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

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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 ▲]

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 ▲]

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 ▲]

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 ▲]

Explorers Japan talk

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Transcription, Indexing and Analysis in Oral History

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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 ▲]

Luxembourg's tax reform against aggressive tax schemes

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Desigualdades interseccionales en la ciencia

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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 ▲]

Die Förderung von Wohlbefinden und Gesundheit als Aufgabe der Jugendarbeit - Aktuelle empirische Daten der luxemburgischen Jugendforschung

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

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From self-concept to -knowledge to -regulation: A proposal based on students’ domain-specific academic self-concepts and achievements

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We initially tested whether besides possessing a positive self-concept, possessing an accurate self-concept has an incremental effect on students’ school adaptation. As self-knowledge index, we calculated ... [more ▼]

We initially tested whether besides possessing a positive self-concept, possessing an accurate self-concept has an incremental effect on students’ school adaptation. As self-knowledge index, we calculated ipsative profile correlations between 9th grade students’ academic self-concepts (i.e., how well students think they do) in the domains Math, German, and French and their respective achievement test scores in these domains (i.e., how well students actually do). We then related students’ self-knowledge to their general performance across these tests, their school satisfaction, and their perceived quality of the teacher-student relationship, assuming that accurate self-concepts lay the foundation for adaptive self-regulation processes (e.g., building on strengths and remedying or accepting weaknesses). In a first sample (N = 6279), we found that self-knowledge explained an incremental amount of variance in school adaptation above and beyond students’ general and domain-specific self-concepts in multiple regression analyses. The better aligned students’ self-concept profile was with their actual achievement profile, the better their performance across these domains, the more satisfied students were with schooling, and the better their relationship with their teachers. Except for school satisfaction, these findings were replicated in another cohort of 9th grade students (N = 6493), and they remained robust when we used rang-correlation instead of Pearson-correlation to derive our self-knowledge index. Notably, both indices seemed largely independent from students’ self-concepts and, on average, students seem to better “know” about their academic abilities compared to other aspects of their personality. We discuss necessary improvements to further substantiate the adaptive role of self-knowledge in self-regulation. [less ▲]

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 ▲]

Teaching Public History in UK Higher Education

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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 ▲]

3rd Corvus Applied History Workshop : Practices of Applied History: Questions, Answers, Discussions

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Situated at the axis of societal issues and academic research, the renewed popularity of applied history has raised several questions about its practice. The most direct questions come from non-academic ... [more ▼]

Situated at the axis of societal issues and academic research, the renewed popularity of applied history has raised several questions about its practice. The most direct questions come from non-academic partners. What can one expect of applied historians? How will those expectat ions be met? What if the methods and tools of applied history fall short of their goal? And is it even that important that organizations learn to think about the past , when they are oriented towards the present and future? Other questions stem from academic concerns. Is applied history more than a reiteration of public history? Do societal questions and concerns have a place within academic history departments? And if so, what are the ethical boundaries of this type of research? Some of these topics remain open questions. Some have been eloquently answered. Some remain subject of (fierce) discussion. Therefore, this third Corvus applied history workshop joins academic and non-academic expertise in order to assess and debate the value of applied history practices in different sectors. Discussants: Thomas Cauvin, Associate Professor of Public History, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) Gill Bennett OBE Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Historians Pieter Huistra Assistant Professor Theory of History, University of Utrecht Jason Steinhauer Global Fellow, The Wilson Center Koen Vandenweyer Delegation of Flanders to the European Union Alexandra Van den Berghe Corvus Research Project, KU Leuven Programme: 9.15am : Welcome 9.30am : New name, old practices? *(what is already out there)* 11am : Coffee break 11.30am : Where, when, how? *(what should be out there)* 1pm : Lunch break 2pm : What (not) to do? *(what should not be out there)* 3.30pm : Conclusions 3.45pm : End Starting questions: 9.30am : New name, old practices? *(what is already out there)* In these last few years t he notion of ‘Applied History’ has seen renewed popular ity. Proponents thereby often promise to reinvigorate the ‘long lost pr actice’ of using histor y in the present. Yet teachers, journalists, archivists, politicians, mar keteers and many others (including academics) have never stopped applying history in their professional activit ies. So do you think that there is already enough ‘applied history’ out there, particularly in your sector? 11.30am : Where, when, how? *(what should be out there)* The ‘next step’ in Applied History is usually considered to be the development of new ways of applying historical insight to issues in the present . This of course begs the question what those methods should be designed to do – what issues deserve attent ion and which new methods and tools look promising? In other words, what can or should applied history try to achieve as its ‘next step’? 2pm : What (not) to do? *(what should not be out there)* Not everybody believes that applying past insights to present concerns is a good idea. Some see no value in historical information, nor in historical thinking. Others fear the applicat ion of history in the present, as uses of the past become abuses of the past far too quickly. Therefor e, what do you think should be absolutely avoided when ‘doing ’ applied history? [less ▲]

