The Complete Works of Uwe Johnson (UJWA)

In the project "Uwe Johnson-Werkausgabe" (UJWA, duration: 2014–2037), a historical-critical edition of the works, writings and letters of Uwe Johnson (1934–1984) is being produced in printed and digital form. The project is an academy project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) at the University of Rostock. The DH junior professorship supports in particular the preparation of the digital edition.

Computational Approaches to Narrative Space in 19th and 20th Century Novels (CANSpiN)

In the DFG-funded project "Computational Approaches to Narrative Space in 19th and 20th Century Novels" (CANSpiN, duration: April 2023 to March 2026), approaches to the computational recognition of narrative space using machine learning methods are being developed and tested on German- and Spanish-language novel corpora in order to answer questions about the relationship between mentions of space and identity constructions. The interdisciplinary project is led by the Junior Professorship for Digital Humanities, the Uwe Johnson Professorship for 20th Century Modern German Literature, and the Associate Professorship for Mathematical Optimization.

Heinrich Schliemann – A Cosmopolitan from Mecklenburg: Scholarly Exploration and Edition of the Estate

The project "Heinrich Schliemann – A Cosmopolitan from Mecklenburg" is funded by the Office of the Vice-Rector for Research, Talent Development, and Equal Opportunities (Funding Line 2: Collaborative Research) at the University of Rostock. It aims to prepare a proposal for an academy project at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. At the core of the project lies the development of innovative digital humanities methods – such as AI-assisted full-text analysis, semantic annotation, and network visualization. If funding is successfully secured, the long-term goal is the scholarly evaluation and public presentation of Heinrich Schliemann’s estate, comprising roughly 60,000 documents. This interdisciplinary project is jointly coordinated by the Junior Professorship for Digital Humanities and the Chair of Prehistoric and Early Historic Archaeology at the Heinrich Schliemann Institute of Classical Studies, University of Rostock.

Diccionario del Español Medieval electrónico (DEMel)

Starting in May 2023, the DH Junior Professorship will be a cooperation partner for the period of three years in the project "Diccionario del Español Medieval electrónico (DEMel)". The project works on the development of a lemmatized and semantically pre-structured electronic data archive on medieval Spanish, and has been carried out at the University of Rostock since 2016.

Pessoa digital

The project "Pessoa digital" (Duration: January to December 2023, Lead: DH Junior Professorship) was funded by the NFDI consortium Text+ as a collaborative project. It aimed to integrate the existing digital edition "Fernando Pessoa - Digital Edition: Projects and Publications" on projects and publications of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) into the Text+ infrastructure and thereby make it sustainably available.