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« Théâtre de société » (Age of Enlightenment - Second French Empire) project image
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« Théâtre de société » (Age of Enlightenment - Second French Empire)

Théâtre de société is defined as a theater that is mainly or totally amateur, non-profit, practiced in private homes. The project concerns the study of this form of theater.
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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.)
Der späte Nietzsche. Digitale Manuskriptedition project image
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Der späte Nietzsche. Digitale Manuskriptedition

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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Hôtel de Musique Bern

The database documents the different kinds of spectacles such as theatre plays, operas, ballets, or concerts that took place in the Hôtel de Musique in Bern between 1766 and 1905.
Hans Eugen Steiner (1907-1962) : un destin national project image
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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).
Historische Lernprozesse erforschen – Research of Learning Processes in History (RicH) project image
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Historische Lernprozesse erforschen – Research of Learning Processes in History (RicH)

Die RicH-Studie erforscht die Operationen narrativer Kompetenz und deren qualitative Unterschiede anhand eines Novizen-Experten-Vergleichs zwecks empirischer Fundierung eines Progressionsmodelles.
Tonbandsammlung Folkfestival auf der Lenzburg project image
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Tonbandsammlung Folkfestival auf der Lenzburg

Folk music enthusiasts gathered between 1972 and 1980 at the picturesque Lenzburg Castle. Discover the audio heritage of the legendary Lenzburg Folk Festival
Der späte Nietzsche. Digitale Edition der Druckdokumente project image
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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.
Die Bilderfolgen der Basler Frühdrucke: Spätmittelalterliche Didaxe als Bild-Text-Lektüre project image
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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.
Locus Ludi database: The Kottabos in the Greek World project image
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Locus Ludi database: The Kottabos in the Greek World

This database aims to provide a benchmark by compilating all representations of kottabos in the Greek world, including descriptions, images and links to other reference databases.
Religious speech embarrassed, radio debates and controversies around gender: Switzerland and France, 2006-2016 project image
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Religious speech embarrassed, radio debates and controversies around gender: Switzerland and France, 2006-2016

Ce projet étudie les mobilisations religieuses sur des questions de genre et de sexualités et comment elles transforment les règles d’interlocution des espaces publics sécularisés et la parole des acteurs religieux.
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Anton Webern Gesamtausgabe

The Anton Webern Gesamtausgabe (AWG) is a critical-historical edition which aims to make Webern’s entire oeuvre accessible to musical scholarship and practice in a scholarly form.