Dear colleagues,

The Chair for Digital History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, cordially invites all those interested in Digital Humanities and Digital History to the next talk of the Open Research Colloquium Digital History on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 4-6 p.m. (c.t.; CET). We are particularly delighted that the lecture will take place in hybrid form this time.

Folgert Karsdorp (Meertens Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Mike Kestemont (University of Antwerp, Belgium) will discuss in their talk titled “The application of unseen species models in history: correcting registration bias in nineteenth-century police reports from Brussels” how statistical methods from ecology can be used in historical research to identify and analyze gaps and biases in historical records. Based on three case studies – from medieval chivalric literature to the archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) – they will show how “Unseen Species Models” offer new perspectives and approaches for handling incomplete historical archives.

More detailed information on the talk can be found on the Chair's blog: https://dhistory.hypotheses.org/9525

Location:

• Room 2070 A, Main Building of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin (a brief registration via e-mail to [email protected] is recommended)
• For Zoom access details, please send a short request to [email protected] or subscribe to the open mailing list.

We look forward to welcoming you to the research colloquium and engaging in discussions with you!