Category: Historical Sciences
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There and Back Again | Excursion to the Esterwegen Memorial
An excursion report by Leonie Schwiers and Greta Petersen On November 28, an excursion to the Esterwegen Memorial, which has existed since 2011, took place under the leadership of Imke Selle and with support from Ilka Schwerdtfeger. In the preparatory session, participants received an initial overview of the history of the 15 former ‘Emsland camps’,…
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Making History Production ‘Playable’ | The “Osnabrück Peace Chess”. Negotiating Memory in Game Format.
In the context of the interdisciplinary LehrZeit project “Research, mediate, exhibit. Virtual learning spaces in historical studies” at the University of Osnabrück, students together with Imke Selle, Prof. Dr. Christoph Rass, Prof. Dr. Lale Yildirim & Prof. Dr. Michael Brinkmeier have developed the “Osnabrück Peace Chess”: the chessboard functions as an interactive memory game in…
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Right-wing Populist Politics of History for Destabilising Democratic Systems | Summary of the Essay by Valentin Loos in Historia Prima, 2. 2025
This post is an abridged version of an essay in the second issue of Historia Prima, which appeared in May 2025 under the title “‘What we are experiencing here is 1933 on a global level, that is, the total seizure of power.’ The Functionalization of History as a Political Argument Using the Example of Corona…
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Digital Public History Workshop “The ‘Emsland Camps’ as a Conflict Landscape in Transformation
On 5 June 2025, a workshop took place at the Esterwegen Memorial with students from years 11 and 12 of Georgianum Lingen. The event was conducted as part of the project “The ‘Emslandlager’ as a Conflict Landscape in Transformation. Research-based Learning at the Intersection of University Teacher Education, Memorial Site Pedagogy and Participatory Digital Public…
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Digital Humanities at the University of Osnabrück. University Library Workshop with Cultural and Social Sciences in May 2025
The social sciences and humanities have already been undergoing a profound transformation for several years, driven by the ubiquitous and constantly accelerating digitisation of knowledge, culture and communication. This transformation has entered a new phase with the general availability of “artificial intelligence”, whose course and impact we can barely foresee at present. The social sciences,…