DH institutions and contributors
Bibliotheca Arabica – Towards a New History of Arabic Literature
Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/projekte/bibliotheca-arabica/intro
Contact: Prof. Verena Klemm, Dr. Boris Liebrenz (liebrenz@saw-leipzig.de)
A long-term research project on Arabic literature from 1150 to 1850 CE. In addition to publishing 16 volumes and numerous articles, it also offers a research platform integrating digitized catalog data, manuscript notes, and curated bio-bibliographical sources with Linked Data collections.
Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures
University of Hamburg
https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/
Contact: Prof. Dr. Konrad Hirschler (konrad.hirschler@uni-hamburg.de)
CSMC is a research center at the University of Hamburg with focus on cross-disciplinary and international study of handwritten artefacts from all over the globe. In addition to numerous affiliated research projects the CSMC houses the Cluster of Excellence ‘Understanding Written Artefacts’ (UWA).
DHd – Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum
DHd is an association representing interdisciplinary research and teaching in the field of Digital Humanities in the German-speaking region.
“Evolution of Islamic Societies” Project
University of Hamburg
https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/research/affiliated-projects/evolution-of-islamic-societies.html
Contact: Dr. Maxim Romanov (maxim.romanov@uni-hamburg.de)
The research project examines the social history of the Islamic society from its birth until the 16th century using highly advanced computational methods of text analysis and data modeling.
Historical Middle East Data Alliance
Contact: Prof. Dr. Nathan P. Gibson (n.gibson@em.uni-frankfurt.de)
A collaborative network for exchanging research data related to the historical Middle East.
Methods Innovation Lab
Department of History, Humboldt University of Berlin
https://4memory.de/task-areas/task-area-5-data-culture/
Contact: Dr. Till Grallert (till.grallert@hu-berlin.de)
Research lab that evaluates and standardizes research methods related to producing and handling digital research data in the context of historical studies. It is a part of the NFDI consortium 4Memory and belongs to Task Area 5 focusing on Data Culture.
Multilingual DH Working Group (within DHd)
https://dig-hum.de/ag-multilingual-dh
Contact: Dr. Jonas Müller-Laackman (jonas.mueller-laackman@sub.uni-hamburg.de)
The DHd working group is focused on facilitating and promoting digital research on languages from the Global South within the field of Digital Humanities.
Open Islamicate Texts Initiative
Contact: Prof. Dr. Sarah Bowen Savant (sarah.savant@aku.edu)
Open ITI is a multi-institutional project led by researchers at the Aga Khan University, University of Maryland, and Universität Hamburg, and aims to develop the digital infrastructure for the study of Islamic cultures.
Qalamos Project
Oriental Studies Department, State Library of Berlin
Contact: Dr. Yoones Dehghani Farsani (qalamos@sbb.spk-berlin.de)
Qalamos is a portal dedicated to manuscripts from Asian and African scriptural traditions. It provides public access to metadata and digital copies of manuscripts from this region, sourced from over 20 German institutions.
State and University Library of Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
Department of Digital Research Services
https://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/service/digitale-forschungsdienste.html
Contact: Dr. Jonas Müller-Laackman (forschungsdienste@sub.uni-hamburg.de)
The Department for Digital Research Services at SUB Hamburg supports researchers in conceptualizing, planning, and implementing projects within the Digital Humanities field. It also serves as a hub for exchange and collaboration, providing training opportunities in various formats.
The Zaydi Manuscript Tradition
https://www.ias.edu/digital-scholarship/zaydi_manuscript_tradition
Contact: Prof. Dr. Sabine Schmidtke, Dr. Adam Mestyan IAS, Princeton and Duke University)
ZMT is a joint project of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) in Minnesota. ZMT provides documentation of collections and libraries, public and private, it serves as a comprehensive research guide to relevant collections of Zaydi manuscripts. The Digital Portal functions as agateway to manuscripts that have already been digitized.
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Ada Lovelace Center for Digital Humanities
Freie Universität Berlin
https://www.ada.fu-berlin.de/en/
Contact: Dr. Dennis Mischke (contact@ada.fu-berlin.de)
The Ada Lovelace Center for Digital Humanities (ADA) at Freie Universität Berlin brings together and promotes Digital Humanities activities, supported by multiple university departments and the University Library. ADA acts as a competence center and support structure for interdisciplinary research, aiming to enhance knowledge management through sustainable transfer of expertise.
Campusbibliothek
Forschungsdatenmanagement/Department of Research Data Management
Freie Universität Berlin
https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusbib/bibliothek/Forschungsdatenmanagement/
Contact: Sibylle Söring (sibylle.soering@fu-berlin.de)
A branch of the Campus Library at Freie Universität Berlin investigating the subject-specific requirements for research data management, with a particular focus on addressing challenges related to the use of non-Latin script characters.
Dahlem Humanities Center
Freie Universität Berlin
https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/dhc/
Contact: Dr. Anne Schenderlein (geschaeftsfuehrung@dhc.fu-berlin.de)
The Dahlem Humanities Center (DHC), founded as part of the Excellence Initiative at Freie Universität Berlin, consolidates diverse humanities research across the departments of Philosophy and Humanities and History and Cultural Studies. Its primary goals include identifying new trends, fostering interdisciplinary research locally and globally, and enhancing the humanities' visibility in broader society.
FUB-IT – Freie Universität Berlin IT Services
https://www.it.fu-berlin.de/en/
E-Research / Digital Humanities
Contact: Dr. Brigitte Grote (brigitte.grote@cedis.fu-berlin.de)
FUB-IT provides standardized and agile IT services to Freie Universität Berlin and its partners. Formed in April 2023 through the consolidation of all university IT departments, it offers first-rate, efficient services to support research, teaching, studying, and administration
Prof. Dr. Frank Fischer
Digital Humanities, Computerphilologie
Institute of Greek and Latin Languages and Literatures, Freie Universität Berlin
https://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/we02/institut/mitarbeiter/Professoren/quadriga.html
Email: fr.fischer@fu-berlin.de
Prof. Dr. Eliese-Sophia Lincke
Digital Philology and Data Science for Ancient Languages
Egyptological Seminar, Freie Universität Berlin
Email: e.lincke@fu-berlin.de
Prof. Dr. Claudia Müller-Birn
Human-Centered Computing
Institute of Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin
Email: clmb@inf.fu-berlin.de
Dr. Cosima Wagner
Digital Humanities und Forschungsdatenmanagement, Fachreferat Ostasienwissenschaften, Forschungsbibliothekarin, Leitung Team Ostasienstudien
Campusbibliothek/Universitätsbibliothek, Freie Universität Berlin
Email: cosima.wagner@fu-berlin.de