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Call for Proposals

Data Ethics for Historical research in a Digital Era: Critical reflections and solutions (10-12 November 2025, Mainz, Germany) https://ieg-dhr.github.io/Data-Ethics/

Submission deadline: 19th of January 2025

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Dear Colleagues,

 

We are delighted to draw your attention to the International Conference “Data Ethics for Historical research in a Digital Era: Critical reflections and solutions” (10-12 November 2025, Mainz, Germany), organized by the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), in cooperation with NFDI 4Memory and the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz.   

This conference seeks to examine the ethical dimensions of data usage within historical research, fostering discussions among scholars to provide practical tools and strategies to navigate these challenges.

We invite interested scholars to submit proposals in the form of abstracts (500 or 750 words, depending on the type of submission).

For more information about the conference and submission guidelines, please visit our conference website: https://ieg-dhr.github.io/Data-Ethics/

 

Important Dates:

·       Submission Deadline: 19th January 2025, 23:59 CET

·       Notification of acceptance: 15th February 2025

·       Conference dates: 10th-12th November 2025

Conference Themes:

·       Sensitive data

·       Discriminatory language in databases

·       AI ethics

·       Unequal representation of marginalized genders, cultures, social groups and identities

·       Data storage and infrastructure

·       Environmental aspects

·       Misused data

 

Conference language: English

 

We’d appreciate it if you could forward this call to interested colleagues and students.

We look forward to receiving your proposals,

 

Best regards,

 

Sofia Baroncini

 

Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG)

Dr. Sofia Baroncini

Postdoctoral researcher

DH Lab

Alte Universitätsstraße 19

55116 Mainz

baroncini@ieg-mainz.de

www.ieg-mainz.de