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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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Call for Participation to the conference: AI through History, History through AI

(deadline for application March 1 ; Conference will take place in Luxembourg on June 15, 2026)
@uni.lu @c2dh.uni.lu #AI #Digital #History
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CfP: AI through History, History through AI
The Eighth Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History hosted by the C²DH in Belval will revolve around Artificial Intelligence in the historical disciplines.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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New (hybrid) event in the History@Play series led by Sandra Camarda
Erik Champion will explore "how #digital technologies such as #virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, together with semi-serious #games, are transforming cultural #heritage visualization."
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Critically Historical 3D
History@Play lectiure by Erik Champion entitled "Critically Historical 3D".
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January 29, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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Book launch (online) Scripting Genocide Wednesday February 11.
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Plus, the book is in FULL open access through our Book Series "Public History in European Perspectives" with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
Details in the link below. #WWII #Genocide #Television #PublicHistory
Scripting Genocide : Book Launch with author Nicholas K. Johnson
Launch of the book 'Scripting Genocide' with the author Nicholas K. Johnson.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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Best gift ever. Love my colleagues at @c2dh.uni.lu
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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A new Pub museum? Helping Charo Havermans in her quest to make, preserve and share histories of Pubs.

@ncph.bsky.social @c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu #Pub #Beer #London
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New PHACS Collaboration in the United Kingdom: The Pub Museum Pilot
The Public History as a New Citizen Science of the Past (PHACS) project has the pleasure to announce a new collaboration with Charo Havermans, public historian and historic pub tour guide in London, t...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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Community archiving in #Shubra (#Egypt). Everyday people in #PublicHistory

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Community Archiving in Egypt and the Challenge of Getting the “Everyday People” Involved
Status check of the partnership between the University of Luxembourg and Shubra's Archive in Cairo.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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Scripting Genocide by Nicholas K. Johnson.
First review of the 3rd volume of our collection "Public History in European Perspectives" with @dgb-history.bsky.social

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Reminder that all our books are in full open access. #PublicHistory #Genocide #Media #WWII
January 7, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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Beyond ‘Authority’: Collaborative Resistance to Revisionism in Japan. #Japan #PublicHistory @emitozawa.bsky.social
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Navigating Public History: In Contestation with Japan’s Historical Revisionism
In this article, we examine the phenomenon of ‘historical revisionism’ (HR), a movement to construct a ‘bright’ historical narrative of Japan often by denying and minimizing its wrongdoings under Impe...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Irish as first slaves in America?
Read about the work of a #PublicHistory student from @qubhistory.bsky.social publichistoryonline.org/january-proj...
@ncph.bsky.social @aaslh.org @olwenpurdue.bsky.social #Slavery #Irish
January 6, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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Open access article on the consequences of rising nationalism on historical narratives and heritage in India. @sharmashalini.bsky.social
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#India #PublicHistory #Memory #Nationalism
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January 5, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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Call for Participation
Cross-Border Dialogues in Digital Humanities × Public History

Symposium in Tokyo on March 2 with keynote from Andreas Fickers. @c2dh.uni.lu
#PublicHistory #DigitalHumanities #Japan
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ポスターセッション報告者募集のお知らせ“Cross-Border Dialogues in Digital Humanities × Public History― Doing Digital Public History & Public-Facing Digital Humanities ―” | 国文学研究資料館
国文学研究資料館は、国内各地の日本文学とその関連資料を大規模に集積し、日本文学をはじめとする様々な分野の研究者の利用に供するとともに、それらに基づく先進的な共同研究を推進する日本文学の基盤的な総合研究機関です。
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December 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Conservative #PublicHistory?
Open access article by Caroline Silveira Bauer, Tunde Decker, Jerome de Groot, and Jimena Perry with examples from North and South America, Europe, Asia...
#Conservatism #FarRight @ncph.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
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Conservative Public History: Special Section Introduction
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November 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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#Job Professorship in #PublicHistory at @au.dk Aarhus University
Deadline for application December 9.
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Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - History, subject, Aarhus University
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November 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Open Archives, Accessible Research, and Public History.

November 18, 2025, 13:00 to 17:00 CET
on ZOOM (lu-se.zoom.us/j/64779939772)

#PublicHistory #Archives @c2dh.uni.lu
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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New book on international public history

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Public History in Mexico: Memories, Displacements, and Intimacies
This collection of chapters explores how history is created, shared, and contested in urban and marginalized spaces by examining memory, displacement, resilience, and community-driven historical inter...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Want to join the Steering Committee of the International Federation for Public History? The call is open until November 22.
#PublicHistory

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Call for Nomination
DELEGATE | PRESIDENT | SECRETARY IFPH Steering Committee The International Federation for Public History (IFPH) invites nominations for three open positions on the Steering Committee of the IFPH,...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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This week end in #Luxembourg, organised by our colleague

#Game #VideoGame #PublicHistory
@uni.lu @c2dh.uni.lu
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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