In the second panel of the symposium ‘Websites as sources: how should humanities and social sciences approach, use and diffuse publicly available online sources?’, chaired by Sean Takats (CHNM — George Mason University), Thomas Lebarbé (Stendhal–Grenoble 3 University) looks at the contribution made by digital humanities to the study of manuscripts by French writer Stendhal. In a presentation co-authored with Christian Augustin and Thomas Riechert (Leipzig University), Christian Rau (Leipzig University) then describes the research project conducted to mark the 600th anniversary of Leipzig University that involved collecting information about more than 1 300 professors and lecturers. Thomas Riechert (Leipzig University) outlines the technical aspects associated with this project. Finally, Alain Michel (University of Evry-Val d’Essonne) concludes the panel by presenting the ‘Usines 3D’ research programme and describing how 3D models can be used as tools for historical interpretation.

In the third panel of the symposium ‘Websites as sources: how should humanities and social sciences approach, use and diffuse publicly available online sources?’, chaired by René Leboutte (University of Luxembourg), Valérie Aubourg (Cergy-Pontoise University) focuses on the use of websites as sources on European political debate. François Allard-Huver (CELSA — Paris-Sorbonne University) raises the question of the transparency of the European Commission’s digital archives and websites.

In the fourth panel of the symposium ‘Websites as sources: how should humanities and social sciences approach, use and diffuse publicly available online sources?', chaired by Stefan Gradmann (Humboldt University of Berlin), Niels Brügger (Centre for Internet Research, Aarhus University) gives an address on the Web as a source in itself and as a subject of study. Jonathan Peter (University of Kassel) offers an explorative analysis of how the memory of historical events is dealt with on the Web. Finally, Clément Oury (National Library of France) describes how the National Library of France practises Web archiving and outlines the issues surrounding this question.

In the fifth panel of the symposium ‘Websites as sources: how should humanities and social sciences approach, use and diffuse publicly available online sources?’, chaired by Serge Noiret (European University Institute, Florence), Enrica Salvatori (University of Pisa) presents a critical analysis of the Val di Vara public history project that looks at the ideas of recovering history and building memories. Thomas Cauvin (European University Institute, Florence) gives a presentation on the relationship between the Protestant and Catholic communities in Northern Ireland as seen through websites. Finally, Éva Deák (Institute of Ethnology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) describes the various aspects of the ETNOfolk project.

In his keynote address ‘Curating a city’, Mark Tebeau (Cleveland State University) uses his projects on urban social history in Cleveland to illustrate the importance of the notion of ‘curation’ for the digital humanities community and its practices. Taking this topic as a basis, he discusses the main trends associated with digital humanities — the importance of communicating more effectively with the public through new relationships between historians, archivists, librarians and museums, the semantic Web and especially the emergence of connected mobile terminals — and analyses their consequences for the practices of digital humanities researchers.

In this interview, Georges Berthoin, Head of the Delegation of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), then of the Commission of the European Communities to the United Kingdom until 1973, comments on the political and economic motives behind the United Kingdom’s first two applications for accession to the European Communities in 1961 and 1967.

In his conclusion, Frédéric Clavert (CVCE) draws the main lessons from the symposium.

In this interview, Georges Berthoin, Head of the Delegation of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and subsequently Head of the Delegation of the Commission of the European Communities in the United Kingdom until 1973, describes the state of relations between General de Gaulle and the leaders of the United Kingdom as France twice rejected, in 1963 and 1967, the opening of negotiations for the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities.

On 3 February 1962, Sir Michael Tandy, British Ambassador to Luxembourg, delivers to the Luxembourger Christian Calmes, Secretary-General of the Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC, Britain’s application for accession to the European Coal and Steel Community.

In this interview, Georges Berthoin, Head of the Delegation of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), then of the Commission of the European Communities to the United Kingdom until 1973, describes the active initiatives of the British Council of the European Movement from the late 1940s onwards.