(Re)encountering the Sources

Sources are at the heart of the historian's daily work. The founding of the Department of History in the 1870s was itself one outcome of a sustained focus on sources in historical research and teaching, which is still characterizing historical work today under constantly changing conditions. The trans-epochal conference is dedicated to the topic of sources and source work. In five sections and a keynote, historical perspectives on the work on sources are linked with the challenges of the present and the future. The focus will be on practical and political questions of making source material accessible and researching it against the background of the material, global and digital turn. Program 6. Oktober 2022 13.30 Begrüssung / Welcome Anne Kolb, Seminardirektorin Matthieu Leimgruber, Sarah-Maria Schober 14.00–15.30 Die Disziplin begründen Philipp Müller, Göttingen - Droysen praktisch: Quellen mobilisieren, Quellen verstehen Sven Günther, Changchun - Johann Gustav Droysens Historik: Noch immer der Leitfaden für historische Quellenanalyse und -interpretation im 21. Jahrhundert? Moderation: Catherine Davies 15.30–16.00 Kaffeepause / Coffee Break 16.00–17.30 New Traditions Birgit Tremml-Werner, Växjö - Performance and Authenticity: Japanese Diplomatics (komonjogaku) in the Making John-Paul Ghobrial, Oxford - When Imagination Misleads Us? Fiction, Magazine Journalism, and the Moving Stories of Middle Eastern Sectarianism in Early Twentieth-Century America Moderation: Franziska Rüedi 17.30–18.15 Pause / Break 18.15–19.45 Keynote Brigitte Miriam Bedos-Rezak, New York - From Historical Sources to Past Resources: (Re)Tracing the Agency of Documentary Practices in Medieval Culture Moderation: Simon Teuscher 7. Oktober 2022 9.00–11.00 The Effect of the Real Ho Chi Tim, Singapur - From Browsing to Blinkers: The Narrowing Effect of Digitization on Archival Research Hugo Silveira Pereira, Lissabon - Counteracting Colonial Storylines through Photography: Challenging the Portuguese Colonial Past Eva Brugger, Zürich - Knowledge in the Making: Practical Approaches and Material Culture in Early Modern Crafting History Moderation: Monika Dommann 11.00–11.30 Kaffeepause / Coffee Break 11.30–13.00 Den digitalen Raum erschliessen Anne Kolb, Jens Bartels, Zürich - Von der Einsiedler Inschriftensammlung zur digitalen EDCS: Sammlung, Präsentation und Auswertung epigraphischer Quellen Kathrin Kininger, Wien - Das historische Archiv im 21. Jahrhundert: Moderner Dienstleister oder Elfenbeinturm? Moderation: Christine Grundig 13.00–14.30 Mittagspause / Lunch Break 14.30–16.00 Digitale Quellen- und Manöverkritik Maria Benauer, Wien - Digitale Quellenkritik im Spiegel archivischer (Ohn)macht? E-Mails als komplexe quellenkundliche Objekte Tobias Hodel, Bern - Digital turn ↮ Quellen? Ein kritischer Blick auf Aufbereitungs- und Auswertungspraktiken im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung Moderation: Martin Dusinberre 16.00 Apéro / Drinks