Teaching Public and Applied History on Both Sides of the Atlantic

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n times of global crises, people turn to history to understand their own and their society’s situation. This is an issue addressed by those active in the field of public history. In this roundtable ... [more ▼]

n times of global crises, people turn to history to understand their own and their society’s situation. This is an issue addressed by those active in the field of public history. In this roundtable, teachers share their experiences with academic courses training students on both sides of the Atlantic in taking stock of public and applied history. First, students investigate how specific audiences have dealt with historic events, periods, or developments considered to be collective or cultural traumas. Secondly, students design a product or project targeted at a specific audience, online or offline, aiming to reconstruct, contextualize, and represent a specific topic. [less ▲]

Dangerous Words and Dangerous Silences: Positioning Europe at the Edge of War

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Wars never happen ‘just like that’ or ‘out of the blue’. They are the culmination of complex processes that span years and sometimes even decades. In his art, Maxim Kantor has addressed the threat ... [more ▼]

Wars never happen ‘just like that’ or ‘out of the blue’. They are the culmination of complex processes that span years and sometimes even decades. In his art, Maxim Kantor has addressed the threat embodied by the apparently seamless transition from Soviet Union to the Russian Federation and guided democracy, and his position has always been unmistakeable: Vladimir Putin and the system that produced him are, and always were, dangerous. Now more than ever, choosing the right words matters, and speaking them in situations where we would rather be silent endows the statements we make with a renewed and uncomfortable sense of moral and political weight. Understanding the circumstances that led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine requires a thoughtful engagement with historical narratives and the perspectives they present. Words are central to this process. As we choose what to say and what not to say, we contribute to the discourses that will shape the political order of tomorrow. The discussion will be centred around a selection of paintings by Maxim Kantor, each illustrating or addressing themes or aspects of the current war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine and its impacts on human rights in Eastern Europe and beyond. Students will prepare and present discussion questions. [less ▲]

Lëtzebuerger Mathematikerin bei der Weltraumagence ESA

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Eng Lëtzebuerger Mathematikerin schafft zanter e puer Woche fir d'europäesch Weltraumagence zu Darmstadt. Déi jonk Fra entwéckelt Modeller fir d'Wieder am Weltall virauszesoen, fir esou d ... [more ▼]

Eng Lëtzebuerger Mathematikerin schafft zanter e puer Woche fir d'europäesch Weltraumagence zu Darmstadt. Déi jonk Fra entwéckelt Modeller fir d'Wieder am Weltall virauszesoen, fir esou d' Satellittesystemer viru Sonnestierm ze schützen. De Weltall passionéiert zanter, datt et d'Mënschheet gëtt. D’Dr. Guenda Palmirotta ass Mathematikerin a huet sech fréi fir dat interesséiert, wat ausserhalb vun der Äerd geschitt. Mam Job bei der Europäescher Weltraumagence geet en Dram an Erfëllung. Zu Darmstadt entwéckelt d'Lëtzebuergerin Modeller fir d’Weltraumwieder virauszesoen. Bestëmmt gëtt dëst vun der Sonn an de Sonnestierm, déi kennen entstoen, déi fir Satellittesystemer e Problem kënnen duerstellen. Ee vun den Ziler ass et, an den nächste Joren d’Previsioune méi präzis ze maachen, ma och méi wäit am viraus kënne viraussoen, wat geschitt. Konkret ginn d’Modeller elo schonn agesat, fir d’Astronauten op der Internationaler Weltraumstatioun ze schützen. Zu Darmstadt huet d'ESA een neien Iwwerwaachungszentral, wou nieft dem Weltraumwieder och aner Elementer vun der Weltraumsécherheet am A behale ginn. Esou zum Beispill de Weltraumschrott, mëttlerweil gëtt et vill Satellitten, déi net fonctionéieren a mat Aktive kéinte kollidéieren. Mat mathematesche Modeller sollen déi aktiv Satellitte gewarnt ginn a se esou hir Positioun fréizäiteg kënnen änneren. [less ▲]

