Franziska Heimburger
@franziska.fr
French historian with British & German nationalities. Cultural history of coalition warfare, 1850-1918. Exploring and teaching history and languages as MCF
at Faculté des Lettres, Sorbonne Université. https://www.franziska.fr/
at Faculté des Lettres, Sorbonne Université. https://www.franziska.fr/
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Franziska Heimburger
@franziska.fr
· Oct 3
#helloESR
Je travaille à l'intersection des langues et de l'histoire sur les échanges, la communication, les transferts en contexte guerrier, Première Guerre mondiale, mais aussi de plus en plus fin XIXe. #coalitions
Enseignement d'histoire britannique et de choses numériques et/ou quantitatives.
Je travaille à l'intersection des langues et de l'histoire sur les échanges, la communication, les transferts en contexte guerrier, Première Guerre mondiale, mais aussi de plus en plus fin XIXe. #coalitions
Enseignement d'histoire britannique et de choses numériques et/ou quantitatives.
A fun one for those raising mini-bilinguals. My English-French raised toddler has been learning how to use these rhyming puzzle pieces
December 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A fun one for those raising mini-bilinguals. My English-French raised toddler has been learning how to use these rhyming puzzle pieces
Offering up a palette cleanser from my 2,5-year-old's Christmas!
December 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Offering up a palette cleanser from my 2,5-year-old's Christmas!
Countless renditions of Mog over the course of Christmas and I have only just noticed the Thomas's seem to have made a cup of tea for the burglar?
December 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Countless renditions of Mog over the course of Christmas and I have only just noticed the Thomas's seem to have made a cup of tea for the burglar?
Might have to be the time when - during a nearly 40°C heatwave - I was told the (perfectly decent) strappy top I was wearing was not appropriate for the French military archives.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Might have to be the time when - during a nearly 40°C heatwave - I was told the (perfectly decent) strappy top I was wearing was not appropriate for the French military archives.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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I think everything in this thread is spot on, but the thing that most non-specialists miss is that individual historians are also the ones who decide there's even something to investigate! Based on their deep reading and expertise, they frame new questions to create new knowledge we didn't have!
A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I think everything in this thread is spot on, but the thing that most non-specialists miss is that individual historians are also the ones who decide there's even something to investigate! Based on their deep reading and expertise, they frame new questions to create new knowledge we didn't have!
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What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.
December 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.
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I have my students write three-sentence summaries of articles and then read them aloud in class, to see how different summaries are depending on the things that most interest you. We map overlaps and differences to help them understand why trusting a supposed summary machine short-circuits thinking.
being conversant in the scholarly discussions within a discipline or a field is different from reading random summaries
December 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I have my students write three-sentence summaries of articles and then read them aloud in class, to see how different summaries are depending on the things that most interest you. We map overlaps and differences to help them understand why trusting a supposed summary machine short-circuits thinking.
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Amazing how many of these papers are about “ethical use of AI in education.” It’s harsh, I know, but I do think if you incorporate a hallucinated reference it should be incredibly damning for you. There should be professional penalties.
(Also, icyi, here are the 42 papers citing our non-existent paper which includes a "meta-analysis" - often called the evidence "gold standard" - of "LLM effects" in education 🤮
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn
December 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Amazing how many of these papers are about “ethical use of AI in education.” It’s harsh, I know, but I do think if you incorporate a hallucinated reference it should be incredibly damning for you. There should be professional penalties.
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Anyway we’ll be requiring undergrads’ Zotero libraries to contain a copy of everything they cite next quarter, which I guess is one very labor-intensive way to check.
December 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Anyway we’ll be requiring undergrads’ Zotero libraries to contain a copy of everything they cite next quarter, which I guess is one very labor-intensive way to check.
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Die PDFs von "Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe", Band 1-7: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
December 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Die PDFs von "Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe", Band 1-7: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Fascinating visit to the Völklingen Ironworks today en route to our Christmas quarters. Well worth a visit should you find yourself near Saarbrücken.
December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Fascinating visit to the Völklingen Ironworks today en route to our Christmas quarters. Well worth a visit should you find yourself near Saarbrücken.
Si vous cherchez des versions non-moches des chants de Noël pour petites personnes, puis-je vous conseiller celles-ci open.spotify.com/album/7BCZX1...
Les plus beaux chants de Noël
open.spotify.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Si vous cherchez des versions non-moches des chants de Noël pour petites personnes, puis-je vous conseiller celles-ci open.spotify.com/album/7BCZX1...
