Jana Keck

@janakeck.bsky.social

Research Fellow and Head of Digital History at the German Historical Institute Washington. #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory #americanstudies #thoughtsaremyown

I really enjoyed our panel. Didi's and my paper both explored the characteristics and "usefulness" of fictional and fabricated sources and emphasized that Jewish history is also part of German-American history. Many thanks to @drjanaweiss.bsky.social for providing the comment! #migrationhistory

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German Historical Institute Washington@ghiwashington.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our colleague @janakeck.bsky.social and visiting fellow Didi Tal will be part of the panel "Topics in German-American Studies," happening on Friday at 1:45pm (Mount Vernon room) #thegsa2025

Just a few more days to apply for our conference, "Rebuild or Retreat." Recent events across Europe (record heatwaves, widespread floods) and the U.S. (27 individual weather and climate disasters at least $1 billion in damages in 2024) underscore the urgency of climate migration and mobility. 👇

Jana Keck@janakeck.bsky.social · last yr.

I am so excited to share the CfP for my next conference at @ghiwashington.bsky.social "Rebuild or Retreat? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Migration and Mobility in the Global North," April 23-24, 2026! More info: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...

What’s the relevance of the rule of law in the past and present of democracy? Reminder: Join the 5th panel in the Historians on Democracy series: June 3 11 AM EST / 17 CET 🎙 Featuring: Deborah Gonzalez Benjamin C. Hett Mohamed Camara Samuel Miner Ute Frevert

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Deadline extended to June 8, 2025! The workshop @ghiwashington.bsky.social will bring scholars to discuss the use of audio[visual] sources and the development of innovative methodologies for their study and dissemination. #migrationhistory #digitalhistory

German Historical Institute Washington@ghiwashington.bsky.social · last yr.

#CFP: “Listening to the Past: Digital Approaches to the History of Sound and Language,” workshop in Washington, March 2026 www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...

Time is flying! Last presentation of the day and this workshop 😢 @miriamposner.com gives us a tour through the world of humanities data, capta, demarcation, and classification schemes - asking: What does data demand? #digitalhumanities #categorization

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Jana Keck@janakeck.bsky.social · last yr.

Presenting today with my DC crew from @librarycongress.bsky.social, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, @ushmm.bsky.social and @ghiwashington.bsky.social on “AI in LAM.” #aiintheloop

You might want to consider submitting an abstract for our upcoming conference again reading this today: "The States reported the highest figure with 11 million disaster-related movements, nearly a quarter of the global total, mostly the result of major hurricanes that led to mass evacuations".

Jana Keck@janakeck.bsky.social · last yr.

I am so excited to share the CfP for my next conference at @ghiwashington.bsky.social "Rebuild or Retreat? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Migration and Mobility in the Global North," April 23-24, 2026! More info: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...

Join us this Thursday for another spring lecture @ghiwashington.bsky.social with Felix Krämer @unierfurt.bsky.social who unfolds credit histories, as histories of debt difference, showing how loans and liabilities effect people in various ways intersecting with poverty, welfare, and body politics.

German Historical Institute Washington@ghiwashington.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us this Thursday for Felix Krämer's lecture on "Credit's Histories." His book "Menschen, Macht und Schulden in den USA" was awarded honorable mention for the 2025 @oah.org Willi Paul Adams Award, recognizing the best book on American history published in a language other than English…