We are pleased to invite you to this seminar with Myriam Piguet, Benoît Majerus, Matteo Calabrese and Frédéric Clavert from the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History.
Benoît Majerus, Full Professor of European History, and Matteo Calabrese, Postdoctoral Researcher, will present “Digital archaeology of shell companies: infrastructures of global connections and local networks” (DIGISHELL / ERC, PI: Benoît Majerus), focusing particularly on the role of international organisations in the history of shell companies and on the digital methods they are using for DIGISHELL.
Myriam Piguet, Postdoctoral Researcher, will present her forthcoming book: The Women Behind Multilateralism: Gender and International Civil Service from the League of Nations to the United Nations (Bloomsbury), which is a result of her PhD research (supervision: Sandrine Kott). She will also say a few words about the upcoming call for papers on international history for the Journal of Digital History.
Frédéric Clavert, an Assistant Professor of Contemporary European History and managing editor of the Journal of Digital History, will present his current research on the use of generative AI, with a particular focus on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) in the context of history.
Speakers
Matteo Calabrese is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg’s C²DH, working on the DIGSHELL project and specializing in the history of offshore financial centres, investment funds, and financial networks in small states. His work blends archival research with quantitative methods, and he has published in leading journals while holding previous academic positions in Berlin, Turin, Milan, and visiting fellowships in Paris, Amsterdam, and Taipei.
Frédéric Clavert is a historian and senior researcher at the University of Luxembourg’s C²DH, focusing on contemporary European history, digital history, and the study of political and social debates in the digital age. His work explores how digital media shape public discourse, and he contributes to major research projects while teaching and publishing widely on European memory and digital methodologies.
Benoît Majerus is a professor of contemporary European history at the University of Luxembourg and a leading scholar in the history of medicine, psychiatry, and social control. He directs large-scale research projects, including ERC-funded work, and has published extensively on medical institutions, patient experiences, and the social history of health in Europe.
Myriam Piguet is a historian of international organizations and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH). By approaching international organizations from below, her work bridges the fields of international relations and social history. She is also increasingly interested in the use of digital tools for research and education. Her research has appeared in academic journals such as Almagest, Monde(s), and Relations internationales.