose the Game?, Kluwer Competition Law Blog

Diverse speeches and writings (2022)

Jack of All Trades - Stolz und Hilflosigkeit

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“Against Arbitrariness: Defining the Grounds for Detention of Irregular Migrants (I.L. v Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet, C-241/21)”

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How do researchers collect new sources? Interviewees in Oral History. The Voices of the War.

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At the core of our data collection method in our project “Testimonies from the war” is collecting interviews with displaced population, forced to leave Ukraine because of the Russia’s invasion ... [more ▼]

At the core of our data collection method in our project “Testimonies from the war” is collecting interviews with displaced population, forced to leave Ukraine because of the Russia’s invasion. Interviewing is a qualitative method of data collection whose results are based on intensive engagement with respondents. In our case, the topic is forced migration and the change of peoples’ lives from 24th February till today. Strategies for engaging interview participants. Informing people about the project - utilizing institutions with a reputation for confidence; utilizing personal contacts: the "snowball" strategy The uniqueness and difficulty of our project is, certainly, the fact that the war is ongoing, which raises ethical issues and sensitivities, and difficulties of building trust that are essential for conducting an interview. Trust is composed of many different aspects. First, it’s trust in an institution: to the authority of the Luxembourg university in the context of personal data protection; trust in the concept and mission of the project: create a collection which will help us to tell the story of our turbulent times; trust in the team that works on the project: this is the high scientific and personal reputation of the international research team, who have been actively involved in volunteer activities since the first days of the war. Some researchers are Ukrainians who also have temporary protection in Luxembourg. Some scholars from Ukraine already have many years of experience working at the University of Luxembourg. Trust is a dynamic process. Some people need more time to be ready to share their story. It is the responsibility of the researcher to give them this time. Invite the interviewee "not for an interview" - but to tell a personal story. Ethical issues. Unified rules for the project consortium. Before searching for interview participants, we developed ground rules.The interviews are delayed by at least one month from the time the interviewee reaches the target country. Interviews should only be conducted with people who have given their informed consent. When recruiting interviewees through personal contacts, it is imperative to respect the principle of non-dependence between the researcher and the interviewee (the researcher may not record people who live at their home, their acquaintances, people they employ) in order to minimize pressure to consent to being recorded. Personal experience: Finding Respondents: WHERE? "Where to look for Ukrainians willing to be interviewed?" I had to go out into the field and explore the landscape and fit in. As a displaced person myself I joined other Ukrainians at a French course offered by the Luxembourg state in June and July and different events. There I met wonderful people from different professions and backgrounds. Over time, we talked about the project. People reacted with interest, but distrust. Some were not ready to be interviewed. Some expressed interest to be interviewed later. Each communication was an experience, an opportunity to learn what needed to be improved, what to consider. One needs to remain sensitive to the potential interviewee and respect their wishes in being willing or not to recall and share their traumatic experiences. [less ▲]

Transcription, Indexing and Analysis in Oral History

Speeches/Talks (2022)

While TV-interviews are recorded for an already written documentary film script, interviews for the Ukrainian oral history archive of war testimonies are recorded without any expectations. When creating ... [more ▼]

While TV-interviews are recorded for an already written documentary film script, interviews for the Ukrainian oral history archive of war testimonies are recorded without any expectations. When creating our archive, we do not know what research question of linguists, philosophers or historians will be later. We know that the archive is not going public, that´s the deal. But how does one study interviews in the archives, if there are not 10 interviews, but 100? And what if there are 1000 of them? Where do you get enough time to listen? This is where artificial intelligence comes to the rescue, technologies for “distanced reading”, “text mining” and “natural language processing”. The talk focuses on the technologies which are helping to get an overview over the interview collecting by indexing, keywording and transcription. [less ▲]

L'italiano e i giovani

Conference given outside the academic context (2022)

Les Influenceurs. Une plongée dans les pratiques et cultures numériques

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Le jeudi 13 octobre 2022 de 17.00 à 18.30, une table ronde co-organisée par la BnL et le C²DH réunissait Natascha Bintz, Luca de Michele, Anne Faber et Ben Olinger sur le thème «Les Influenceurs. Une ... [more ▼]

