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The DH Lab at the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) marries the development of digital methods to the activities of digitally supported research on […]
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Can we trust general-purpose LLMs for rigorous academic work? According to @SarahOberbichler from #dhlab_ieg, research integrity demands specialized AI models, not general-purpose LLMs when using AI as an analysis tool. Join her upcoming talk online or at CESR […]
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November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Can we trust general-purpose LLMs for rigorous academic work? According to @SarahOberbichler from #dhlab_ieg, research integrity demands specialized AI models, not general-purpose LLMs when using AI as an analysis tool. Join her upcoming talk online or at CESR […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
Promovierende aufgepasst: Ihr seid euch unsicher, ob Topic Modeling das richtige für eure computergestützten Auswertungen ist? Oder doch lieber (nicht) Netzwerkanalyse? Und welche Alternativen gäbe es? Am 17. 11. (16-17:30 Uhr) habt Ihr die Gelegenheit, euch […]
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November 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Promovierende aufgepasst: Ihr seid euch unsicher, ob Topic Modeling das richtige für eure computergestützten Auswertungen ist? Oder doch lieber (nicht) Netzwerkanalyse? Und welche Alternativen gäbe es? Am 17. 11. (16-17:30 Uhr) habt Ihr die Gelegenheit, euch […]
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Johanna Mauermann just published a new blog post about her experience at #tpdl2025. She attended the conference to present a joint paper on studying model design biases in LLMs for multilingual historical newspaper extraction.
Read the full post here […]
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Read the full post here […]
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October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Johanna Mauermann just published a new blog post about her experience at #tpdl2025. She attended the conference to present a joint paper on studying model design biases in LLMs for multilingual historical newspaper extraction.
Read the full post here […]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
Read the full post here […]
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International conference "Data Ethics for Historical Research in a Digital Era. Critical Reflections and Best Practices"
📍Mainz (Germany)/hybrid event
📆10–12 Nov. 2025
Make sure to register now and be part of the conversation!
➡️ […]
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📍Mainz (Germany)/hybrid event
📆10–12 Nov. 2025
Make sure to register now and be part of the conversation!
➡️ […]
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October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
International conference "Data Ethics for Historical Research in a Digital Era. Critical Reflections and Best Practices"
📍Mainz (Germany)/hybrid event
📆10–12 Nov. 2025
Make sure to register now and be part of the conversation!
➡️ […]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
📍Mainz (Germany)/hybrid event
📆10–12 Nov. 2025
Make sure to register now and be part of the conversation!
➡️ […]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
How can we analyse museum collections as data—especially those not designed for analysis? What are the ethical questions around migrants’ material culture? Today at the DEZIM workshop (University of Bielefeld), Sofia Baroncini from the #dhlab_ieg explores these […]
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October 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
How can we analyse museum collections as data—especially those not designed for analysis? What are the ethical questions around migrants’ material culture? Today at the DEZIM workshop (University of Bielefeld), Sofia Baroncini from the #dhlab_ieg explores these […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
How can we ensure AI serves cultural heritage responsibly — not just efficiently, but ethically?
@SarahOberbichler from our #dhlab_ieg will be joining this critical conversation at the BRAID Responsible #ai and #culturalheritage Forum on November 6, 2025 (10:00 […]
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@SarahOberbichler from our #dhlab_ieg will be joining this critical conversation at the BRAID Responsible #ai and #culturalheritage Forum on November 6, 2025 (10:00 […]
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October 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
How can we ensure AI serves cultural heritage responsibly — not just efficiently, but ethically?
@SarahOberbichler from our #dhlab_ieg will be joining this critical conversation at the BRAID Responsible #ai and #culturalheritage Forum on November 6, 2025 (10:00 […]
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@SarahOberbichler from our #dhlab_ieg will be joining this critical conversation at the BRAID Responsible #ai and #culturalheritage Forum on November 6, 2025 (10:00 […]
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New blog post!
