49 projects
Promoting Knowledge. The Origins of the Science System and the Making of Professional Structures in European States, 1700-1870
Finished
Full Open Access

Promoting Knowledge. The Origins of the Science System and the Making of Professional Structures in European States, 1700-1870

The professionalization of science is often conceptualized as the exclusion of amateurs. We show on the contrary that this became only through the development of scientific culture and networks.

18th century19th centuryDatabases
Prototyping Workflows for Digital Editions
Finished
Full Open Access

Prototyping Workflows for Digital Editions

Anschauungsbeispiel einer generischen Edition: Korrespondenz zwischen dem Philologen G. Paris (1839-1903) und einem seiner Schüler, dem Philosophen W. Lutosławski (1863-1954).

Digital Scholarly EditionFrench Philology
Religious speech embarrassed, radio debates and controversies around gender: Switzerland and France, 2006-2016
Finished
Full Open Access

Religious speech embarrassed, radio debates and controversies around gender: Switzerland and France, 2006-2016

Ce projet étudie les mobilisations religieuses sur des questions de genre et de sexualités et comment elles transforment les règles d’interlocution des espaces publics sécularisés et la parole des acteurs religieux.

GenderLiberal democracyMedia
Tall al-Hamidiya Online
Ongoing
Full Open Access

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.

MitanniAssyriapalaces
Textures of Sacred Scripture
Finished
Full Open Access

Textures of Sacred Scripture

Textures of Sacred Scripture. Materials and Semantics of Sacred Book Ornament in the Western Middle Ages, 780-1300

Medieval book art780–1300Materiality
The Churches of Rome in the Middle Ages, 1050-1300. Liturgical Furnishing and Architecture (Corpus Cosmatorum II)
Ongoing
Full Open Access

The Churches of Rome in the Middle Ages, 1050-1300. Liturgical Furnishing and Architecture (Corpus Cosmatorum II)

Each Roman church that was affected by building work in the High Middle Ages is presented in alphabetical order, including its architecture (with associated annexes) and its liturgical furnishing

AntikenrezeptionArcheologyArchäologie
The Electronic Catalogue of the Samaria Ivory Artifacts and Related Material
Finished
Full Open Access

The Electronic Catalogue of the Samaria Ivory Artifacts and Related Material

"Samaria Ivories" provides access to a catalogue with color photographs of the entire assemblage of ivory carvings and related material that once decorated luxurious furniture of the Israelite elite.

Ancient Near EastLevantKingdom of Israel
The Medieval Frame of Monumental Portal Sculpture (Pedestals, Canopies, Niches) : Cultural Transfers and Agency (12th-13th Centuries)
Ongoing
Full Open Access

The Medieval Frame of Monumental Portal Sculpture (Pedestals, Canopies, Niches) : Cultural Transfers and Agency (12th-13th Centuries)

This project aims to valorise and better comprehend the various elements surrounding monumental statues of church portals, namely pedestals, canopies, and niches.

AgencyArtistic geographyCanopies
University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project
Ongoing
Full Open Access

University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project

Assessment of tombs in the Kings’ Valley used for burials of royal family and entourage (ca. 1350 BCE), looted (ca. 1000 BCE), and reused for burials of members of priestly families (ca. 800–700 BCE).

ArchaeologyEgyptValley of the Kings