Le jeudi 13 octobre 2022 de 17.00 à 18.30, une table ronde co-organisée par la BnL et le C²DH réunissait Natascha Bintz, Luca de Michele, Anne Faber et Ben Olinger sur le thème «Les Influenceurs. Une plongée dans les pratiques et cultures numériques». Nous avons abordé avec eux leur parcours, leur ligne éditoriale, leur lien avec leur audience, mais aussi les enjeux culturels, économiques, professionnels, genrés ou encore technologiques de leur activité. [less ▲]

Die Uni Luxemburg vernetzt kluge Köpfe für die Nachkriegszeit

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"Am Campus Belval sollen die Forschenden aus der Ukraine durch das LURN (Luxembourg Ukrainian Researcher Network) ein interdisziplinäres Netzwerk aufbauen, also Forschende außerhalb ihres Fachgebiets ... [more ▼]

"Am Campus Belval sollen die Forschenden aus der Ukraine durch das LURN (Luxembourg Ukrainian Researcher Network) ein interdisziplinäres Netzwerk aufbauen, also Forschende außerhalb ihres Fachgebiets kennenlernen. Zusätzlich sollen sie Berührungspunkte mit der luxemburgischen Forschungslandschaft bekommen." [less ▲]

Aus den Fehlern von Belval lernen

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La consommation de Cannabis chez les jeunes d’âge scolaire (12-18 ans) au Luxembourg - Résultats de l'enquête HBSC de 2018

Diverse speeches and writings (2022)

Mobilmachung ohne Korpsgeist

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"Wladimir Putin hat es, wie auch andere Autokraten, geschafft, das Bild Russlands mit seiner Person zu verschmelzen und das erschwere es sich gegen ihn Aufzulehnen: Denn wer Putin attackiere, der bäume ... [more ▼]

"Wladimir Putin hat es, wie auch andere Autokraten, geschafft, das Bild Russlands mit seiner Person zu verschmelzen und das erschwere es sich gegen ihn Aufzulehnen: Denn wer Putin attackiere, der bäume sich gegen Russland auf. Das durchkreuze eine Haltung, die eine vehemente Regime-Kritik zulässt und gleichzeitig Kulturgüter Russlands verteidigt, so die Analyse der Historikerin Inna Ganschow." [less ▲]

Disleksija no neirozinātņu skatpunkta

Conference given outside the academic context (2022)

Einfach mal den Finger stillhalten. Mit seinem Buch "Ein neuer Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit" ist Jürgen Habermas dem deutschen Netzdiskurs voraus

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FNR Highlight: CeMi: Cemeteries & crematoria as public spaces of belonging in Europe.

Diverse speeches and writings (2022)

Les sanctions au regard du droit

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Problematische Nutzung sozialer Medien (PSMU) bei Schülern in Luxemburg in 2018

Diverse speeches and writings (2022)

Crowdsourcing as “Live” Collection – Project Warlux – War Experiences in Luxembourg

Article for general public (2022)

In February 2021, a team at the Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg launched a call for contributions as part of the project, “WARLUX – War Experiences in ... [more ▼]

In February 2021, a team at the Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg launched a call for contributions as part of the project, “WARLUX – War Experiences in Luxembourg,” funded by the Luxembourgish Research Fund (Fond National de la Recherche). The team researches the personal side of the Luxembourgish war generation’s history. To uncover the individual experiences of these men, women and families, the team asked the public to share their family stories, letters, diaries, photographs, and other personal documents. The researchers aimed to enrich existing records of individual experiences, which had not yet been collected or published. While the crowdsourcing campaign was intended as complementary research material, we created a unique digital archive of personal memories and individual voices in the form of first-hand documents, a novelty in the cultural landscape in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. [less ▲]

Desigualdades interseccionales en la ciencia

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Sublime atomique : Stratégies littéraires face au désastre nucléaire

