Talks

This page lists talks, workshops, and conference presentations with bibliographic details and links.

 

Wie der Verwaltungscomputer die Arbeitsmigration programmierte

Buch am Mittag, Bern
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Buch am Mittag, Bern

Dec 8, 2026
 

Annotation Is Decision-Making: Metadata Between Identification, Visibility, and Power

Annual Meeting of the DARIAH-CH Working Group on Editions: Identity, Identifiers, Identifying, University of Bern
Keynote

Keynote at Annual Meeting of the DARIAH-CH Working Group on Editions: Identity, Identifiers, Identifying, University of Bern

Sep 11, 2026
Moritz Mähr
 

Public Open Review in practice: Experiences from the Living Handbook “Discrimination-sensitive metadata practice”

Lunch & Learn Open Science, Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Lunch & Learn Open Science, Zentralbibliothek Zürich

Aug 27, 2026
Moritz Mähr, Noëlle Schnegg
 

Historisches Arbeiten im Zeitalter der KI: Chancen, Grenzen und neue Fragen der Quellenkritik

Kolloquium Modern History, University of Konstanz
Invited Lecture

Invited Lecture at Kolloquium Modern History, University of Konstanz

Jun 30, 2026
Moritz Mähr
 

Generative KI in der Geschichtswissenschaft: Kritische Kompetenzen für Forschung und Lehre

AG ‚KI in Forschung & Lehre‘, Online
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at AG ‚KI in Forschung & Lehre‘, Online

May 22, 2026
Moritz Mähr
 

The Gentrification of Code: Forced Obsolescence and the Political Economy of Complexity in Open Source Software

Gastvortrag, Abteilung III: Medien- und informationsgesellschaft, Potsdam
Presentation

Presentation at Gastvortrag, Abteilung III: Medien- und informationsgesellschaft, Potsdam

May 19, 2026
Moritz Mähr
 

The Gentrification of Code: Forced Obsolescence and the Political Economy of Complexity in Open Source Software

Guest lecture presented on 19 May 2026 in Department III: Media and Information Society
Presentation

Presentation at Guest lecture presented on 19 May 2026 in Department III: Media and Information Society

May 19, 2026
Moritz Mähr
 

Manuals as Forensic Evidence: Reconstructing Digital Systems and Administrative Practice

Digital Forensics Workshop, University of Bern
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Digital Forensics Workshop, University of Bern

May 8, 2026
Moritz Mähr
 

Critical AI Literacy for Historians as ‘Uncertainty Management’: OER Exercises That Operationalize Audit Trails, Evidence Discipline, and Source Criticism

Researching with AI. Between opportunity and imposition, Bern, Switzerland
Contributed Lightning Talk

Contributed Lightning Talk at Researching with AI. Between opportunity and imposition, Bern, Switzerland

Feb 11, 2026
 

Auf dem Weg zu einer diskriminierungssensiblen Metadatenpraxis: Erfahrungen aus einem Handbuchprojekt zur ethischen Auszeichnung historischer Quellen und Forschungsdaten

Relativieren oder limitieren? Zum Umgang mit Dark Heritage in Sammlungen und Archiven, SLUB Open Science Lab
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Relativieren oder limitieren? Zum Umgang mit Dark Heritage in Sammlungen und Archiven, SLUB Open Science Lab

Jan 29, 2026
Noëlle Schnegg, Moritz Mähr
 

Seeing History Unseen: Evaluating Vision-Language Models for WCAG-Compliant Alt-Text in Digital Heritage Collections

Computational humanities research conference (CHR 2025), University of Luxembourg
Contributed Presentation

Contributed Presentation at Computational humanities research conference (CHR 2025), University of Luxembourg

Dec 12, 2025
Moritz Mähr, Moritz Twente
 

Auf dem Weg zu einer diskriminierungssensiblen Metadatenpraxis: Erfahrungen aus einem Handbuchprojekt zur ethischen Auszeichnung historischer Quellen und Forschungsdaten

Metadaten in den Humanities, Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Metadaten in den Humanities, Zentralbibliothek Zürich

Dec 4, 2025
Moritz Mähr, Noëlle Schnegg
 

Managing Large-Scale Public History Projects: The Case of Stadt.Geschichte.Basel

C²DH public history talk, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), University of Luxembourg
Public Lecture

Public Lecture at C²DH public history talk, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), University of Luxembourg

Oct 29, 2025
Moritz Mähr
 

A Long-Term Archival Pipeline for the Forschungsdatenplattform Stadt.Geschichte.Basel

DaSCHCon 2025 – Cultural Institutions in the Digital Age: The Future of Infrastructures (DaSCHCon 2025), Museum für Kommunikation, Bern
Contributed Presentation