Die Göttliche Komödie und das Kino

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Unflattening European History through Transmedia Storytelling. The Making Europe Digital Comic Series

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Digital Comics - A new way of narrating history The Making Europe Digital Comic Series challenges the way we narrate history. The VUB Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC), specialised in ... [more ▼]

Digital Comics - A new way of narrating history The Making Europe Digital Comic Series challenges the way we narrate history. The VUB Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC), specialised in intermedial storytelling, currently hosts Prof. Andreas Fickers, an expert in public history. Together with the Brussels Comics Art Museum, CLIC organised the inaugural lecture of the VUB Lorand Chair Intermediality during the VUB/ULB We.KonektWeek. Fickers works on the Making Europe digital comic series, which is about to radically change the way we narrate history. History through Comics History and comics are a good combination, as many of us know from Asterix. Yet few scholars engage with the medium to share their scientific findings. However, the comic is an excellent medium to convey the complex processes of history: it is an attractive form that reaches a wide audience. Over the past decade, Professor Fickers has collaborated with an international team of scholars on the Making Europe book series, which approaches European history through the lens of technology. The six volumes that make up the series challenge conventional narratives of European integration by highlighting technology as a powerful agent of historical change. Yet the team also went a step further, transforming the history books into digital comics. Comics Go Digital The digital comic with its combination of visual-verbal storytelling provides an ideal medium for elucidating history: clickable icons link to complementary information and additional audiovisual sources, showing the historical context. “Instead of googling everything, one can simply click on an icon to access the historical information,” says Femke Van Der Smissen, student in the VUB Honours programme. “Through ‘scrollytelling’, the reader is immersed in a new digital reading experience,” Professor in Literary Studies Birgit Van Puymbroeck adds. “You scroll down to see the story unfold and click on the icons that lead to specific sources that enrich the story, without falling down the rabbit hole of hyperlinks.” Through the digital comic series, readers engage with history in a new way: the combination of text and image, as well as the multiple layers of meaning and documentation allow for a multidimensional reading experience. The Making Europe digital comic series will soon be freely available online. Archetypes The content of the digital comic is based on the book Communicating Europe: Technologies, Information, Events by Andreas Fickers and Pascal Griset but foregrounds a specific aspect: the colonial dimension of broadcasting technology. The comic works with archetypes, ‘the technocrat’, the ‘tinkerer’, and ‘the techno-diplomat’ to visualise this history. “Archetypes are types of characters, which represent a particular function,” explains Professor in Literary Studies Alison Luyten. “In fairy tales, one typically has the hero, the witch, etc. In this story, it is about the many men and women involved in the making of technology.” The Making Europe digital comic revolves around the character of Brouillard, a fictional radio engineer, based on the historical figure of Raymond Braillard, who designed the wireless telegraph for Belgian Congo and later became head of the Technical Committee of the International Broadcasting Union (IBU), located in Brussels. Andreas Fickers is Professor of Contemporary and Digital History and director of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg. He is currently taking up the Lorand Chair Intermediality at the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC) at VUB, which is financed by the Lorand legacy. His inaugural lecture “Unflattening European History through Transmedia Storytelling: The Making Europe Digital Comics Series,” was held at the Brussels Comics Art Museum as part of the VUB/ULB weKonekt.Week. The Making Europe digital comic is a collaboration between Shintaro Miyazaki (artwork), Lizzie Kaye (production manager), Jessica Burton (scriptwriting) and Helmuth Trischler (co-editor of the digital comic series with Andreas Fickers). The comic will soon be available on the online platform of the Making Europe series (https://www.makingeurope.eu/) where a wide range of media experiences can be found, including a blog, podcast, and the digital comics series. Contact: - Andreas Fickers: andreas.fickers@uni.lu - Birgit Van Puymbroeck: birgit.van.puymbroeck@vub.be Links: - https://www.makingeurope.eu/ - https://clic.research.vub.be/en - https://www.wekonektweek.brussels/en/wekonekt-week-2022/ [less ▲]