In “Learning about history in a digital world. ‘The Digital Logbook’ as a research project and educational resource” Laura Niewöhner writes about her current project, which aims to develop a learning platform that supports historical learning […]
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In “Learning about history in a digital world. ‘The Digital Logbook’ as a research project and educational resource” Laura Niewöhner writes about her current project, which aims to develop a learning platform that supports historical learning […]
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September 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New blog post!
In “Learning about history in a digital world. ‘The Digital Logbook’ as a research project and educational resource” Laura Niewöhner writes about her current project, which aims to develop a learning platform that supports historical learning […]
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In “Learning about history in a digital world. ‘The Digital Logbook’ as a research project and educational resource” Laura Niewöhner writes about her current project, which aims to develop a learning platform that supports historical learning […]
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New blog post: “From ‘So what?’ to ‘What's next?’ Joining the C²DH in Luxembourg as a visiting researcher.”
Reflecting on her time at the #c2dh in #luxembourg, our #dhlab_ieg colleague @SarahOberbichler illustrates how a research environment can shape a scholar […]
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Reflecting on her time at the #c2dh in #luxembourg, our #dhlab_ieg colleague @SarahOberbichler illustrates how a research environment can shape a scholar […]
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August 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
New blog post: “From ‘So what?’ to ‘What's next?’ Joining the C²DH in Luxembourg as a visiting researcher.”
Reflecting on her time at the #c2dh in #luxembourg, our #dhlab_ieg colleague @SarahOberbichler illustrates how a research environment can shape a scholar […]
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Reflecting on her time at the #c2dh in #luxembourg, our #dhlab_ieg colleague @SarahOberbichler illustrates how a research environment can shape a scholar […]
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Neu erschienen: Stegbauer, C., Häußling, R. (eds) Handbuch Netzwerkforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden.
Mit einem Kapitel unserer Kollegin Cindarella Petz ( @cprog7): Petz, C. (2025). Zur Geschichte der historischen Netzwerkforschung […]
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Mit einem Kapitel unserer Kollegin Cindarella Petz ( @cprog7): Petz, C. (2025). Zur Geschichte der historischen Netzwerkforschung […]
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July 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Neu erschienen: Stegbauer, C., Häußling, R. (eds) Handbuch Netzwerkforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden.
Mit einem Kapitel unserer Kollegin Cindarella Petz ( @cprog7): Petz, C. (2025). Zur Geschichte der historischen Netzwerkforschung […]
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Mit einem Kapitel unserer Kollegin Cindarella Petz ( @cprog7): Petz, C. (2025). Zur Geschichte der historischen Netzwerkforschung […]
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New blog post! The team of the DFG project “ForNet” about “Forgeries and Networks: data transformations”
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/7237
#dhlab_ieg #arthistory #DigitalArtHistory #networkanalysis #forgeries
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/7237
#dhlab_ieg #arthistory #DigitalArtHistory #networkanalysis #forgeries
June 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
New blog post! The team of the DFG project “ForNet” about “Forgeries and Networks: data transformations”
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/7237
#dhlab_ieg #arthistory #DigitalArtHistory #networkanalysis #forgeries
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/7237
#dhlab_ieg #arthistory #DigitalArtHistory #networkanalysis #forgeries
If you are in Fontainebleau this year for the ‘Festival de l'Histoire de l'Art’, you should come and see the presentation by our colleagues Jaap Geraerts (IEG) and Henry Keazor (Heidelberg University) on our research project ‘Forgeries and Networks (ForNet)’ on […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
June 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you are in Fontainebleau this year for the ‘Festival de l'Histoire de l'Art’, you should come and see the presentation by our colleagues Jaap Geraerts (IEG) and Henry Keazor (Heidelberg University) on our research project ‘Forgeries and Networks (ForNet)’ on […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
New blog post! Our current DH Fellow Kimberly Lifton with: “Talking About Muslims in Middle French: The Potential of Word-to-Vector Models for Studying Semantic Relationships in Medieval Languages.”
