Best Digital History (C²DH Podcasts (2025)

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75 ans Déclaration Robert Schuman 17:20

19h ago17:20

17:20

Le 9 mai, aujourd’hui "Journée de l’Europe", rappelle les débuts de l’Europe communautaire. Lorsque Robert Schuman, à l’époque ministre français des Affaires étrangères, propose le 9 mai 1950 la mise en commun de la production du charbon et de l’acier sous une haute autorité supranational, le projet n’est pas acquis d’office. La genèse de la déclar…

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C²PHD: Camilla Portesani – On participatory public history, working with museums, and writing a thesis along the way 20:41

21h ago20:41

20:41

Camilla Portesani – On participatory public history, working with museums, and writing a thesis along the way In our fourth episode, we are joined by Camilla Portesani, a doctoral candidate working on the PHACS Project (Public History as the new Citizen Science of the Past) since 2021. As part of her PhD, Camilla launched the Participatory Public H…

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C²PhD: Zoé Konsbruck on Choices, Networking and Crafting a Unique PhD Journey 14:50

2M ago14:50

14:50

C²PhD - the podcast series that looks at ('sees to') the doctoral researchers among the members of C²DH and explores the stories, ambitions, and ideas that have shaped and continue to shape their thesis journey at C²DH. Through short ten- to fifteen-minute conversations, you get a short glimpse of what doing a PhD at our research centre looks like …

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C²PhD: Nicolas Arendt on Comradery and a Refuge on the Danube: Navigating Luxembourg and Vienna 12:05

4M ago12:05

12:05

C²PhD - the podcast series that looks at ('sees to') the doctoral researchers among the members of C²DH and explores the stories, ambitions, and ideas that have shaped and continue to shape their thesis journey at C²DH. Through short ten- to fifteen-minute conversations, you get a short glimpse of what doing a PhD at our research centre looks like.…

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C²PhD: Marianna Tavares on Teaching, Researchers' Identites, and Luxembourg's Buses 14:40

6M ago14:40

14:40

C²PhD - the podcast series that looks at ('sees to') the doctoral researchers among the members of C²DH and explores the stories, ambitions, and ideas that have shaped and continue to shape their thesis journey at C²DH. Through short ten- to fifteen-minute conversations, you get a short glimpse of what doing a PhD at our research centre looks like.…

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Confronting Decline in Luxembourg's Steel Industry - CONDE 25:52

1y ago25:52

25:52

Since 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 p…

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WARLUX - Soldiers and their communities in WWII 36:50

1y ago36:50

36:50

Since 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 overarchin…

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"Minett Stories" virtual exhibition 32:41

2y ago32:41

32:41

The 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 …

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Analysing Web archives 38:29

2y ago38:29

38:29

For 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…

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Jewish studies 36:01

2y ago36:01

36:01

In 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…

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"A Colônia Luxemburguesa" transmedia documentary 37:52

2y ago37:52

37:52

One 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…

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"HistorESCH", making history more collaborative 32:45

2y ago32:45

32:45

History 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-…

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Doing experimental media archaeology 54:22

2y ago54:22

54:22

The 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, th…

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75 ans Déclaration Robert Schuman 17:20

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C²PHD: Camilla Portesani – On participatory public history, working with museums, and writing a thesis along the way 20:41

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C²PhD: Zoé Konsbruck on Choices, Networking and Crafting a Unique PhD Journey 14:50

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C²PhD: Nicolas Arendt on Comradery and a Refuge on the Danube: Navigating Luxembourg and Vienna 12:05

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C²PhD: Marianna Tavares on Teaching, Researchers' Identites, and Luxembourg's Buses 14:40

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Confronting Decline in Luxembourg's Steel Industry - CONDE 25:52

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WARLUX - Soldiers and their communities in WWII 36:50

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"Minett Stories" virtual exhibition 32:41

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Analysing Web archives 38:29

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Jewish studies 36:01

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"A Colônia Luxemburguesa" transmedia documentary 37:52

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"HistorESCH", making history more collaborative 32:45

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Doing experimental media archaeology 54:22