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HisQu develops digital tools for historians

As part of the new project "Research Data Infrastructure for Historical Sources" (HisQu), researchers from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena are working with colleagues from the German Historical Institute in Rome, the Lower Saxony Academy in Göttingen and the Gotha Research Library at the University of Erfurt to develop new digital methods and infrastructures for historical research. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is supporting the Digital Humanities project with 1.9 million euros over the next three years.

Finding written sources, analysing them and using the results of the analysis to answer a research question – that is the work of historians. For centuries, they had to search for papers and pore over books in archives and libraries, create card indexes and then write down and publish answers to research questions. Nowadays, researchers in history and other humanities disciplines are increasingly analysing digital resources for their work using computer-aided methods. As part of the new HisQu project, the researchers involved now want to develop new digital methods and infrastructures for this procedure, which will make it possible to utilise digital methods and processes at all levels of academic work. The specialist in German Studies, Tinghui Duan, will be working on the project at the Gotha Research Centre.

Applicants:

  • Friedrich Schiller University, MEPHisto – Models, Explanations and Processes in the Historical Sciences working group: Professor Dr Clemens Beckstein, Adjunct Professor Robert Gramsch-Stehfest
  • Lower Saxony Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Göttingen, Germania Sacra: Professor Hedwig Röckelein
  • German Historical Institute Rome, Repertorium Germanicum: Professor Martin Baumeister
  • Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt, FactGrid: Professor Martin Mulsow

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