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/4713
#dhlab_ieg #medieval
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/4713
#dhlab_ieg #medieval
May 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New blog post! Our current DH Fellow Kimberly Lifton with: “Talking About Muslims in Middle French: The Potential of Word-to-Vector Models for Studying Semantic Relationships in Medieval Languages.”
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/4713
#dhlab_ieg #medieval
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/4713
#dhlab_ieg #medieval
Today at 2:30 pm our colleague Sofia Baroncini and our former Senior Research Fellow Charles van den Heuvel will speak on the topic ‘A Saint on the Move: Modelling and Representing the Ephemeral and Uncertainties in the History of the Procession of the Holy […]
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May 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Today at 2:30 pm our colleague Sofia Baroncini and our former Senior Research Fellow Charles van den Heuvel will speak on the topic ‘A Saint on the Move: Modelling and Representing the Ephemeral and Uncertainties in the History of the Procession of the Holy […]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
New blog post! In “Borders, Data and Vassals – a Postdoc-Fellowship at the DH Lab” Seven Dittmar writes about how traditional maps picture early modern Europe and the advantages of a point-based approach to cartographic visualizations.
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/6896
#dhlab_ieg #geohumanities
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/6896
#dhlab_ieg #geohumanities
March 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New blog post! In “Borders, Data and Vassals – a Postdoc-Fellowship at the DH Lab” Seven Dittmar writes about how traditional maps picture early modern Europe and the advantages of a point-based approach to cartographic visualizations.
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/6896
#dhlab_ieg #geohumanities
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/6896
#dhlab_ieg #geohumanities
In Ergänzung zum Working Paper „Implementing Generative AI in the Historical Studies“ (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14924737) haben wir jetzt auch ein Strategiepapier veröffentlicht: „Generative KI in der digitalen historischen Forschung. Herausforderungen und […]
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March 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
In Ergänzung zum Working Paper „Implementing Generative AI in the Historical Studies“ (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14924737) haben wir jetzt auch ein Strategiepapier veröffentlicht: „Generative KI in der digitalen historischen Forschung. Herausforderungen und […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
New blog post! Ian Marino and Thorsten Wübbena (@ThWuebbena) write in ‘Trust, archives, and history’ about their thoughts and insights on the LivArch Workshop on documenting the ongoing war in Ukraine.
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/4710
#dhlab_ieg #livarch
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/4710
#dhlab_ieg #livarch
February 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New blog post! Ian Marino and Thorsten Wübbena (@ThWuebbena) write in ‘Trust, archives, and history’ about their thoughts and insights on the LivArch Workshop on documenting the ongoing war in Ukraine.
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/4710
#dhlab_ieg #livarch
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/4710
#dhlab_ieg #livarch
Sarah Oberbichler (@SarahOberbichler) and Cindarella Petz (@cprog7) have published a working paper that provides a overview of implementation strategies, critical evaluation and best practices for the use of GenAI in research/analysis in historical studies. It […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
February 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Sarah Oberbichler (@SarahOberbichler) and Cindarella Petz (@cprog7) have published a working paper that provides a overview of implementation strategies, critical evaluation and best practices for the use of GenAI in research/analysis in historical studies. It […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
Jetzt geht's los! Unser HERMES-Bring-your-own-data-Lab „Texterkennung und Textanalyse. OCR und LLM für geistes- und kulturwissenschaftliche Projekte“ mit den Expert:innen @mob und @koen_hufkens
https://hermes-hub.de/events/intern/byodlab20250206.html
https://hermes-hub.de/events/intern/byodlab20250206.html
