The Research Navigator contributed to the international GRAINES Summer School 2017, “History and its Sources – after the Digital Turn” held at the Department of History from 05.09.2017 – 08.09.2017. About 40 participants from more than 10 different place from all over Europe took part in an intense academic exchange on the benefits and challenges […]
This project is concerned with four genealogical books belonging to the Falkner family, a well-connected part of the elite in the city of Basel during the early modern period up until the late 19th century. It is part of the master thesis of Anna Reimann under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Susanna Burghartz. The thesis […]
In this phd project Romed Aschwanden seeks to examine the complex negotiation processes in European politics by analysing European transport policy. European Union politics usually evolve in a complex, discordant field with actors at the regional, national and international levels. The study examines the disputes over European alpine transit policy between the 1970s and 2000s, […]
In December 2015, the Institute for European Global Studies awarded two fellowships in the field of Digital Humanities to Prof. Peter Cornwell (University of Westminster) and Eric Decker (University of Heidelberg). With the fellowships, the Institute for European Global Studies wants to further expand its strong international network and, in cooperation with the Department of […]
The Basel Graduate School for History holds a workshop on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in History research. Lukas Loos (Geoinformatics), Dr. Armin Volkmann (Archeology, JRG “Digital Humanities and Digital Cultural Heritage”) and Dr. Kilian Schultes (History) from Heidelberg University will introduce PhD students to the basics of GIS. The workshop will take place in […]
Basel possesses a continues collection of municipal annual accounts from 1362 to 1610. The web-based edition »Jahrrechnungen der Stadt Basel 1535 bis 1610 — digital« is now also making the last part of this unique 250 year old series accessible for research and the public. This compiled forward-looking digital edition is the result of a […]
Digibib is a literature database of the Department of History, University of Basel, and offers digitalized versions of many thousand texts from relevant literature. This database is only accessible to affiliates of the Department of History for teaching and research purposes.
With over hundred published articles, the webpage „The History of Social Security in Switzerland“ provides a comprehensive insight into the current state of research on the development of the Swiss welfare state since the 19th century. Visit the project website.
On 10.11.2016 and 24.11.2016, Prof. Peter Cornwell (Westminster University / Data Futures) held a two day workshop on “How to use digital history tools in your research project“. Following a short introduction on the topic, students of the Basel Graduate School of History and Eucor network presented their projects and designed a data extraction workflow […]