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Education and the European Digital Agenda: Switzerland, Germany and Sweden after 1970 project image

Education and the European Digital Agenda: Switzerland, Germany and Sweden after 1970

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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.

Project 0848
DaSCH – Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities project image

DaSCH – Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities

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

Project 0810
Symbolism of light in Early Christian sacred buildings in the Swiss Alpine valleys project image

Symbolism of light in Early Christian sacred buildings in the Swiss Alpine valleys

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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.

Project 0857
Société de cour, élites et finances : de l’Hôtel des princes de Savoie à l’État moderne project image

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

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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.

Project 0121
vitrosearch: stained glass and glass art in Switzerland online project image

vitrosearch: stained glass and glass art in Switzerland online

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vitrosearch - Database for stained glass and glass art by the Vitrocentre Romont

Project 0816
WordWeb / IDEM: A new way of representing Intertextuality in Drama of the Early Modern Period project image

WordWeb / IDEM: A new way of representing Intertextuality in Drama of the Early Modern Period

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WordWeb/IDEM offers an innovative digital database for representing intertextuality in the drama of Shakespeare’s time.

Project 0826
Aura und Effizienz. Leistungsorientierte Materialisierung und Spiritualisierung in der Literatur der 1920-30er-Jahre: Emmy Hennings, Marieluise Fleisser, Friedrich Glauser und Bruno Goetz project image

Aura und Effizienz. Leistungsorientierte Materialisierung und Spiritualisierung in der Literatur der 1920-30er-Jahre: Emmy Hennings, Marieluise Fleisser, Friedrich Glauser und Bruno Goetz

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Das Projekt untersucht die diskursiven und praktischen Wechselwirkungen zwischen Materialisierung und Spiritualisierung in der deutschsprachigen Literatur der 1920-30er Jahre.

Project 0846
Postkarten Russland project image

Postkarten Russland

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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.

Project 0811
(digitale) Historisch-Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Werke und Briefe von Jeremias Gotthelf, HKG und dHKG project image

(digitale) Historisch-Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Werke und Briefe von Jeremias Gotthelf, HKG und dHKG

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Die Historisch-kritische Gesamtausgabe von Jeremias Gotthelfs Werken und Briefen (2008–2040) lädt zu einer Entdeckung der Texte in ihren Kontexten ein.

Project 0862
Fagottini and tenoroons: small-sized bassoons from the 18th and 19th centuries project image

Fagottini and tenoroons: small-sized bassoons from the 18th and 19th centuries

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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.

Project 0845
The International Olympic Committee members (1894-1972). A transnational elite prosopography project image

The International Olympic Committee members (1894-1972). A transnational elite prosopography

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Ce projet reconstituera les trajectoires familiales, professionnelles, sociales et politiques des 213 membres du CIO cooptés avant 1972.

Project 0114
Historische Lernprozesse erforschen – Research of Learning Processes in History (RicH) project image

Historische Lernprozesse erforschen – Research of Learning Processes in History (RicH)

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Die RicH-Studie erforscht die Operationen narrativer Kompetenz und deren qualitative Unterschiede anhand eines Novizen-Experten-Vergleichs zwecks empirischer Fundierung eines Progressionsmodelles.

Project 084E