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The “Long” Arm of Military Justice: The arrest and resettlement of the families of military deserters

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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was de facto annexed and incorporated into the German Reich during the Second World War. The laws and ordinances of the Reich applied to the local population, and male ... [more ▼]

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was de facto annexed and incorporated into the German Reich during the Second World War. The laws and ordinances of the Reich applied to the local population, and male residents were drafted into the Wehrmacht and thus subject to military jurisdiction. The main reason for Luxembourgers to be tried by the Wehrmacht courts was for disobeying orders, mostly desertion. Wehrmacht court records contain not only individual and personal information about the motives of the convicts and the findings of the court but also details about their families and backgrounds. As a result of deserting from the Wehrmacht, thousands of family members of deserters were resettled in East German territories such as Boberstein (Bobrów) in Poland, and their assets were confiscated. Given these men’s forced recruitment and non-German identity and the fact that they were being asked to fight for a foreign country that had invaded their home territory, the reasons for their desertion and disobedience are self-explanatory. However, this contribution will examine the efforts of the courts and the military justice administration to capture and arrest them, seizures made in their homeland and threats and arrests of their families. These efforts reflect the cooperation between military courts and local police forces used by the occupying authorities to terrorise the inhabitants of occupied territories and to put pressure on the men in the Wehrmacht not to defect. The contribution examines the consequences for individual soldiers and their families in occupied territories such as Luxembourg. It aims to use court records and trials, as well as the corresponding police files related to the interrogation and resettlement of families, to establish a link between persecuted soldiers and the consequences for their families, thereby showing the impact of the Nazi military machine on individuals during the Second World War. [less ▲]

Luxatlas.lu – A web atlas to explore the past 450 years of Luxembourg's urban history

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The Luxatlas represents a collection of maps and structures (e.g., building, fortress, streets) combined with explanatory texts, chronological tables and images. On this basis, the historical town atlas ... [more ▼]

The Luxatlas represents a collection of maps and structures (e.g., building, fortress, streets) combined with explanatory texts, chronological tables and images. On this basis, the historical town atlas documents historical processes of change diachronically for research purposes and education (university and school), for people interested in history (public history) and for municipal departments (supporting preparations for urban development projects). But the pure visualisation of research results is not the main focus of the project. The town atlas itself serves as an important tool for the acquisition of new knowledge. It is only by means of cartographic representations that comparisons can be made of various historical development processes in Luxembourg. The superimposition of different cartographic time layers enables users to visualise and analyse specific questions individually. The town atlas, therefore, offers a basis for further research on urban development. It is only through the cartographic presentation of historical, architectural, economic and urban development information that the distribution of certain spatial phenomena becomes visible and can then be interpreted and analysed. In this way, the interactive map becomes a central instrument for acquiring additional knowledge. [less ▲]

LURN: Luxembourg Ukrainian Researcher Network

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The colloquium is organised by scientists from the Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), Professor Marten Düring and Research Scientist Inna Ganschow-Levandovitch, as well as Research ... [more ▼]

The colloquium is organised by scientists from the Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), Professor Marten Düring and Research Scientist Inna Ganschow-Levandovitch, as well as Research Facilitator Marina Laurent from the Faculty of Humanities, Social and Pedagogical Sciences (FHSE) of the University of Luxembourg. The honorary leader of the inaugural colloquium is invited professor of C²DH Volodymyr Nemchenko. The goal is to develop cooperation between the scientific communities of Luxembourg and Ukraine through building networks among fellows from Ukraine, as well as creating prospects for sustainable cooperation in the future. [less ▲]

A Quick and Dirty Guide to Digital Storytelling

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La question de la licéité des politiques coloniales au regard du principe du droit intertemporel en droit international public: Texte annoté d’une intervention prononcée le 4 juillet 2022 lors d’une audition devant la Commission spéciale « Passé colonial » de la Chambre des Représentants de Belgique

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Delivered at a hearing of the Special Committee on Belgium's Colonial Past of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, this speech challenges the alleged lawfulness of colonial policies under the ... [more ▼]

