Research Group Digital History & Historiography

The challenge and promise of data

Digital History

The Digital History & Historiography team embraces the digital turn as offering opportunities for criticism and the development of new methods and tools.

Blurring the lines between disciplines

Digital history requires a multidisciplinary approach in which specialists work closely together rather than remaining enclosed in separate ivory towers. How does this collaboration between humanities and computer science work in practice? And does this new approach to academic subjects influence historians’ thought processes and means of expression?

As historians work with digital and digitised sources in unprecedented quantity, we need new ways to ensure authenticity and transparency in our research.”
Sean Takats

Sean Takats

Head of Digital History & Historiography

Our upcoming events

  • Bridging AI scholarship and Memory Studies

    27 September 2023

    Bridging AI scholarship and Memory Studies

  • Des archives et des mots-clés. Moteurs de recherche, interfaces et pratiques numériques discrètes des historien·ne·s.

    20 November 2023

    Des archives et des mots-clés. Moteurs de recherche, interfaces et pratiques numériques discrètes des historien·ne·s.

  • Daniel Richter Aida Horaniet Joella van Donkersgoed

    2 February 2024

    Rue du Brill 1922-2022: visualisation des archives historiques pour les citoyens / Visualisierung des Historischen Archivs für Die Bürger (FR/GER/LUX)

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