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Historische-Kritische Gottfried Keller Ausgabe (HKKA)

Gottfried Keller (1819-1890) gehört zu den grossen Autoren des Realismus. Die eHKKA ediert Kellers Gesamtwerk: Seine Romane, Novellen, Gedichte, Tagebücher und Briefe.

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University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project

Assessment of tombs in the Kings’ Valley used for burials of royal family and entourage (ca. 1350 BCE), looted (ca. 1000 BCE), and reused for burials of members of priestly families (ca. 800–700 BCE).

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Rome in the Early Middle Ages: Arts and Culture

The project addresses the visual culture of the city of Rome (Vth-XIth ct.) by means of an interdisciplinary approach (art history, architecture, archaeology archaeometry, liturgy, epigraphy).

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Martial Culture in Late Medieval Towns

The multifaceted martial culture of the late Medieval European town is sketched by this research project describing the ownership, handling, symbolism, use, and materiality of medieval weapons, and their cultural impact on urban society.

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Canon of solar eclipses from 2501 BCE to 1000 CE

When did the Sun darken in antiquity? Discover calculated solar eclipses and their traces in ancient historical sources.

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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.

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Bernoulli-Euler Online (BEOL)

The project Bernoulli-Euler Online (BEOL) focuses on the mathematics influenced by the Bernoulli dynasty and Leonhard Euler and presents these materials to the public and researchers.

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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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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.

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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.

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.

Société de cour, élites et finances : de l’Hôtel des princes de Savoie à l’État moderne project image
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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.