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CSMCCentre for the Study of
Manuscript Cultures

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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures

The Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) brings together an international and cross-disciplinary research community to study written artefacts at Universität Hamburg.

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Cluster of Excellence 'Understanding Written Artefacts'

CSMC is home to the Cluster of Excellence 'Understanding Written Artefacts'. Funded by the DFG, it comprises over 50 research projects from more than 40 academic disciplines.

Artefact of the Month

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Artefact of the Month

'Just as Christ stood pacified in the olive garden, all weapons shall be pacified.'

How Marie Geffers made her son-in-law invulnerable

At the outbreak of WWI, Marie Geffers wrote an unusual letter for her son-in-law, meant to give him magical protection against the dangers which might confront him as a soldier. What kind of mysterious text was this? And what did Christ have to do with all this?

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5 Questions to... Sylvia Melzer

In our series ‘5 Questions to…’, members of CSMC chat about their background, what motivates them, and their favourite written artefacts. This time, we talk to Sylvia Melzer. A computer enthusiast since her childhood, she is now at the forefront of developing AI methods for the humanities.

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Sylvia Melzer

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Artists in Residence

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Artists in Residence

'Increasing Countdown' by Axel Malik

Leading up to the international conference ‘Studying Written Artefacts: Challenges and Perspectives’, Axel Malik, Artist in Residence at CSMC, has launched the ‘Increasing Countdown’. This unique sequence of script-like characters will be extended day by day – for 756 days, until 27 September 2023.

Increasing Countdown

CSMC Image Film

What does it mean to do research on written artefacts? Employing concrete examples, this image film introduces to the work of scholars and scientists at CSMC.
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Universität Hamburg
Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures
Warburgstraße 26
20354 Hamburg