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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.

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.)
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.

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!

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.
Beyond the Text. New Funerary Compositions from the Graeco-Roman Period: Textualities and Archaeology in Thebes
Philological and archaeological project exploring the emergence and evolution of the funerary literature of the Graeco-Roman Period

Fotoarchiv Kunsthalle Basel
Kunsthalle Basel is Switzerland’s oldest active art museum displaying contemporary art.

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.
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.

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.

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.

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.