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Education and the European Digital Agenda: Switzerland, Germany and Sweden after 1970
This database documents the educational implications of technological change in information and communication technologies (ICT) between 1970 and 2000, focusing on political initiatives in Europe.

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.

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.

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.

vitrosearch: stained glass and glass art in Switzerland online
vitrosearch - Database for stained glass and glass art by the Vitrocentre Romont
WordWeb / IDEM: A new way of representing Intertextuality in Drama of the Early Modern Period
WordWeb/IDEM offers an innovative digital database for representing intertextuality in the drama of Shakespeare’s time.

Aura und Effizienz. Leistungsorientierte Materialisierung und Spiritualisierung in der Literatur der 1920-30er-Jahre: Emmy Hennings, Marieluise Fleisser, Friedrich Glauser und Bruno Goetz
Das Projekt untersucht die diskursiven und praktischen Wechselwirkungen zwischen Materialisierung und Spiritualisierung in der deutschsprachigen Literatur der 1920-30er Jahre.

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.

(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.

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.

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.

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.