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Explore cutting-edge humanities research projects hosted on our platform. Each project represents a unique contribution to Swiss cultural heritage and academic knowledge.

Côté chaire, côté rue, La Réforme à Genève (1517-1617) project image
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Côté chaire, côté rue, La Réforme à Genève (1517-1617)

The database is the result of the transposition of a virtual exhibition realized in the context of the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation (1517).
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.
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Gustave Roud, Complete works

This database is the accompaniment of the critical edition of Gustave Roud’s work. It hosts the digital facsimiles of Gustave Roud’s archive, which includes manuscripts and printed materials.
Drawings of gods: A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach of Children’s Representations of Supernatural Agents project image
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Drawings of gods: A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach of Children’s Representations of Supernatural Agents

Fondé sur plusieurs centaines de dessins dans diverses régions du monde, ce projet étudie l’évolution de la représentation de Dieu ou d’autres êtres surnaturels chez des enfants et des adolescents.
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Photo Archive of the Cultural Anthropology Switzerland (CAS)

With its approximately 500,000 photo objects from across the world, the photo archive of the CAS fosters new approaches to the study and consumption of photographs.
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Life Histories of Theban Tombs

LHTT focuses on a cluster of tombs in the Theban Necropolis (Egypt). It investigates the evolution of the hillside and explores the history of the tombs from early 2nd mill. BCE to 20th c. CE.
(digitale) Historisch-Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Werke und Briefe von Jeremias Gotthelf, HKG und dHKG project image
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(digitale) Historisch-Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Werke und Briefe von Jeremias Gotthelf, HKG und dHKG

Die Historisch-kritische Gesamtausgabe von Jeremias Gotthelfs Werken und Briefen (2008–2040) lädt zu einer Entdeckung der Texte in ihren Kontexten ein.
Hans Eugen Steiner (1907-1962) : un destin national project image
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Hans Eugen Steiner (1907-1962) : un destin national

Des milliers de tirages originaux, 7500 planches contacts, des centaines de diapositives et 106'000 négatifs du photographe Hans Eugen Steiner (1907-1962).
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Tall al-Hamidiya Online

The Swiss excavations at Tall al-Hamidiya (NE Syria) revealed a 245-ha Late Bronze Age city. Architecture and texts make it likely that the site was Taidu, the royal residence of the Mitanni empire.
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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.
Canon of solar eclipses from 2501 BCE to 1000 CE project image
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Canon of solar eclipses from 2501 BCE to 1000 CE

When did the Sun darken in antiquity? Discover calculated solar eclipses and their traces in ancient historical sources.
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Postkarten Russland

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.