Contributed Presentation at DaSCHCon 2025 – Cultural Institutions in the Digital Age: The Future of Infrastructures (DaSCHCon 2025), Museum für Kommunikation, Bern

Oct 15, 2025
Moritz Mähr, Moritz Twente
 

Critical AI Literacy for Historians: Source Criticism, Documentation, and Reproducible Practice with LLMs and vLLMs

C²DH colloquium, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), University of Luxembourg
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at C²DH colloquium, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), University of Luxembourg

Oct 14, 2025
Moritz Mähr
 

Digital Migration Regimes: Technologies of Control in Postwar Europe

SHOT Annual Meeting 2025, Session S9, University of Luxembourg
Contributed Presentation

Contributed Presentation at SHOT Annual Meeting 2025, Session S9, University of Luxembourg

Oct 11, 2025
Lennart Schmidt, Moritz Mähr
 

Critical AI Literacy in Practice: Lessons from Current DH Projects

Open Data Research: Sounding Board Researchers Retreat, St. Peterinsel, Switzerland
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Open Data Research: Sounding Board Researchers Retreat, St. Peterinsel, Switzerland

Sep 9, 2025
Moritz Mähr
 

Epistemic Shadows in the Archive: What is Lost in Digitization

Closing workshop “Hidden Utopias in 1960/today”, Kurhaus Bergün
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Closing workshop “Hidden Utopias in 1960/today”, Kurhaus Bergün

Aug 20, 2025
Moritz Mähr
 

Navigating Disconcertment in Map-Making: How to Turn Conflict and Collaboration into Accessible Geodata

Digital Humanities Conference 2025, NOVA University Lisbon
Long Paper

Long Paper at Digital Humanities Conference 2025, NOVA University Lisbon

Jul 18, 2025
Moritz Twente, Moritz Mähr
 

One Template to Rule Them All: Interactive Research Data Documentation with Quarto

Digital Humanities Tech Symposium at DH2025, NOVA University Lisbon
Long Paper

Long Paper at Digital Humanities Tech Symposium at DH2025, NOVA University Lisbon

Jul 14, 2025
Moritz Mähr, Moritz Twente
 

Daten einer Stadt: Stadt.Geschichte.Basel digital

7. Schweizerische Geschichtstage (Panel “Ausgeleuchtet und dem Vergessen enthoben? Bilder und Daten der Schweizer Geschichte digital”), University of Lucerne
Contributed Presentation

Contributed Presentation at 7. Schweizerische Geschichtstage (Panel “Ausgeleuchtet und dem Vergessen enthoben? Bilder und Daten der Schweizer Geschichte digital”), University of Lucerne

Jul 11, 2025
Moritz Mähr
 

Was ist das Digitale an Digital History

Meeting of the Digital History Network Switzerland, University of Basel
Presentation

Presentation at Meeting of the Digital History Network Switzerland, University of Basel

May 8, 2025
Moritz Mähr
 

Die Geschichte von Basel ins Netz stellen: Stadt.Geschichte.Basel digital.

Buchvernissage Stadt.Geschichte.Basel Band 8–9, Kuppel Basel
Presentation

Presentation at Buchvernissage Stadt.Geschichte.Basel Band 8–9, Kuppel Basel

Mar 27, 2025
Moritz Mähr
 

Die Basler Keyword-Apokalypse: ChatGPTs fehlgeleitete Suche nach historischer Ordnung

Analysing Sources After the ChatGPT Shock: How Large Language Models Process Medieval and Born-Digital Sources, Sozialarchiv Zürich
Contributed Lightning Talk

Contributed Lightning Talk at Analysing Sources After the ChatGPT Shock: How Large Language Models Process Medieval and Born-Digital Sources, Sozialarchiv Zürich

Mar 12, 2025
Moritz Mähr
 

Werkstattbericht: Die Geschichte von Basel ins Netz stellen. Die neue Forschungsdatenplattform der Stadtgeschichte

Vortragszyklus der Historisch Antiquarischen Gesellschaft Basel (HAG), Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Vortragszyklus der Historisch Antiquarischen Gesellschaft Basel (HAG), Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Feb 10, 2025
Moritz Mähr
 

Digitale Sammlungen mit FAIR-Daten und Open Source Software erstellen: Eine Einführung in CollectionBuilder

Coffee Lectures, University of Bern
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Coffee Lectures, University of Bern