AWAC2 — Analysing Web Archives of the COVID Crisis through the IIPC Novel Coronavirus dataset

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Launched in 2020, the Cohort program is engaging with researchers in a year-long collaboration and mentorship with the Archives Unleashed Project and the Internet Archive, to support web archival research ... [more ▼]

Launched in 2020, the Cohort program is engaging with researchers in a year-long collaboration and mentorship with the Archives Unleashed Project and the Internet Archive, to support web archival research. Web archives provide a rich resource for exploration and discovery! As such, this session will feature the program’s inaugural research teams, who will discuss the innovative ways they are exploring web archival collections to tackle interdisciplinary topics and methodologies. Projects from the Cohort program include: AWAC2 — Analysing Web Archives of the COVID Crisis through the IIPC Novel Coronavirus dataset—Valérie Schafer (University of Luxembourg) Everything Old is New Again: A Comparative Analysis of Feminist Media Tactics between the 2nd- to 4th Waves—Shana MacDonald (University of Waterloo) Mapping and tracking the development of online commenting systems on news websites between 1996–2021—Robert Jansma (University of Siegen) Crisis Communication in the Niagara Region during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Tim Ribaric (Brock University) Viral health misinformation from Geocities to COVID-19—Shawn Walker (Arizona State University) UPDATE: Quinn Dombrowski from Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO) will give an introductory presentation about the team of volunteers racing to archive Ukrainian digital cultural heritage. [less ▲]

Motivationale Konflikte und Achtsamkeit als Bedingungen von Stress: Eine Experience-Sampling Studie im Alltag Studierender

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Theoretischer Hintergrund: Studierende haben viele Freiheiten in der Gestaltung ihres Alltags, fühlen sich aber oft auch gestresst und hin- und hergerissen zwischen Handlungsmöglichkeiten (Grund et al ... [more ▼]

Theoretischer Hintergrund: Studierende haben viele Freiheiten in der Gestaltung ihres Alltags, fühlen sich aber oft auch gestresst und hin- und hergerissen zwischen Handlungsmöglichkeiten (Grund et al., 2014). Solche intrapsychischen Konflikte werden häufig als ursächlich für psychisches Wohlbefinden betrachtet (Gorges & Grund, 2017). Achtsamkeit beinhaltet die Lenkung der Aufmerksamkeit auf das unmittelbare Erleben und eine offene und nicht wertende Haltung gegenüber diesen mentalen Erfahrungen. Sie steht in einem positiven Zusammenhang mit Wohlbefinden und intrapsychischen Kongruenz und könnte daher hilfreich für eine gelungene Selbstregulation sein (Brown & Ryan, 2003; Carlson, 2013). Fragestellung: Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, die Beziehung zwischen Achtsamkeit, motivationalen Konflikten und wahrgenommenem Stress im Alltag von Universitätsstudenten zu untersuchen und dabei auch Hinweise für mögliche Wirkmechanismen zu sammeln. Methode: Im Rahmen einer einwöchigen smartphone-gestützten Experience-Sampling-Studie wurden 107 Universitätsstudenten fünfmal täglich zu ihrer momentanen Achtsamkeit (in den Facetten Mit Aufmerksamkeit handeln und Akzeptieren ohne Bewertung) und ihrem motivationalen Konflikterleben (in den Facetten Wollen-Konflikte und Sollen-Konflikte) befragt. Zusätzlich wurde jeden Abend ihr Stresserleben erhoben. Die Beziehung zwischen täglicher Achtsamkeit, motivationalen Konflikten und wahrgenommenem Stress wurde auf Tagesebene mit Mehrebenenanalysen analysiert. Ergebnisse und Diskussion: Sowohl alltägliche Wollen-Konflikte als auch Sollen-Konflikte waren ein Prädiktor für abendliches Stresserleben. Je intensiver der Eindruck über den Tag, etwas anderes tun zu wollen und zu sollen, umso mehr abendlichen Stress berichteten die Studierenden. Diese Effekte blieben auch bestehen, wenn das Stresslevel vom Vortag kontrolliert wurde. Dieser Befund stärkt die Interpretation, dass intrapsychische motivationale Konflikte tatsächlich abträglich für das Wohlbefinden sind und nicht nur ein Begleitumstand. Wurden beide Achtsamkeitsfacetten zusätzlich in das Regressionsmodell aufgenommen, verloren beide Konfliktvariablen ihre Vorhersagekraft; stattdessen zeigte sich ein direkter Effekt für Achtsamkeit in der Ausprägung Akzeptieren ohne Bewertung. Die Ergebnisse unterstreichen die Relevanz motivationaler Konflikte und Achtsamkeit für das Stressempfinden in akademischen Kontexten. Da Achtsamkeit trainierbar ist, zeigen sie auch einen potentiellen Ansatz auf, um das Wohlbefinden von Studierenden in Zukunft positiv zu beeinflussen. Literatur: Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 822–848. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.84.4.822 Carlson, E. N. (2013). Overcoming the barriers to self-knowledge: Mindfulness as a path to seeing yourself as you really are. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8, 173–186. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691612462584 Gorges, J., & Grund, A. (2017). Aiming at a Moving Target: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in the Study of Intraindividual Goal Conflict between Personal Goals. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2011. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02011 Grund, A., Brassler, N. K., & Fries, S. (2014). Torn between study and leisure: How motivational conflicts relate to students’ academic and social adaptation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 106, 242–257. doi:10.1037/a0034400 [less ▲]