Delivered at a hearing of the Special Committee on Belgium's Colonial Past of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, this speech challenges the alleged lawfulness of colonial policies under the intertemporal law principle in public international law based on two considerations. First, due to the development of the history of international law as a fully fledged discipline, we now have a more granular view of the law applicable to international relations in the past. More particularly, recent studies in the field of the history of international law have shown that many colonial policies (e.g. mass murder of colonized populations, "excessive" forced labour, or even the unilateral imposition of colonial rule) were actually illegal under positive late 19th century international law. Second, a simple mechanical application of the intertemporal law principle is now increasingly understood as impossible to reconcile with the universal character of today's international community, sparking increasing calls in favour of a "decolonization" of this principle in order to rid it of its inherently discriminatory nature. [less ▲]

Research note: Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Tests Luxembourg’s Humanitarian and Integration Policy

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions have contributed to accelerating the rise in commodity prices (including energy), triggering inflation, and exacerbating instability in an already ... [more ▼]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions have contributed to accelerating the rise in commodity prices (including energy), triggering inflation, and exacerbating instability in an already convalescent Europe. The war has also sparked a massive refugee crisis, the most impressive in speed and size since World War II, whose economic impact is likely to be significant. As of mid-May, the stock of Ukrainian refugees who have fled their country due to the Russian invasion slightly exceeded 6 million, and some 8 million more were displaced internally.1 This refugee crisis imposes huge stress on the humanitarian protection regime and reception capacity of most European countries. This is not only the case in frontline countries such as Poland (3.3 million), Romania (0.9 million), Hungary (0.6 million) or Moldova (0.5 million), but also in other EU member states where the numbers of arrivals has almost reached (and sometimes exceeds) the levels of the 2015-16 refugee crisis in two months only. As of early May, the stocks have risen to 610 thousand in Germany, 70 thousand in France, 40 thousand in Belgium and 5 thousand in Luxembourg. These numbers are likely to grow in the coming weeks, as the war is far from over. [less ▲]

Some TWAIL Reflections on the Unilateral Regulation of the GVCs of TNCs Using Domestic Legislation

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Liewen an Stierwen am Val des Bons Malades: Wou am Mëttelalter aussetzeg Bierger gewunnt hunn.

Conference given outside the academic context (2022)

Zentralbank auf Gratwanderung – Zinserhöhungen sollen die Inflation eindämmen – das birgt Risiken

Article for general public (2022)

DIGITAL COLLECTION - DIGITAL COLLECTION of PROJECT WARLUX-Soldiers and their communities in WWII: The impact and legacy of war experiences in Luxembourg

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In February 2021, a call for contributions was launched through the media (newspapers and radio) to collect ego-documents about the men, women and their families affected by the Nazi draft during the ... [more ▼]

In February 2021, a call for contributions was launched through the media (newspapers and radio) to collect ego-documents about the men, women and their families affected by the Nazi draft during the Second World War. The response was overwhelmingly successful, and the team received more than 200 calls and messages in the first few days. The collection phase (February to October 2021) involved visiting families to bring the originals to campus, where they were scanned and indexed. Interaction with donors and the public was a pivotal activity to enrich the personal documents with additional information about the individuals' backgrounds for an in-depth analysis. After completing the survey process, the team collected 160 collections (from 160 contributors), creating the central source of documentation for research into personal experiences of war. [less ▲]

100 Joer Stade Thillebierg

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Modèles participatifs pour interpréter le passé

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Project description Ecole d’été « Participation & Démocratie » 16-20 Mai (Esch-Belval ; Esch-sur-Alzette; Dudelange) La plateforme de la démocratie participative/Université du Luxembourg a le grand ... [more ▼]

