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Thomas Cauvin
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Associate Professor of Public history at C2DH at University of Luxembourg. International Federation for Public History. Co-production, citizen science. #publichistory #Citizenscience https://www.uni.lu/en/person/NTAwMzk5NTZfX1Rob21hcyBDQVVWSU4=/
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This week end in #Luxembourg, organised by our colleague

#Game #VideoGame #PublicHistory
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Playing with Fire: Confronting History's Dark Past Playing with Fire: Confronting History's Dark Past
For this year’s participation in Game On, History@Play turns its attention to video games that confront difficult history and heritage.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Learn about Sudan history through cartoon, arts, and storytelling. An interview of Khalid Albaih by Myriam Dalal and Nada Elshabrawy

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Interview with Khalid Albaih: Public History and Arts series
YouTube video by University of Luxembourg
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November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Next week (19.11), @finolafinn.bsky.social 's presentation at @c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu

#AI #Archive #DigitalHumanities

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AI assistants in the archive and the lure of ‘instant history’
AI assistants are increasingly used for navigating and analysing the contents of major archives. Applying Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to existing
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November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Our first history festival was a big success. Check the testimonials from film directors, participants, and university colleagues.
What a success for Dora Komnenovic, the main organiser of the event.

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November 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Applications for our Master in Digital and Public History will open on February 2. Join the @uni.lu for two years and take advantage of the international project opportunities developed at the @c2dh.uni.lu

#PublicHistory #DigitalHistory #Master #Luxembourg
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November 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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New public history student project showcase. Joseph Lowen-Grey provided sound and digital tools to enhance public engagement with the historic place

#PublicHistory #heritage #York
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November 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Competing historical narratives on social media, Charles H. al-Hayek will speak (online) about #Lebanon this Thursday at @uni.lu

#PublicHistory #SocialMedia @c2dh.uni.lu @ncph.bsky.social
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Between Fact and Fiction: Competing Historical Narratives and Social Media Instrumentalization in Contemporary Lebanon
This lecture by Charles al Hayek contextualizes seven conflicting perspectives on Lebanese history and examines their instrumentalization through social media platforms
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November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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All but "amateurs". Join us in May 2026 for a conference on citizen history and people's commitment to preserve the past.
The call is open until December 20
Collaboration between @c2dh.uni.lu at @uni.lu and @uqam.ca |
#citizenscience #publichistory #preservation #heritage
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CfP: Citizen Practices in Producing and Preserving the Past
Call for papers for an international conference hosted by the C²DH on 11 and 12 May 2026.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Job: Senior Research and Partnership Officer for the United Nations. Based in Luxembourg careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
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United Nations
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October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Open access article on making history more participatory through artistic research.
Based on collaboration with Portuguese speaking grand-mothers in #Luxembourg.
#Arts #PublicHistory
Thank you to @uni.lu for making it open access.
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Public History and Participation | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
Public History and Participation - Volume 1
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October 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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How to create a new public history programme in your university?
Interested in developing courses, projects, a pathway, or even a full programme? Check at this step by step process.

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Creating a Public History Programme
International Guidelines for building sustainable and effective programmes Public History connects academic research with the wider world- from museums and archives to digital storytelling and comm…
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October 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Thursday November 6, Charles H. al-Hayek will talk about #PublicHistory #heritage and social media
Talk is hybrid so you can also attend online

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Between Fact and Fiction: Competing Historical Narratives and Social Media Instrumentalization in Contemporary Lebanon
This lecture by Charles al Hayek contextualizes seven conflicting perspectives on Lebanese history and examines their instrumentalization through social media platforms
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October 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Après le festival de Blois, la promo de M2 s'est rendue à Luxembourg, accueillie par @thomascauvin.bsky.social.
Elle a eu la chance d'inaugurer le premier HistoFest à Belval organisé par @c2dh.uni.lu Un fil thématique a été suivi autour de l'héritage patrimonial post industriel #Blastfurnace
October 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Doing public history in the middle of a mall? Local history, state visits, collecting, holograms, movies... #Publichistory is fun. @c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu @fnr.lu #Luxembourg
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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In a few years we will remember today as the day of the first public history festival in Luxembourg....

