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WoPoss: A world of possibilities. Modal pathways over an extra-long period of time: the diachrony of modality in the Latin language project image
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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.
Fotoarchiv Kunsthalle Basel project image
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Fotoarchiv Kunsthalle Basel

Kunsthalle Basel is Switzerland’s oldest active art museum displaying contemporary art.
(digitale) Historisch-Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Werke und Briefe von Jeremias Gotthelf, HKG und dHKG project image
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(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.
Le scénario chez Alain Tanner : discours et pratiques. Une approche génétique du récit filmique et des représentations de genre project image
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Le scénario chez Alain Tanner : discours et pratiques. Une approche génétique du récit filmique et des représentations de genre

Ce projet étudie, dans une perspective narratologique/genre studies, la genèse des scénarios des films d’Alain Tanner, ainsi que les discours sur cette question tenus par le cinéaste.
Contribution à une histoire de la culture cinématographique en Suisse : étude des activités de la Cinémathèque suisse entre 1951 et 1981 project image
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Contribution à une histoire de la culture cinématographique en Suisse : étude des activités de la Cinémathèque suisse entre 1951 et 1981

Ce projet étudie les activités de la Cinémathèque suisse de 1951 à 1981 et analyse la manière dont elle s'est construit une légitimité nationale et internationale en l'absence de salle de projection.
Bilddatenbank Bibliothek St. Moritz project image
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Bilddatenbank Bibliothek St. Moritz

Bibliothek St. Moritz Dokumentation is the local history archive of the community of St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The International Olympic Committee members (1894-1972). A transnational elite prosopography project image
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The International Olympic Committee members (1894-1972). A transnational elite prosopography

Ce projet reconstituera les trajectoires familiales, professionnelles, sociales et politiques des 213 membres du CIO cooptés avant 1972.
The Electronic Catalogue of the Samaria Ivory Artifacts and Related Material project image
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The Electronic Catalogue of the Samaria Ivory Artifacts and Related Material

"Samaria Ivories" provides access to a catalogue with color photographs of the entire assemblage of ivory carvings and related material that once decorated luxurious furniture of the Israelite elite.
Participation in Social Health Protection: An Anthropological Case Study in Tanzania project image
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Participation in Social Health Protection: An Anthropological Case Study in Tanzania

This project calls for a broad view of social health protection, comprising health care funding and people’s ubiquitous but less visible strife for participation in self-organized groups and networks.
Fagottini and tenoroons: small-sized bassoons from the 18th and 19th centuries project image
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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.
vitrosearch: stained glass and glass art in Switzerland online project image
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vitrosearch: stained glass and glass art in Switzerland online

vitrosearch - Database for stained glass and glass art by the Vitrocentre Romont
Life Histories of Theban Tombs project image
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Life Histories of Theban Tombs

LHTT focuses on a cluster of tombs in the Theban Necropolis (Egypt). It investigates the evolution of the hillside and explores the history of the tombs from early 2nd mill. BCE to 20th c. CE.