Project description Ecole d’été « Participation & Démocratie » 16-20 Mai (Esch-Belval ; Esch-sur-Alzette; Dudelange) La plateforme de la démocratie participative/Université du Luxembourg a le grand plaisir d’accueillir la cinquième édition de l’école d’été internationale (International Summer School) “Participation et démocratie”. Dans le prolongement des précédentes éditions, l’école d’été vise à approfondir les réflexions sur le fonctionnement de nos démocraties représentatives et sur les différents processus démocratiques – plus ou moins innovants – visant à promouvoir une participation plus directe et délibérative des citoyens. S’adressant aux étudiant·e·s en sciences politiques et sociales, ainsi qu’aux praticien·ne·s souhaitant renforcer leurs compétences, l’École d’été offre une semaine de formation interactive et personnalisée avec des enseignant·e·s reconnu·e·s internationalement. Elle propose un encadrement adapté aux étudiant·e·s en fin de master et aux doctorant·e·s à différents stades de leur avancement. Elle propose aussi aux praticien·ne·s de mettre en dialogue leur pratiques avec les évolutions de la gouvernance et de la participation citoyenne. L’ambition est de confronter les participant·e·s aux pratiques de recherche de chercheurs·euses confirmé·e·s, tout en donnant une opportunité de présenter ses travaux et de recevoir les commentaires et recommandations de des intervenant·e·s invité·es, mais aussi des autres participant·e·s. Cette école d’été est le fruit d’une collaboration forte entre cinq universités francophones d’excellence : Sciences Po Bordeaux, l’Université Laval, l’Université libre de Bruxelles, l’Université de Lausanne et l’Université du Luxembourg. Cela en fait une école unique dans le champ des sciences sociales et de la science politique francophone notamment par sa capacité à comparer les approches, les cas nationaux et leurs transformations. La spécificité de cette école est d’être l’une des rares en Europe à faire du français la langue de travail principale, même si l’anglais est utilisé pour certaines interventions. La présente édition marque la première édition de l’école à Luxembourg après que celle-ci se soit tenue à deux reprises à Bordeaux en 2016 et 2021, à Laval en 2017, à Bruxelles en 2018 et à Lausanne en 2020. Cette édition sera aussi l’occasion d’ouvrir un regard sur les nombreuses expériences participatives du Luxembourg et de saluer la collaboration fructueuse entre quatre acteurs engagés dans la l’étude et la promotion de la démocratie à Luxembourg : la Plateforme Luxembourgeoise de la Démocratie Participative (PLDP), la Chaire de Recherche en Études Parlementaires, ETICC et la ville de Dudelange en tant que ville pilote dans la démocratie participative. L’école sera organisée autour des thématiques suivantes : Y-a-t-il une demande pour plus de participation à l’ère de la désinformation ? Etat des lieux des consultations citoyennes Participation des jeunes et budget participatif Participation citoyenne dans les tiers lieux : le cas de Esch2022 Capitale européenne de la culture Digitalisation des campagnes politiques et effets sur la participation [less ▲]

Teaching Public History in UK Higher Education

Speeches/Talks (2022)

About this event Welcome: The AHRC-funded 'What is Public History Now?' Network is thrilled to invite you to our first workshop 'Teaching Public History in UK Higher Education'. We hope you'll join us for ... [more ▼]

About this event Welcome: The AHRC-funded 'What is Public History Now?' Network is thrilled to invite you to our first workshop 'Teaching Public History in UK Higher Education'. We hope you'll join us for a day of discussions on public history in higher education, ranging from intellectual traditions to pedagogy and programme design. Schedule: 13 May, 10am-12am; 2pm-4pm; 4:30-6:00pm. 10am-11am: Intellectual traditions and the history of UK public history 11am-12pm: Public history in the UK and in International Context What is distinct about public history in the UK? What are the particular dynamics of regions/smaller nations? How does this sit within the international context? 2pm-4pm: Pedagogy and Programme Design What are we teaching? Who are we teaching? How are we teaching? Why are we teaching it? The growth of public history programmes and the inflection of wider history teaching with public history. The relationship of public history and heritage programmes. Break out rooms to discuss and compare modules and programmes. 4:30pm-5:30pm: Policy and Institutional Support Why now? The impact agenda and the neoliberal university. What resources are we being given or not given? 5:30pm-6:00pm: Final Thoughts and Plans for the Next Workshop [less ▲]