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Researchers from @mpilhlt share the results of interdisciplinary work on the #LegalHistory of the Sacred Congregation of the Council #SCC. With @BenedettAlbani

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We’re hiring!
We have a vacancy for a research fellow in Digital Humanities within our research group.
📍Frankfurt, Germany
🗓 Deadline: 07.07.2026
Further information and online application: https://t.co/GvSzu67aoE...
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What does Pope Francis @Pontifex have to say about one of our fields of study, #ChurchHistory? He recently revealed it in an official letter published on 21 November! See more about that in: https://t.co/l491O34zwF

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Today Anna Clara and Yohan from our research group joined several researchers from the Department Historical Regimes of Normativity of the @mpilhlt for a Christmasy lunch at the #Weihnachtsmarkt in Frankfurt! Oh, how we love this time of the year! #SCCresearcherlife🎄

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In the context of the Catholic Church – and the #SCC is no exception here – the practice of Latinising names was more than just a linguistic formality: it was a vital component of ecclesiastical identity and function. Wish to know more? Check: https://t.co/4gTFBdCJ3Y

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Our research group uses @neo4j graph database, a powerful software with allows us to represent patterns in entities and their relationships in large datasets.🙂

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In data-driven historical research, mapping historical sources into a structured and standardised data model is a central task.
This is what we are doing in the project 𝐒𝐂𝐂 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 https://t.co/2gOzLTM0dz .

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These can then be segmented according to their semantic roles, while links between entities are represented by relationships.
Moreover, modelling data in a graph-based structure (graph data model) allows information to be related to each other in a flexible way.

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Did you know that between 1846 and 1856, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 was located in 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 next to this church? #jubilee2025 #sccresearchlife

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In preparation for the 𝐉𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐞 of 2025, 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞 became a major construction site in 2024. 🏗️
Many of the city's famous places, such as 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐧𝐚 and 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 are quite different from how we usually see them in pictures.

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But reforms are also under way in less obvious places. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭'𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞, for instance: it is currently remodelling its roof.

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In our social media we recently talked about the role of the Semantic Web and Linked Data in research and will continue to address these important topics in the future! 🙂

#digitalSCC #digitalhumanities #SemanticWeb #knowledgegraph #authoritydata #researherlife

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Technologies from information science such as 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐞𝐛, 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬, and 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬 are becoming increasingly important in Digital History research.

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There are currently 6200 items on OrDi and we're expecting a launch soon. Stay tuned!
Piqued your interest in Digital Humanities, look at our previous posts on these topics!