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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.

(digitale) Historisch-Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Werke und Briefe von Jeremias Gotthelf, HKG und dHKG
Die Historisch-kritische Gesamtausgabe von Jeremias Gotthelfs Werken und Briefen (2008–2040) lädt zu einer Entdeckung der Texte in ihren Kontexten ein.

The Churches of Rome in the Middle Ages, 1050-1300. Liturgical Furnishing and Architecture (Corpus Cosmatorum II)
Each Roman church that was affected by building work in the High Middle Ages is presented in alphabetical order, including its architecture (with associated annexes) and its liturgical furnishing

Prendre une position épistémique dans l’interaction. Les marqueurs du savoir, du non-savoir et du doute en français
A systematic and multimodal study of French epistemic and evidential markers as emerging in various professional/institutional settings documented by “natural“ video-recorded data.

Fagottini and tenoroons: small-sized bassoons from the 18th and 19th centuries
The organological and musicological aspects of small-sized bassoons from the 18th and 19th centuries were the focus of a research team in Basel from 2017–2023.

Bildung in Zahlen (Education by numbers)
Annotated historical statistics on the development and use of cantonal education programmes and the vocational education and training system in Switzerland in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Photo Archive of the Cultural Anthropology Switzerland (CAS)
With its approximately 500,000 photo objects from across the world, the photo archive of the CAS fosters new approaches to the study and consumption of photographs.

Alice in DaSCHland
Alice in DaSCHland whisks you away on a whimsical digital journey where data and metadata spark fantastical adventures - showcase project from DaSCH!
WoPoss: A world of possibilities. Modal pathways over an extra-long period of time: the diachrony of modality in the Latin language
The WoPoss project aims at reconstructing the evolution of modal meanings in Latin from the prehistory of the language up to the 7th century CE, through a linguistically annotated, diachronic corpus.

Digital Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (Digital LIMC)
Digital LIMC contains what we know about the iconography of Greek, Etruscan and Roman mythology, both in ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman art as well as in neighbouring Mediterranean cultures.

Drawings of gods: A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach of Children’s Representations of Supernatural Agents
Fondé sur plusieurs centaines de dessins dans diverses régions du monde, ce projet étudie l’évolution de la représentation de Dieu ou d’autres êtres surnaturels chez des enfants et des adolescents.

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.