Radio - Talk Die Denazifizierung der Ukraine?

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n Europa ist ein Angriffskrieg ausgebrochen. Der Angriff auf einen souveränen und demokratischen Staat stellt einen Verstoß gegen das Völkerrecht dar. In einer Rede vom 24. Februar 2022 nimmt Wladimir ... [more ▼]

n Europa ist ein Angriffskrieg ausgebrochen. Der Angriff auf einen souveränen und demokratischen Staat stellt einen Verstoß gegen das Völkerrecht dar. In einer Rede vom 24. Februar 2022 nimmt Wladimir Putin, Präsident der Russischen Föderation, die Vergangenheit zum Anlass, den souveränen Staat Ukraine anzugreifen. Neben machtpolitischen Argumenten wie der Bedrohung durch die NATO wird die historische Vergangenheit der Ukraine und Russlands instrumentalisiert, um Putins politisches Handeln zu rechtfertigen. Die Historikerinnen der Universität Luxemburg, Johanna Jaschik und Nina Janz, verurteilen diese Falschaussagen und Putins freie Geschichtsinterpretation aufs Schärfste. [less ▲]

Wéi erlieft d'russesch Communautéit zu Lëtzebuerg de Krich an der Ukrain?

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"Ich habe in den letzten Tagen keine Umfragen durchführen können. Es ist auch nicht das Thema meiner aktuellen Forschung (...) Aber was mein persönlicher Eindruck ist: Ich habe in der Tat bislang keinen ... [more ▼]

"Ich habe in den letzten Tagen keine Umfragen durchführen können. Es ist auch nicht das Thema meiner aktuellen Forschung (...) Aber was mein persönlicher Eindruck ist: Ich habe in der Tat bislang keinen Menschen getroffen oder gehört, der gesagt hätte, ja das ist richtig. Alle sind entsetzt und sagen, was auch immer der Grund war: Krieg ist keine Lösung." [less ▲]

Frontex, Borders & Human Rights

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Podcast Café du Savoir. Episode 4: PITT– Programme for Innovative Teaching & Training

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La mode modeste et ses paradoxes

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Zusammenarbeit der Luxemburger Universität mit der Derzhavin-Universität in Tambow, Russland

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The talk was focused on the academic activities around the international and interdisciplinary seminar at the University of Luxembourg "Russia and Luxembourg at the Crossroads of History"

Future living with AI and IA

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The present and the future will be determined by topics such as artificial intelligence and the question arises to what extent an often quoted usefulness, an "AI for Social Good" and "AI is for Humans ... [more ▼]

The present and the future will be determined by topics such as artificial intelligence and the question arises to what extent an often quoted usefulness, an "AI for Social Good" and "AI is for Humans" really applies. The lecture is intended to provide food for thought. [less ▲]

