Workshop: Digital Editions of Contemporary History between AI and Linked Open Data (Digitale Editionen der Zeitgeschichte zwischen KI und Linked Open Data)

[AI Summary]: This two-day workshop explores the challenges and opportunities of using Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Linked Open Data (LOD) for digital scholarly editions of historical sources. The workshop brings together international experts from digital humanities, editorial science, and computer science to discuss how these technologies affect editorial standards, workflows, and scholarly use. Topics include digital editions based on labeled-property graphs, protocol edition data modeling, LLMs and RAG in editorial practice, automatic text recognition for parliamentary documents, and Named Entity Recognition challenges. Participants will examine methodological and technical innovations for making digital editions sustainable, interoperable, and connected to scholarly infrastructure.

The workshop takes place December 4-5, 2025 at the Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties (KGParl) in Berlin. Online participation via Zoom is available. Registration required via email to kruse@kgparl.de.

  • Date: December 4-5, 2025
  • Location: Schiffbauerdamm 40, Berlin (hybrid - Zoom available)
  • Organizer: Kommission für Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien (KGParl)
  • Language: German
  • Registration: Required via kruse@kgparl.de or juengerkes@kgparl.de