Producing Historiography in a Changing World: Practices of Historians in Analog and Digital Contexts

The aim of this conference is to study the material and intellectual conditions of the historian's work by proposing an anthropological approach to historical practices. The conference takes place within the framework of a research project at the University of Luxembourg focussing on the work and research library of the Luxembourgish historian Gilbert Trausch.

Languages: English and French.

Programme

9.15 Arrival

Panel 2: Anthropology of Historian at Work

Chair: Andreas Fickers, Director of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg (C²DH)

9.30 De la vie en bibliothèque à la bibliothèque privée. La conquête progressive de l’indépendance (John Scheid, Collège de France / Université du Luxembourg)

9.55 Derrière l’œuvre, l’historien au travail (Françoise Waquet, CNRS)

10.20 Discussion

10.50 Break

11.10 Droysen at Work. A Praxeological Perspective on Historical Scholarship (Philipp Müller, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

11.35 Discussion

12.00 Guided tour of the Luxembourg Learning Centre

12.45 Lunch Break

Panel 3 : Analog/machine-based reading and writing

Chair: John Scheid, Collège de France / Université du Luxembourg

14.00 Writing Work and Authorship in Historiography (Henning Trüper, Universität Zürich - Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin)

14.25 Réinventer le dépouillement (Philippe Artières, Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux sociaux (IRIS), CNRS)

14.50 Discussion

15.20 Break

15.40 Savoirs : a Digital Tool for Comparative History of Knowledge (Christian Jacob CNRS, EHESS)

16.05 Discussion

16.20 Conclusion (Benoît Majerus, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg (C²DH))

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You might also be interested by the public conference by Alberto Manguel, CEHL - Centro de Estudos da História da Leitura, intitled "Une bibliothèque pour les curieux".

Information and registration here.

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The international scientific conference starts with Panel 1 Thursday,5 May at the Bibliothèque Nationale du Luxembourg. Please use the corresponding Eventbrite page to register.

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Conference organisers:

• Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH)
• Institute of History (IHIST), University of Luxembourg
• with the support of Fondation André Losch