Dec 3, 2024
Moritz Mähr
 

FAIR and CARE: challenges and opportunities

DARIAH-CH Study Day, HGK Basel
Round table

Round table at DARIAH-CH Study Day, HGK Basel

Nov 22, 2024
Lucie Kolb, Linda Ludwig, Moritz Mähr, Iolanda Pensa
 

Uncovering Hidden Connections: Exploring History with Social Network Analysis

DH Methods & Tools, University of Zurich
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at DH Methods & Tools, University of Zurich

Nov 13, 2024
Moritz Mähr
 

Accessible Public History: Digitale Sammlungen mit CollectionBuilder selbst erstellen

Praxislabor at Historikertag 2024, online
Contributed Workshop

Contributed Workshop at Praxislabor at Historikertag 2024, online

Oct 15, 2024
Nico Görlich, Moritz Mähr, Moritz Twente, Cristina Wildisen-Münch
 

Accessible Public History: Digitale Sammlungen mit CollectionBuilder selbst erstellen

Digital History und Citizen Science 2024, University of Halle
Contributed Workshop

Contributed Workshop at Digital History und Citizen Science 2024, University of Halle

Sep 21, 2024
Nico Görlich, Moritz Mähr, Noëlle Schnegg, Moritz Twente
 

Fast Prototyping: CollectionBuilder’s Minimal Computing Approach to Open-Source Collections and Exhibits

RSE Meetup, ETH Zurich
Contributed Lightning Talk

Contributed Lightning Talk at RSE Meetup, ETH Zurich

Jun 4, 2024
Moritz Mähr
 

Mit ChatGPT Texte schreiben: Prompting-Methoden für Historiker:innen

Dozierenden-Workshop des historischen Seminars, University of Zurich
Invited Workshop

Invited Workshop at Dozierenden-Workshop des historischen Seminars, University of Zurich

Mar 15, 2024
Moritz Mähr
 

Werkstattbericht: Das neue Portal der Stadtgeschichte.

Vortragszyklus der Historisch Antiquarischen Gesellschaft Basel (HAG), Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Vortragszyklus der Historisch Antiquarischen Gesellschaft Basel (HAG), Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Mar 4, 2024
Moritz Mähr
 

Die Geschichte von Basel ins Netz stellen: Mit Forschungsdaten Public History schreiben

Doing Digital Public History, Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Contributed Presentation

Contributed Presentation at Doing Digital Public History, Zentralbibliothek Zürich

Feb 2, 2024
Moritz Mähr
 

Digital Longevity: Learnings from the (Digital) History project Stadt.Geschichte.Basel

Legal History Meets Digital Humanities, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Legal History Meets Digital Humanities, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory

Dec 12, 2023
Moritz Mähr
 

Accessible Public History: CollectionBuilder’s Minimalist Approach to Open-Source Collections and Exhibits

DARIAH-CH Study Day, University of Bern
Invited Infrastructure pitch

Invited Infrastructure pitch at DARIAH-CH Study Day, University of Bern

Oct 20, 2023
Moritz Mähr
 

The Reconstruction of the Central Aliens Register: Early Database Systems in the Swiss Federal Administration as a Subject of Historical Research

Database Histories – Histories of Databasing and Databasing of History, University of Basel
Contributed Presentation

Contributed Presentation at Database Histories – Histories of Databasing and Databasing of History, University of Basel

Jun 23, 2023
Moritz Mähr
 

Research Data Management and Public History

RISE (Internal Lecture Series), University of Basel
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at RISE (Internal Lecture Series), University of Basel

Jun 21, 2023
Moritz Mähr
 

Literature Research with ChatGPT: Excerpting and Summarizing for the Impatient Researcher

Interaktive Sprachmodelle: Lehre und Forschung mit ChatGPT & Co, University of Bern
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Interaktive Sprachmodelle: Lehre und Forschung mit ChatGPT & Co, University of Bern

Apr 21, 2023
Moritz Mähr
 

New Urban History am Beispiel von Basel – analog und digital

Forschungskolloquium des Historischen Seminars, University of Lucerne
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Forschungskolloquium des Historischen Seminars, University of Lucerne

Apr 18, 2023
Patrick Kury, Moritz Mähr
 

Die Entwicklung der Internet Governance: Wie kann ein grosses Korpus an digital entstandenen Quellen in einem kollaborativen Forschungsprojekt untersucht werden?

Forschungskolloquium zur Geschichte nach 1800, University of Bern
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Forschungskolloquium zur Geschichte nach 1800, University of Bern

Mar 1, 2023
Moritz Mähr
 

Teach Historians How to Design a Data Story: Stadt.Geschichte.Basel

DARIAH-CH Study Day, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Mendrisio, Switzerland
Contributed Poster Slam

Contributed Poster Slam at DARIAH-CH Study Day, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Mendrisio, Switzerland

Oct 20, 2022
Cristina Wildisen-Münch, Nico Görlich, Moritz Mähr
 

Wer entscheidet darüber, wie das Internet funktioniert?