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Une fois n'est pas coutume, la vie des chercheurs utilisant des images sous droit d'auteur va être considérablement simplifiée par l'article 48 de la nouvelle loi de programmation de la recherche: www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/fr/faciliter...
Faciliter le travail des chercheurs : l’article 28 de la LPR simplifie l’utilisation des images dans les publications scientifiques en accès ouvert et permet d’économiser des dizaines de milliers de t...
Cette avancée, issue d’une convention signée avec les organismes de gestion collective des droits d’auteur, marque une étape importante dans la politique de science ouverte portée par le ministère.
www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Une fois n'est pas coutume, la vie des chercheurs utilisant des images sous droit d'auteur va être considérablement simplifiée par l'article 48 de la nouvelle loi de programmation de la recherche: www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/fr/faciliter...
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I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Are you really doing military history until you get your conference coffee in a Bundeswehr tent?
Having a lovely time at the SHOW conference in Potsdam!
Having a lovely time at the SHOW conference in Potsdam!
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Are you really doing military history until you get your conference coffee in a Bundeswehr tent?
Having a lovely time at the SHOW conference in Potsdam!
Having a lovely time at the SHOW conference in Potsdam!
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I 100% set Gemini up for failure here but I appreciate LLMs' game willingness to go along when I asked it for details on the musical number I had just entirely made up
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I 100% set Gemini up for failure here but I appreciate LLMs' game willingness to go along when I asked it for details on the musical number I had just entirely made up
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In one of those “obvious once you think about how insane British politics is” moments…
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
In one of those “obvious once you think about how insane British politics is” moments…
Vous saviez que l'image d'un cours dans Moodle peut être un .gif animé ?
Made my week!
Je n'ai plus qu'à trouver ou fabriquer des .gif pour tous mes cours maintenant...
Made my week!
Je n'ai plus qu'à trouver ou fabriquer des .gif pour tous mes cours maintenant...
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Vous saviez que l'image d'un cours dans Moodle peut être un .gif animé ?
Made my week!
Je n'ai plus qu'à trouver ou fabriquer des .gif pour tous mes cours maintenant...
Made my week!
Je n'ai plus qu'à trouver ou fabriquer des .gif pour tous mes cours maintenant...
I've just wrapped up the last of these.
In the end I did the following:
- Thompson, The Making of the English working class
- Scott, Gender and the politics of history
-Fogel/Engerman, Time on the Cross
Overall I'm happy with the texts (despite being sad about lots of others I couldn't include)
In the end I did the following:
- Thompson, The Making of the English working class
- Scott, Gender and the politics of history
-Fogel/Engerman, Time on the Cross
Overall I'm happy with the texts (despite being sad about lots of others I couldn't include)
I've been given an impossible task: three one-hour lectures as part of a series on "great texts" for masters students in anglophone studies. I get to cover the History part (there's also literature and linguistics).
I get to choose three history books, preferably on the anglophone world.
I get to choose three history books, preferably on the anglophone world.
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I've just wrapped up the last of these.
In the end I did the following:
- Thompson, The Making of the English working class
- Scott, Gender and the politics of history
-Fogel/Engerman, Time on the Cross
Overall I'm happy with the texts (despite being sad about lots of others I couldn't include)
In the end I did the following:
- Thompson, The Making of the English working class
- Scott, Gender and the politics of history
-Fogel/Engerman, Time on the Cross
Overall I'm happy with the texts (despite being sad about lots of others I couldn't include)
Today I'm reading towards #365papers: "Der Stachel des Digitalen: Geisteswissenschaften und Digital Humanities"
https://www.zotero.org/groups/365papers/items/HJLR7YZI
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Today I'm reading towards #365papers: "Der Stachel des Digitalen: Geisteswissenschaften und Digital Humanities"
https://www.zotero.org/groups/365papers/items/HJLR7YZI
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You can also explore BBIH's free online reading list 'Researching digital histories' buff.ly/XwrPrf5 @brepols.net
Online reading lists from BBIH
A listing of recent publications (2010-2020) in the field of Black British History, taken from the 'Bibliography of British and Irish History' in October 2020.
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
You can also explore BBIH's free online reading list 'Researching digital histories' buff.ly/XwrPrf5 @brepols.net
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Are you studying, researching or teaching digital histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
www.history.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are you studying, researching or teaching digital histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net