CSMC News (2022)

The 'musical friendship album’ of 19th-century singer and pianist Marie Pohlenz contains gems that probably have not been listened to for more than 150 years. Together with the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig, we want to make these pieces resound again. Six recordings are now available.

On February 24-25, the research project 'Etymologika' will hold its first online conference on the topic of Greek scholarship in Southern Italy in the 10th-13th centuries.

The efficient use of research data is playing an increasingly important role in the humanities. In order to benefit from the advances in the fields of pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, scholars need accessible software. On our website, various tools are available for them to download.

In November 2020, the Hebrew original of Malachi Beit-Arié’s opus magnum was published digitally in the CSMC’s online repository. Now, the English translation is available as well.

We invite applications for two research associate positions on the project ‘The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c.600-1600 CE): Algorithmic Analysis into Social History’.