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The Medieval Frame of Monumental Portal Sculpture (Pedestals, Canopies, Niches) : Cultural Transfers and Agency (12th-13th Centuries) project image
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The Medieval Frame of Monumental Portal Sculpture (Pedestals, Canopies, Niches) : Cultural Transfers and Agency (12th-13th Centuries)

This project aims to valorise and better comprehend the various elements surrounding monumental statues of church portals, namely pedestals, canopies, and niches.
Interactive Historical Atlas of the Disciplines project image
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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.
Musiklexikon der Schweiz project image
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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.
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
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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.
Healing Arts. Representations and Practices of Medical Knowledge in Art and Literature (9th-12th centuries) project image
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Healing Arts. Representations and Practices of Medical Knowledge in Art and Literature (9th-12th centuries)

The project explores the entangled histories of botany, art and health. It considers plant images in early medieval herbals as modes of knowledge that articulate and negotiate medical practices.
Le scénario chez Alain Tanner : discours et pratiques. Une approche génétique du récit filmique et des représentations de genre project image
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Le scénario chez Alain Tanner : discours et pratiques. Une approche génétique du récit filmique et des représentations de genre

Ce projet étudie, dans une perspective narratologique/genre studies, la genèse des scénarios des films d’Alain Tanner, ainsi que les discours sur cette question tenus par le cinéaste.
Alice in DaSCHland project image
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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!
Martial Culture in Late Medieval Towns project image
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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.
Jacob Bernoulli's Scientific Notebook (Meditationes) project image
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Jacob Bernoulli's Scientific Notebook (Meditationes)

First complete digital edition of Jacob Bernoulli's 367-page scientific notebook (begun ca. 1676), a key source for the history of mathematics around 1700.
Locus Ludi database: The Kottabos in the Greek World project image
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Locus Ludi database: The Kottabos in the Greek World

This database aims to provide a benchmark by compilating all representations of kottabos in the Greek world, including descriptions, images and links to other reference databases.
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GLAUBENMACHENLASSEN

GLAUBENMACHENLASSEN is a visual anthropological and film ethnographic dissertation exploring identity in a cinematographic laboratory. Research period: 2009-2022.
Promoting Knowledge. The Origins of the Science System and the Making of Professional Structures in European States, 1700-1870 project image
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Promoting Knowledge. The Origins of the Science System and the Making of Professional Structures in European States, 1700-1870

The professionalization of science is often conceptualized as the exclusion of amateurs. We show on the contrary that this became only through the development of scientific culture and networks.