8. Tag der Junior Fellows, Walter Benjamin Kolleg der Universität Bern
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at 8. Tag der Junior Fellows, Walter Benjamin Kolleg der Universität Bern

Oct 1, 2022
Moritz Mähr
 

Research Data Management in (Public) History

Digital Humanities Methodologies DHCH 2022, Istituto Svizzero di Roma
Key note

Key note at Digital Humanities Methodologies DHCH 2022, Istituto Svizzero di Roma

Jun 15, 2022
Moritz Mähr
 

Wie der Verwaltungscomputer die Arbeitsmigration programmierte. Elektronische Datenverarbeitung in der Bundesverwaltung 1964–1982.

Oberseminar Sommersemester 2022, Deutsches Museum
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Oberseminar Sommersemester 2022, Deutsches Museum

May 30, 2022
Moritz Mähr
 

Wie der Verwaltungscomputer die Arbeitsmigration programmierte: Elektronische Datenverarbeitung in der Bundesverwaltung 1964–1982

ETH Zurich
Defense

Defense at ETH Zurich

Apr 25, 2022
Moritz Mähr
 

The Public, the Private, and the Domestication of the Information System. How Data Protection Governed the Swiss Administration in the 1970s.

6th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing, Zurich
Contributed Presentation

Contributed Presentation at 6th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing, Zurich

Oct 27, 2021
Moritz Mähr
 

Arbeiten mit (vielen) retrodigitialisierten Quellen: Texterkennung und Metadatenextraktion in PDF-Dateien mit freier Software

Praxislabor at Historikertag 2021, online
Contributed Workshop

Contributed Workshop at Praxislabor at Historikertag 2021, online

Jul 13, 2021
Moritz Mähr
 

How the search engine came to the historians

Sharing the Experience: Workflows for the Digital Humanities (DARIAH-DESIR Workshop), University of Neuchâtel
Contributed Presentation

Contributed Presentation at Sharing the Experience: Workflows for the Digital Humanities (DARIAH-DESIR Workshop), University of Neuchâtel

Dec 6, 2019
Moritz Mähr, Henrike Hoffmann, Daniela Zetti
 

Auf Magnetband gespeicherte Ausländer. Steuerung der Arbeitsmigration zur Sicherung des Wohlstands nach 1960.

5. Schweizerischen Geschichtstage (Panel “Wie wird der Zusammenhang von Reichtum, Arbeit und Migration in der Schweiz in neueren Publikationen und Projekten thematisiert?”), University of Zurich
Contributed Presentation

Contributed Presentation at 5. Schweizerischen Geschichtstage (Panel “Wie wird der Zusammenhang von Reichtum, Arbeit und Migration in der Schweiz in neueren Publikationen und Projekten thematisiert?”), University of Zurich

Jun 6, 2019
Moritz Mähr
 

Auf Magnetband gespeicherte Ausländer. Steuerung der Arbeitsmigration in der Schweiz nach 1960.

Forschungskolloquiums zur Geschichte der vormodernen und modernen Welt, University of Lucerne
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Forschungskolloquiums zur Geschichte der vormodernen und modernen Welt, University of Lucerne

May 7, 2019
Moritz Mähr
 

Netzwerke als Suchstrategie

Workshop “Digitale Werkzeuge in der Quellenarbeit”, Collegium Helveticum Zurich
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Workshop “Digitale Werkzeuge in der Quellenarbeit”, Collegium Helveticum Zurich

Feb 14, 2019
Moritz Mähr
 

E-Mail wird 36 Jahre alt. Zeit für eine Quellenkritik.

Research Network “Computer, Administration, and History”, IKKM Weimar
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Research Network “Computer, Administration, and History”, IKKM Weimar

Dec 4, 2018
Moritz Mähr
 

Die Fremden und der Computer: Die Entstehung des zentralen Ausländerregisters in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren

Migration and Postcoloniality Meet Switzerland Workshop of University of Fribourg, Centre Loewenberg Murten
Invited Talk

Invited Talk at Migration and Postcoloniality Meet Switzerland Workshop of University of Fribourg, Centre Loewenberg Murten

Oct 26, 2018
Moritz Mähr
 

Heldengeschichten und Feldforschung: Ein kritischer Blick auf die Social Studies of Finance.

Das Wissen der Finanzmärkte (ZGW Workshop), ETH Zurich
Talk

Talk at Das Wissen der Finanzmärkte (ZGW Workshop), ETH Zurich

Mar 16, 2015
Moritz Mähr
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