Keynote | ICDAR 2026 Vienna | History and Document Analysis in Dialogue
On 1 September 2026, I delivered the second keynote at ICDAR 2026, the central conference on machine document analysis, held at TU Wien. This report elaborates the argument of that talk: the recognition of historical handwriting is largely a solved…
Closing Conference: “The ‘Emsland Camps’ as a Conflict Landscape in Transformation” on 24 and 25 September 2026
How do digitally dispersed histories of National Socialist camp sites become legible again? Our closing conference on 24–25 September 2026 presents new research, digital tools, and pedagogical approaches developed around the Emsland Camps ... —…
NGHM WebApp Slam | Students Present Historical WebApps
On 21 January 2026, the first NGHM WebApp Slam took place at the Department of History at the University of Osnabrück. Eleven students presented their WebApps on historical topics developed during the winter semester 2025/26 in short pitches. The event…