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Explore cutting-edge humanities research projects hosted on our platform. Each project represents a unique contribution to Swiss cultural heritage and academic knowledge.

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cache

cache is a hybrid publication tool for research groups in the humanities.
Symbolism of light in Early Christian sacred buildings in the Swiss Alpine valleys project image
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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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Bilddatenbank Bibliothek St. Moritz

Bibliothek St. Moritz Dokumentation is the local history archive of the community of St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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Big Data in Agriculture: The Making of Smart Farms

This project contributes empirical evidence to the discussion of the opportunities and risks associated with smart farming.
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Interactive Historical Atlas of the Disciplines

The Interactive Historical Atlas of the Disciplines aims to map data related to the history of academic disciplines and provides tools to visualize the evolution of disciplinary borders over time.
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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.
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L’epistolario di Ugo Foscolo: catalogo

The catalogue of the Foscolo epistolary contains the data, metadata and images relating to the letters, documents, witnesses, holding institutions and editions of the letters.
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Canonicity, Obscenity, and the Making of Modern Chaucer (COMMode): An Investigation of the Transmission and Audiences of The Canterbury Tales from 1700 to 2020

This project will recover the untold history of how Chaucer became both an icon of literary fame and an icon of obscenity.
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GLAUBENMACHENLASSEN

GLAUBENMACHENLASSEN is a visual anthropological and film ethnographic dissertation exploring identity in a cinematographic laboratory. Research period: 2009-2022.
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DaSCH – Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities

This project contains material about DaSCH and events organised by DaSCH. All documents are made available in the original language of the presentations.
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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.
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Postkarten Russland

The project makes an extensive collection of Russian postcards public which is held by the Chair of Eastern European History at the University of Basel.