(Deutsche) Soldatengräber – Eine Kulturgeschichte - Podcast

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Der Tod eines Soldaten unterscheidet sich vom natürlichen Tod eines Zivilisten, der durch Alter oder Krankheit stirbt. Er stirbt oft jung und durch Gewalt. Im Krieg zu fallen war stets eine Besonderheit ... [more ▼]

Der Tod eines Soldaten unterscheidet sich vom natürlichen Tod eines Zivilisten, der durch Alter oder Krankheit stirbt. Er stirbt oft jung und durch Gewalt. Im Krieg zu fallen war stets eine Besonderheit. Die Heldenverehrung und Phrasen wie „Gefallen für das Vaterland!“ sind schnelle Assoziationen mit Tod im Krieg. Nina Janz hat sich dem Thema aus kulturwissenschaftlich-historischer Perspektive genähert und dazu geforscht, wie unterschiedlich den Kriegstoten gedacht wurde. [less ▲]

Diversitéit a Lëtzebuerger Schoulbicher

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The Future of Living with AI

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This talk, which was part of a 2-hour panel and delivered as a 20-minute presentation without slides, came at the invitation of the Luxembourg Embassy in Brussels, Belgium. The speech is a statement and ... [more ▼]

This talk, which was part of a 2-hour panel and delivered as a 20-minute presentation without slides, came at the invitation of the Luxembourg Embassy in Brussels, Belgium. The speech is a statement and part of the International Symposium "The Future of Living", supported by EUNIC - EU National Institutes of Culture. The event was under the patronage of the Slovenian Presidency of the European Parliament. In the lecture, I briefly presented some selected ideas, observations, and examples on the symposium topic as well as my view of a future living together. [less ▲]

Ginn d’Meedercher an d’Jongen an de Schoulbicher d’selwecht behandelt oder net? Mir sinn der Fro mat Kanner aus engem 6. Schouljoer op de Fong gaangen.

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The diplomatic and legal aspects of the Corfu Channel incident

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A speech given in Corfu island, Greece, on 3.10.2021 in the context of a two-day commemoration event on the Corfu Channel incident of 22 October 1946, organised by the Albert Cohen Corfu Association with ... [more ▼]

A speech given in Corfu island, Greece, on 3.10.2021 in the context of a two-day commemoration event on the Corfu Channel incident of 22 October 1946, organised by the Albert Cohen Corfu Association with the participation of representatives of the British Embassy in Athens and the British Armed Forces. [less ▲]

Советские военнопленные в Люксембурге и люксембургские военнопленные в СССР

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The bilateral seminar for Luxembourger and Russian history students was shown in the short presentation on the Russian forum "Moya strana - moya Rossiya" as an example of teaching Russian history abroad.

Podcast Café du Savoir. Episode 2: Alternative Prüfungsformen

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Multilingual children - today & tomorrow

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What does it mean to be bilingual? Does one need to be competent in two or more languages? Are bilinguals more prone to speech disorders and less likely to have Alzheimer? Do parents and teachers need to ... [more ▼]

What does it mean to be bilingual? Does one need to be competent in two or more languages? Are bilinguals more prone to speech disorders and less likely to have Alzheimer? Do parents and teachers need to strictly separate languages for children to learn? What are multilingual/ translanguaging pedagogies and to what extent can they promote multilingualism at school? Join us to find out and discuss! [less ▲]

Historia Pública: Museos y Comunidades Digitales en América Latina

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Young People and COVID-19 (YAC): Project Overview and Some Results

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Luxembourg Diplomacy at Work

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After the Second World War, Luxembourg became a leading player in international relations. As a founding member of most of the major international institutions – including the United Nations (1945), the ... [more ▼]

After the Second World War, Luxembourg became a leading player in international relations. As a founding member of most of the major international institutions – including the United Nations (1945), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (1949), the Council of Europe (1949), the European Communities (starting with the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951) and then the European Union (1993) –, Luxembourg assumed a key role in European integration and multilateralism. Its constant aim has always been to maintain and strengthen the framework of international law as a basis for democracy, human rights and the values of freedom, peace and security worldwide. Luxembourg’s diplomatic apparatus serves the people of Luxembourg, the country’s institutions, the private sector and civil society by supporting and defending Luxembourg’s political, economic, business, cultural and consular interests abroad. [less ▲]

A History of Pathé 9.5mm film

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Presentation about the history of Pathé 9.5mm film for students of the Lycée Technique des Arts et Métiers (LTAM) in Luxembourg. Invited lecture organized by the Centre national de l'audiovisuel (CNA ... [more ▼]

Presentation about the history of Pathé 9.5mm film for students of the Lycée Technique des Arts et Métiers (LTAM) in Luxembourg. Invited lecture organized by the Centre national de l'audiovisuel (CNA) Luxembourg, Dudelange, on 17 March 2021. [less ▲]

Warum und zu welchem Ende reden wir über "Neue Suburbanität"?

