Join us for our Brexit Session on September 28! One of our experts, Prof Ben Rogaly, chose the very interesting aspect of migration in Britain as an explanatory model of 'Brexit': Your place or mine? Oral histories of migration for work in contemporary Britain In the UK's recent referendum on EU membership the choice given to the electorate was to 'remain' in or 'leave' the EU. But the anti-immigrant atmosphere stoked by parts of the leave campaign led some 'leave' voters to regard the vote for Brexit as an instruction to all those with foreign nationality (as well as those who 'looked foreign') to leave the country. This may have explained the sharp post-referendum rise in attacks on members of established ethnic minorities and hostile comments directed at EU nationals. This summer's turn of events did not emerge from nowhere. Paradoxically, as well as being an ethnically diverse society, Britain has a long history of fear of the 'other', not unconnected to its colonial history. In this lecture I will explore specific contestations over local and national space that this fear has given rise to, using oral histories recorded in the small city of Peterborough in England, a fast-changing place, that has experienced large scale migration over several decades. Building on the geographical concept of scale, and rooted in theories of place and space, I will argue that geographical insights can offer a fresh understanding of histories of migration and mobility. Such geographically-informed history, properly co-produced through oral history and made public through accessible community events, may in turn help to make connections between people who are divided across ethnic and national identities in a Britain that is currently headed for 'Brexit'. You will find us in room MSA (Maison du Savoir) 3520 at Campus Belval. The lectures will start at 6.30 pm.

In the context of our next LTAH-Session (September 28, 6.30 pm, Maison du Savoir/Campus Belval), Dr Mathias Häußler is going to discuss the burning issue of 'Brexit' from a historical point of view: The bête noire of European integration? ‘Brexit’ in Historical Perspective While the British vote to leave the European Union on 23 June 2016 came as a surprise to many, the so-called ‘Brexit’ in fact only marks the culmination of over sixty years in which the United Kingdom has continuously struggled to come to terms with the process of European integration. Why is it that Britain, a country with centuries-long political, economic, and cultural ties to the European continent, continues to hold such different attitudes towards the EU than most of its European partners? This talk takes a historical perspective to trace the evolution of Britain’s role in Europe from the immediate post-war years to the present day. Contrasting British attitudes with those of other EC founding members like Germany, it shows how the country’s unique historical role and different wartime experience meant that it simply lacked the powerful strategic and political rationales for European integration that existed amongst ‘the Six’. As a result, the European question never acquired a solid cross-party national consensus in post-war Britain, but instead became subject to manifold and often contradictory domestic pressures, particularly as the country adjusted to its post-imperial role amidst the political and economic turmoil of the 1970s. At the same time, however, the talk also warns against the prevalent image of Britain as an eternally Eurosceptic and isolationist country in today’s political debate, stressing instead the highly contingent and volatile nature of British attitudes towards European integration, as well as the country’s strong and proactive contribution to European cooperation in many non-EC/EU areas. In so doing, it concludes that ‘Brexit’ should best be seen as the expression of a historically-grounded lack of legitimacy of the European integration process in Britain, rather than as a rejection of European cooperation per se; a story that might also hold some lessons for the EU’s increasingly uncertain future in the twenty-first century. Dr Mathias Haeussler is currently Lumley Research Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. He has published widely on the history of post-war European integration and the Cold War, including articles in Cold War History, The International History Review, and Twentieth Century British History. His doctoral dissertation was funded by the British Arts and Humanities Research Council, and he has previously held fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and the University of Bonn.

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We proudly announce our next "Let's talk about History!-Session" that will take place on September 28, 6.30 pm at Campus Belval. Two experts from England are going to approach the highly topical and explosive issue of 'Brexit' from different points of view: Topic: "What is Brexit? Two Perspectives on Britain's EU Referendum" Guest Speakers: Dr Mathias Häußler, Historian (University of Cambridge): "The bête noire of European integration? ‘Brexit’ in Historical Perspective" Prof Ben Rogaly, Human Geographer (University of Sussex): "Your place or mine? Oral histories of migration for work in contemporary Britain" Time & Place: September 28, 6.30 pm, Campus Belval, Esch-sur-Alzette (Room will be communicated soon!) We look forward to an exciting evening full of lively discussion and hope to see many of you!

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⚽️ #euro #em2016 #footballandhistory

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Ce jeudi (16.06), initiative du MHVL - Musée d' Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg.

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The website of the Digital History Lab of the University of Luxembourg is out! It aims to be an experimental space for exploring new ways of research and teaching history in the digital age. Ongoing projects approach digital history, hermeneutics, public history, migration and more. #DHLAB http://www.dhlab.lu

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Friday we will discuss immigration and identity at Uni.lu in an event organised by the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights in cooperation with Caritas Luxembourg, Croix-rouge Luxembourg and European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation. http://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/flshase/identites_politiques_societes_espaces_ipse/news_events/immigration_and_identity

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"I am not a refugee. I'm Modi." "I had nothing to do when I arrived in November, no one to meet. So I told myself 'Why not use that time to learn Luxemburgish?'. Lately, I even spoke Luxemburgish with the Prime Minister. He asked me 'Seit weifil Joer bass du hei zu Letzebuerg? (How many years have you been in Luxembourg?) and I answered 'Joer? 4 Meint!' (Years? Four months!).” - Modi, Human rights Lawyer.

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How an astronaut realised a medieval dream. 🌏 (Via History Today)

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#onpoint Let's talk (seriously) about History!

Neue Vortragsreihe „Let’s talk about history!“: Klein, aber oho

Oho, mir hunn et an d'Wort gepackt! http://www.wort.lu/de/wissen/neue-vortragsreihe-let-s-talk-about-history-klein-aber-oho-570fb19e1bea9dff8fa7621d