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22 October 2018
Reconstructing the sounds of the Napoleonic era
On 24 September History Today published an article of dr. Rachel Gillett on music of the Napoleonic era.
28 September 2018
Memory Studies: Cultural Memory Studies after the Transnational Turn
In July 2018 a special issue of journal 'Memory Studies' has been published, edited by Prof Astrid Erll and Prof Ann Rigney.
13 July 2018
The Emancipation of Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1590-1670
It argues that the erosion of universal scriptural authority was caused by a humanistic philology which originated in the 16th century.
Babylon Berlin
23 March 2018
Jochen Hung in The Washington Post: 'Babylon Berlin' and the myth of the Weimar Republic
Stereotypes of Weimar Germany keep us from learning the right lessons: anti-democratic forces do not always come in reactionary guises, writes Jochen Hung.
A woman is reading, the chambermaid brings tea, 1775 by Pehr Hilleström
21 February 2018
Large research project on 18th-20th Century reading practices and experiences in Europe receives funding
READ-IT: READING EUROPE ADVANCED DATA INVESTIGATION TOOL combines interdisciplinary expertise of several institutions across Europe.

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