NFDI4Memory: Consortium for historical humanities research

Applicant

Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft

https://www.herder-institut.de/

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Co-operation partner

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB)

https://www.bsb-muenchen.de/

Co-operation partner

FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur

https://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/

Co-operation partner

Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik

https://www.deutsches-museum.de/

Co-operation partner

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

https://www.hu-berlin.de/

Project manager

Dr. Simon Donig GND

simon.donig@herder-institut.de

Project manager

Prof. Dr. Peter Haslinger GND

Project coordinator

Dr. Anna-Lena Körfer GND

anna-lena.koerfer@herder-institut.de

Project coordinator

Dr. Grigori Chlesberg GND

grigori.chlesberg@herder-institut.de

Researcher

M.A. Anna Pravdyuk

Researcher

Felix Köther GND

felix.koether@herder-institut.de

Laufzeit

2023 - 2028

The NFDI4memory consortium is aimed at the historical humanities as well as disciplines and fields of activity that make methodological use of historical data for their epistemological interests. The Herder Institute is one of the consortium's co-applicants and is co-lead of the “Data Quality” task area in cooperation with the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

The “Data Quality” task area deals with the definition, measurement, and implementation of research data quality in the historical humanities, thereby supporting future digital work with historical or history-related data and computer-assisted research through FAIR data. The subject areas of the “Data Quality” task area include practices and requirements in the field of data and metadata standards, aspects of the ethical handling of research data, FAIR data, and the establishment of publication workflows for research data in historical research and in GLAM institutions.

In addition to its work in the task area, the Herder Institute is organizing a “Linking Data|Linking Communities” summer school in 2025 (https://4memory.de/linking-data-linking-communities-nfdi4memory-summer-schools/) and awards the annual “NFDI4Memory-FAIR-Data-Fellowships” (https://4memory.de/4memory-fair-data-fellowships/), which offer support for the preparation and publication of data in historical disciplines.

Two fellows also wrote a blog post about their work:

Matthias Melcher: Sieben Pergamentblätter, ein Gästebuch und 4.631 Tabellenzeilen (17. Februar 2026)
Tim Buchen: 750 Hofzuweisungslisten mit 5500 Umsiedlungsdatensätzen dokumentieren die „Heim-ins-Reich“-Aktion des NS-Staates (21. Oktober 2025)