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Das Papier gibt einen Überblick über das Sujet der Neuen Suburbanität, und zwar in vier Schritten. Erstens erfolgt ein Einstieg in die Diskussion über Begrifflichkeiten und Definitionen; zweitens wird der ... [more ▼]

Das Papier gibt einen Überblick über das Sujet der Neuen Suburbanität, und zwar in vier Schritten. Erstens erfolgt ein Einstieg in die Diskussion über Begrifflichkeiten und Definitionen; zweitens wird der Anlass hinterfragt, warum man 2019, immer noch … oder gerade wieder, über Suburbanisierung redet, forscht, dazu plant. Drittens werden die theoretischen und praktischen Herausforderungen, denen sich die Forschung zu Neuer Suburbanität stellen sollte, benannt; viertens wird ein kurzer Ausblick auf die Stadt von übermorgen vorgenommen -- eine Reflexion darüber, welchen Platz Suburbia und Suburbanisierung hier einnehmen können. [less ▲]

Writing the Contemporary History of Europe: Old Concepts, New Tools?

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Although the idea of Europe dates back to ancient times and was crystallised in the Enlightenment, the plan for European unification emerged in the second half of the 20th century as a consequence of an ... [more ▼]

Although the idea of Europe dates back to ancient times and was crystallised in the Enlightenment, the plan for European unification emerged in the second half of the 20th century as a consequence of an economic process based on a single market and a single currency. European integration is therefore a recent chapter in the history of Europe, one which has been written before our very eyes, but it remains fragmented into disparate national histories. In the 21st century, those writing the history of Europe find themselves confronted with a threefold challenge: they must meet the demands of the digital age, adjust to the paradigm shift within the historical discipline and navigate the geopolitical upheavals that the continent has been experiencing since 1989 (the fall of communism; the enlargement of the European Union; the many crises the EU has faced, including Brexit; the divide between institutions and citizens; the socio-economic consequences of the global crisis, including the COVID-19 health crisis; the new nature of transatlantic relations, etc.). [less ▲]

Luxembourg in light of the OpenLux revelations

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E Brandstëfter an seng historesch Rezepter

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Historian Denis Scuto, vice-director of Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History discusses the frontal attack by Trump and his supporters against democratic institutions and historical ... [more ▼]

Historian Denis Scuto, vice-director of Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History discusses the frontal attack by Trump and his supporters against democratic institutions and historical traditions. [less ▲]

How to become the world record holder for solving the Rubik's cube

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Seminar : Spiritualität für freie Geister

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Jongen a Meedercher ginn an de Schoulbicher ongläich duergestallt

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BREXIT: état des lieux

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Au 31 janvier 2020 à minuit (heure de Bruxelles), le Royaume-Uni a quitté l'Union européenne. Cette sortie n'est pourtant pas totale : conformément à l’accord de retrait, le pays est entré dans une ... [more ▼]

Au 31 janvier 2020 à minuit (heure de Bruxelles), le Royaume-Uni a quitté l'Union européenne. Cette sortie n'est pourtant pas totale : conformément à l’accord de retrait, le pays est entré dans une transition qui lui permet de négocier sa future relation avec l’UE, tout en restant provisoirement intégré à un certain nombre de politiques européennes. Cette phase doit prendre fin au 31 décembre 2020 au plus tôt, mais les pourparlers semblent actuellement en impasse. S’il demeure la conséquence directe du référendum organisé le 23 juin 2016 par l’ancien Premier Ministre David Cameron, le « Brexit » reflète de longues décennies de rapports tumultueux avec l’Europe supranationale, qui ont nourri l’euroscepticisme et anti-européenisme des Britanniques.[...] [less ▲]

MOTIVAID: Motivationally and digitally enhanced development by self-insight

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