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Anita Lucchesi holds a PhD in History from the University of Luxembourg (2020) and a Master’s degree in Comparative History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2014), where she also completed a BA in History (2011). In her PhD, she investigated the theory and methods of digital history at the intersection with public history, discussing the epistemological issues emerging from what she defines as “hermeneutics of practice.” The research was based on a case study of migration memories in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The thesis, For a New Hermeneutics of Practice in Digital Public History: Thinkering with , was developed at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), with support from the Luxembourg National Research Fund. memorecord.uni.lu
Anita has been involved in several research, teaching and professional consulting activities, including acting as member of ad hoc committees for the Brazilian Ministry of Education. Beyond academic and non-academic articles, Anita has published two books: (2001-2011) and both Open Access publications by the Pernambuco University Press (EDUPE). Digital History e Storiografia Digitale: Estudo Comparado sobre a Escrita da História no Tempo Presente História, internet e novas mídias: Preocupações e questionamentos para historiadores do século XXI
Among other affiliations, she is a member of the , linked to the History Department of the Federal University of Sergipe (GET/UFS). the and is also a member of the steering committee of the . She dedicts herself to research on Digital History, Public History, and History of the Present Time, with emphasis on the interface between digital technologies, historiography, memory studies, teaching, and scientific dissemination of history. Present Time Study Group Brazilian Network of Public History International Federation of Public History
In September 2022, Anita rejoined the C²DH to work with Sean Takats and with Abby Mullen (George Mason University) on . Tropy