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Musiklexikon der Schweiz
Das MLS stellt fundierte Information über die AkteurInnen, Institutionen, Orte, Objekte und Phänomene zur Verfügung, die für die Musikgeschichte Schweiz über alle Sparten und Stile relevant sind.

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Die Bilderfolgen der Basler Frühdrucke: Spätmittelalterliche Didaxe als Bild-Text-Lektüre
An art-scientific monograph of the richly illustrated early prints in Basel - the most important center of early letterpress printing in the territory of present-day Switzerland.
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Le campane del Canton Ticino. Studio di un patrimonio materiale e immateriale
Ricerca interdisciplinare sulle campane del Canton Ticino, come oggetti storici, artistici e musicali ma anche come mezzi di comunicazione per le comunità, tramite specifici codici tradizionali.
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Lesen als soziale Negotiation - Rekonstruktion der Bibliothek von Sigmund Gossembrot (1417–1493)
Das Projekt erarbeitet und rekonstruiert den Bestand der Bibliothek von Sigmund Gossembrot (1417-1493)

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Decolonizing Socialism: Entangled Internationalism. An Intersectional Study of Cold War Projects from East Germany in Cinema and Cybernetics with Relevance for the 21st Century
It aims to apply decolonial methods and to mobilize practice-based approaches to engage in the critical analysis of case studies of art practices from socialist geographies of the Cold War period.

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Symbolism of light in Early Christian sacred buildings in the Swiss Alpine valleys
Were early Christian churches aligned with the sun or the moon? A study across Switzerland and Northern Italy explores the links between the sky and sacred architecture.

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Mit Stilus, Volumen und Spiegel. Untersuchungen zur Verbreitung von Lesen und Schreiben bei Frauen aus dem römischen Reich anhand von Funden aus dem Grabkontext.
By analyzing burial finds linked to the deceased, the dissertation «Mit Stilus, Volumen und Spiegel» traces female literacy in the Latin West of the Roman Empire.

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Education and the European Digital Agenda: Switzerland, Germany and Sweden after 1970
This database documents the educational implications of technological change in information and communication technologies (ICT) between 1970 and 2000, focusing on political initiatives in Europe.
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Der späte Nietzsche. Digitale Edition der Druckdokumente
The digital edition project "Der späte Nietzsche" (The Late Nietzsche) publishes Friedrich Nietzsche's late estate digitally congruent to the manuscripts.
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Hans Eugen Steiner (1907-1962) : un destin national
Des milliers de tirages originaux, 7500 planches contacts, des centaines de diapositives et 106'000 négatifs du photographe Hans Eugen Steiner (1907-1962).

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Société de cour, élites et finances : de l’Hôtel des princes de Savoie à l’État moderne
Ce projet étudie l’organisation de l’Hôtel de la cour de Savoie du XIIIe au XVe s., son évolution en une institution réglementée et hiérarchisée et propose une étude prosopographique de ses membres.

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Premiers théâtres romands
The project documents theatrical practices in the French-Swiss regions between the 15ᵗʰ and 16ᵗʰ c. It is a part of the SNSF project focused on versified public communication in French (15ᵗʰ-16ᵗʰ c.)