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Digital Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (Digital LIMC) project image
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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.
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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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Delille

NIE-INE outcome for the project `Reconstruire Delille' in relation to the scholarly `reverse' edition of the reception of the third canto of Jacques Delille's L'homme des champs.
Beyond the Text. New Funerary Compositions from the Graeco-Roman Period: Textualities and Archaeology in Thebes project image
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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
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.
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Globalgeschichtliche Perspektiven im Schweizer Geschichtsunterricht

Das Forschungsprojekt liefert empirische Ergebnisse auf breiter Basis zu Potentialen von globalgeschichtlichen Perspektiven im Geschichtsunterricht.
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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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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.
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Prototyping Workflows for Digital Editions

Anschauungsbeispiel einer generischen Edition: Korrespondenz zwischen dem Philologen G. Paris (1839-1903) und einem seiner Schüler, dem Philosophen W. Lutosławski (1863-1954).
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 campane del Canton Ticino. Studio di un patrimonio materiale e immateriale project image
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Le campane del Canton Ticino. Studio di un patrimonio materiale e immateriale

Ricerca interdisciplinare sulle campane del Canton Ticino, come oggetti storici, artistici e musicali ma anche come mezzi di comunicazione per le comunità, tramite specifici codici tradizionali.
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.