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HISTOFEST. History on Full Blast
The first history festival in Belval, featuring hands-on activities, project's fair, exhibition, hologram display, film screenings. The first history festival in Belval, featuring hands-on activities,...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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How to collectively re-interpret former prisons?
Join us next week (on site or online) to listen to Gaïd Andro and Fanny Lebonhomme about their collaborative project about Jacques Cartier prison in Rennes
#Prison #Memory #PublicHistory @c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu @fnr.lu
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Jacques Cartier: From prison to participatory research-creation project
Lecture by Gaïd Andro and Fanny Le Bonhomme about the history of Jacques-Cartier Prison. Lecture by Gaïd Andro and Fanny Le Bonhomme about the history of Jacques-Cartier Prison.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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So impatient to welcome Charles H. al-Hayek at the @uni.lu and @c2dh.uni.lu to discuss public history in #Lebanon and in the Middle East.
Another international partnership designed and driven by Myriam Dalal, PhD

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Lebanese and Near Eastern Heritage : a New Public History Partnership
The Public History as a New Citizen Science of the Past (PHACS) project has the pleasure to announce a new partnership with Charles al-Hayek, Lebanese public historian and founder of Heritage and Root...
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October 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Check the new student project showcase.
A #PublicHistory project by students from Master in Public History at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
They tell stories based on a collection of 5,000 digitised postcards.

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October Project Showcase
October 2025 Project Showcase From Times Past: A Kreuzberg Postcard Collection By Alexander Elspaß, Maximilian Gärtner, Christina Helwig, Marina Kochedyshkina, Marcel Ravens, Janika Stolt, and…
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October 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Designing with communities?
When coproduction practices help enriching our heritage interpretation

Nitya Sankhe interviewed by Myriam Dalal and Nada Elshabrawy hosted at @uni.lu by the @c2dh.uni.lu
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#Heritage #Community #Design #PublicHistory
Interview with Nitya Sankhe - Public History and Arts series
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October 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Available curriculum and syllabus to teach and learn public history.
First shared resource with the entire curriculum from the Master at Institut National Universitaire Champollion (France)
#PublicHistory
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Course Syllabus Sharing
Exploring Public History Syllabi across our Network This page will bring together a collection of course syllabi from across the European Network for Masters in Public History (EUMAPH). By sharing …
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October 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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The number of Masters, courses, and University Labs in Public History grows every year. Today, two new additions to the international public history map. Erasmus University Rotterdam and University of Zurich
#PublicHistory

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Public History Courses, Programmes, Labs - Google My Maps
List of University Public History Centers, Programmes and project. If you want to add your infos... send an email to Thomas.cauvin@uni.lu Please send the title, a location, and a URL (link) for the pr...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Do you want to join us in Luxembourg as visiting fellow? 3 more weeks to apply at @c2dh.uni.lu at the @uni.lu
#PublicHistory #DigitalHistory #DH
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C²DH Visiting Researcher Fellowships 2026
The C²DH offers 3 fellowships for visiting researchers: for PhD candidates, Post-Docs and Senior Researchers.
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September 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Rich discussion about #PublicHistory in the UK.
Katie Carpenter, Anna Maguire, David Geiringer, and Julia Laite in History Workshop journal

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Teaching Public History in Britain Today: A Roundtable Discussion
Abstract. ‘What is Public History Now?’ This was the question posed by the 2022 AHRC Network led by Julia Laite. The network culminated in a conference of
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September 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Check the Call for Participation to the 2026 conference of the International Federation for Public History. It will take place in Lison, Portugal (September 2026)
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8th International Conference on Public History
The Public History of Difficult Pasts 8th International Conference on Public History Lisbon, Portugal | September 7-11, 2026 Call for Papers Conference Overview In a time of escalating...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Call for Application: Digital Global South Fellowship.
Thanks for sharing
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Call for Applications: Digital Global South Fellowship
he C²DH invites applications for the Digital Global South Fellowship DGSF, a fully virtual, four-week residency dedicated to advancing Public History.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM