Am Dienstaag, 20.05.2025 von 09:00 Uhr bis 13:00 Uhr

Auch in diesem Jahr präsentiert sich das Institut für Geschichte der TU Darmstadt bei der Hobit Contact

We are delighted to share the news that our colleague, Dr. Nadezhda Povroznik, has been appointed as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study (University of London). The fellowship continues from March to July 2025.

We are delighted to share that HDSM, TU Darmstadt and UCL, Centre for Digital Humanities are collaborating on a text mining workshop. Registration is required for attendance.

The Journal of Digital History has just published a call for papers around AI & History for a special issue that will be co-edited by Amanda Regan, Sean Takats and Frédéric Clavert.

Abstract submissions may address any implementation of AI in studies of the human past while maintaining historical and hermeneutical perspectives to appropriately situate contemporary generative AI developments within their historical context. Additionally, submissions should examine these practices within the broader evolution of computational methods (including antecedent mechanographic systems) in humanities and social sciences research since the post-war period (for instance: François Furet, Adeline Daumard 1959). Submissions must adhere to the journal’s established multilayered article format (narrative/hermeneutic/code and data). The submission process comprises two distinct phases: initial abstract submission via the journal’s digital platform, followed by complete manuscript submission. Issue coordinators will subsequently contact authors of selected abstracts to discuss manuscript feasibility and requisite writing environment parameters.

Workshop of the DFG Priority Programme 2361 on 11.4.25 in Reutlingen

The workshop is aimed for the interested public: immerse yourself in the history of the Echaz, gain exclusive insights into exciting research and discuss with experts. Prof Schenk will be representing the environmental history aspect on behalf of TU Darmstadt.

anus perspectives on basic historical studies Conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the Network for Basic Historical Studies (NHG)

The ‘Netzwerk Historische Grundwissenschaften’ (NHG) – founded in 2015 by a group of doctoral students from all over Germany and which has since grown to over 120 members – is celebrating its 10th anniversary with an anniversary conference from 30 September to 2 October 2025 in Darmstadt. On this occasion, we would like to invite a broad academic audience to take a look back at the past decade and look ahead to the future of Historical Sciences (HGW) – in other words, to look backwards and forwards like the two-faced Roman god Janus, and at the same time to consider the potential ambiguities of current developments, especially the advance of digitalisation.

Im zehnten Newsletter berichten wir von den spannenden Coffee Lectures mit Dr. Franziska Conrad. Und: Nach der Lecture ist vor der Lecture! Im Juni ist Martin Cremer bei uns zu Gast, Ausbilder im Studienseminar Darmstadt! Außerdem stellen wir das Serious Game „Mission 1929“ und das 2024 erschienene Heft “Comics im Geschichtsunterricht" vor.

“Oral History and the digital transformation. Some historical, ethical and methodological remarks” by Prof. Dr. Linde Apel

Bewerbungsfrist: 28.01.2025

On 20th Janury 14:25 (CET) Chris Pandza will give an open lecture on Curating large oral history archives with artificial intelligence as a part of the Voices Unbound: Lecture Series on Digital Oral History.

The abstract of the talk is as follows: Artificial intelligence (AI) presents new opportunities for assisted oral history curation—but also new pitfalls. What could the role(s) of AI be in the process of curation? Does AI necessarily reinforce its own biases on a collection, or can it help curators measure and mitigate their own biases? How does AI interact with the ethical and epistemological frameworks that shape oral history? Using real-world examples from the Ellis Island Oral History (National Park Service), Obama Presidency Oral History (Incite at Columbia University), and The Elders Project (Incite), I will demonstrate a number of innovative AI techniques that practitioners can use to prepare oral history collections for public use. In addition, I will demonstrate how AI can be used to make a project’s curation process more rigorous and inclusive.

Tagung an der TU Darmstadt, 19.–21. Februar 2025 im Lichtenberghaus

Der christliche Märtyrerkult war im 3. Jahrhundert ein geographisch wie lokal beschränktes Phänomen. Unter Kaiser Konstantin und im weiteren Verlauf des 4. und 5. Jahrhunderts erlebte er jedoch eine atemberaubende Entwicklung, deren Bedeutung für die Christianisierung weiter Teile der Bevölkerung des Imperiums wohl immer noch unterschätzt wird. Die Tagung nimmt multiperspektivisch die Schnittstellen zwischen Literatur, religiöser Praxis, Archäologie und Urbanistik in den Fokus, um diesen nur schwer erfassbaren Bereich der frühchristlichen Geschichte auszuleuchten. Dazu sollen verschiedene Fachdisziplinen miteinander ins Gespräch gebracht werden, darunter Alte bzw. Spätantike Geschichte, Theologie, Archäologie und Byzantinistik.

Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025 um 16:15 Uhr, S3/13 Raum 30

Vortragstitel: „Die Frau auf der Athene-Karte. Eine Göttin als Role-Model vor zweieinhalbtausend Jahren und heute“

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and best wishes from all @ HDSM for a healthy, peaceful and prosperous 2025! HDSM would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year filled with prosperity and abundance. May you be surrounded by love and warmth during this special time. HDSM Team is excited to announce the release of our December newsletter issue. This newsletter provides updates about the current projects of HDSM, new publications as well as recent and upcoming events. If you are interested in the more updates, please subscribe to our newsletter! (See link below)

Im neunten Newsletter laden wir herzlich zu gleich zwei Coffee Lectures am 29. Januar 2025 ein: Zu Gast ist Dr. Franziska Conrad. Weiterhin rufen wir zum Mitspielen beim Planspielworkshop im Februar 2025 auf und berichten über den Besuch von Frau Grabarits im Studienseminar Darmstadt! Außerdem stellen wir die Webseite jugendopposition.de und die 2020 erschienene Dissertation “DDR-Geschichte im Klassenzimmer” vor.

Interdisciplinary potentials for the research of the food history of the Middle Ages

Research projects on nutrition are often labelled as food studies. But, what are food studies of the Middle Ages or respectively pre-modern times? The conference will consider examples that address current research projects and their methods as well as theoretical and methodological ideas for framing a pre-modern food history and thus sharpen the concept of food studies.