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For decades, two figures have dominated the history of autism studies. Today, newly excavated documents are calling into question the primacy of these men as founders of the field.

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The University of Luxembourg welcomes Prof Christine L Borgman to lead this talk titled "Big data, little data or no data?". While the humanities have caught the “big data” wave, “little data” remains the norm in those many domains where evidence is scarce and labour-intensive to acquire. Until recently, data was considered part of the process of scholarship, essential but largely invisible. In the “big data” era, data have become valuable products to be captured, shared, reused, an...