February 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Jetzt geht's los! Unser HERMES-Bring-your-own-data-Lab „Texterkennung und Textanalyse. OCR und LLM für geistes- und kulturwissenschaftliche Projekte“ mit den Expert:innen @mob und @koen_hufkens
https://hermes-hub.de/events/intern/byodlab20250206.html
https://hermes-hub.de/events/intern/byodlab20250206.html
New blog post! In their article “LLM Biases: Expected and Unexpected Model Design Effects in Historical Newspaper Article Extraction on the Messina Earthquake”, Johanna Mauermann and Sarah Oberbichler (@SarahOberbichler) look at the fact that LLMs are a powerful […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
January 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New blog post! In their article “LLM Biases: Expected and Unexpected Model Design Effects in Historical Newspaper Article Extraction on the Messina Earthquake”, Johanna Mauermann and Sarah Oberbichler (@SarahOberbichler) look at the fact that LLMs are a powerful […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
We are looking forward to our first internal workshop in the project ‘LivArch - Documenting Russia's war against Ukraine: The challenges of living archives for historical knowledge production’. #livarch #dhlab_ieg
@leibnizhi @c2dh_lu
https://ieg-dhr.github.io/LivArch-Workshop/
@leibnizhi @c2dh_lu
https://ieg-dhr.github.io/LivArch-Workshop/
January 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We are looking forward to our first internal workshop in the project ‘LivArch - Documenting Russia's war against Ukraine: The challenges of living archives for historical knowledge production’. #livarch #dhlab_ieg
@leibnizhi @c2dh_lu
https://ieg-dhr.github.io/LivArch-Workshop/
@leibnizhi @c2dh_lu
https://ieg-dhr.github.io/LivArch-Workshop/
A big welcome to Kimberly Lifton, a PhD candidate in the Medieval Studies program at Yale University, who joins the IEG as a DH Fellow. Her research focuses on how shifting geopolitics, specifically the rise of the Ottomans, in the late fourteenth and fifteenth […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
January 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A big welcome to Kimberly Lifton, a PhD candidate in the Medieval Studies program at Yale University, who joins the IEG as a DH Fellow. Her research focuses on how shifting geopolitics, specifically the rise of the Ottomans, in the late fourteenth and fifteenth […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
Originating from a template for her students to systematically document their work with AI models, our colleague Sarah Oberbichler (@SarahOberbichler) has now published the ‘AI Model Research Documentation Sheet (AIRDocS)’. The sheet provides a structured […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
January 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Originating from a template for her students to systematically document their work with AI models, our colleague Sarah Oberbichler (@SarahOberbichler) has now published the ‘AI Model Research Documentation Sheet (AIRDocS)’. The sheet provides a structured […]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
Neuer Blogbeitrag! In „Durch Projektkoordination Räume der Zusammenarbeit schaffen – Erfahrungen aus der „Digitalen Kartenwerkstatt Altes Reich“ (DigiKAR)“ blickt @ConstanzeBuyken auf drei Jahre @DigiKAR zurück.
-> https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/5945
#dhlab_ieg #DigiKAR
-> https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/5945
#dhlab_ieg #DigiKAR
December 19, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Neuer Blogbeitrag! In „Durch Projektkoordination Räume der Zusammenarbeit schaffen – Erfahrungen aus der „Digitalen Kartenwerkstatt Altes Reich“ (DigiKAR)“ blickt @ConstanzeBuyken auf drei Jahre @DigiKAR zurück.
-> https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/5945
#dhlab_ieg #DigiKAR
-> https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/5945
#dhlab_ieg #DigiKAR
Neuer Blogpost! Annika Bärwald und Josefa Cassimo schreiben in „Minderheitengeschichten digital: Über den Versuch, prosopografische Daten zu nicht weißen Menschen im Hamburger Raum aufzubereiten“ über ihre Erfahrungen mit der Überführung eines Datensatzes […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]
November 29, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Neuer Blogpost! Annika Bärwald und Josefa Cassimo schreiben in „Minderheitengeschichten digital: Über den Versuch, prosopografische Daten zu nicht weißen Menschen im Hamburger Raum aufzubereiten“ über ihre Erfahrungen mit der Überführung eines Datensatzes […]
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[Original post on fedihum.org]