Felix Herrmann, M.A.
Research Associate E-Research & Digital Humanities
Discuss Data Project
Room 3750 / Phone +49-421-218-69613
felix.herrmann@uni-bremen.de
Brief CV
2017-2024 PhD Candidate, University of Bremen, Chair for Contemporary East European History and Culture, Project: "High-tech in the Eastern bloc. Economic cooperation between the GDR and the USSR in the computer and microelectronics industry from the 1960s to
the 1980s." (defended on June, 20 2024)
since 2017 Lead developer of the Discuss Data project, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
since 2015 Research Associate for E-Research & Digital Humanities, Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen
2013–2014 Research Developer, King’s College London, Department of Digital Humanities
2011–2013 IT Consultant, Univention GmbH, Bremen
2006-2011 Software developer at the collobarative research center 640:
"Representations of Changing Social Orders", Humboldt University Berlin
2005-2008 Software developer at Clio-online/H-Soz-Kult: information services for historians
2000-2010 MA in Modern History and Computer Science, Humboldt University Berlin
Teaching experience
09/2017 DAAD-short term lectureship at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Department of History, Introduction to the Digital Humanities, Lectures and seminars for B.A. students
2014 University of Bremen, Institut for History, Digital History: Basics and Practice of Virtual Exhibitions, seminar for B.A. and M.A. students
2013-2014 University of Bremen, Institut for History, Digital Humanities: A Practical Introduction for Historians, seminar for B.A. and M.A. students
Publications
Transparency and quality assessment of research data in post-Soviet area studies: The potential of an interactive
online platform, in: Journal of Eurasian Studies 10/2 (2019), 136-146, (together with Andreas Heinrich und Heiko Pleines).
Zwischen Planwirtschaft und IBM. Die sowjetische Computerindustrie im Kalten Krieg [Between Planned Economy and IBM: The Soviet Computer Industry in the Cold War], in: Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History 9 (2012), http://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/site/40209278/default.aspx
Reviews:
Review of: Peters, Benjamin: How Not to Network a Nation. The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet, in: H-Soz-Kult, 03.10.2017, www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-25470.
Review of: Gold, Matthew K. (Hrsg.): Debates in the Digital Humanities. Minneapolis 2012 / Berry, David M. (Hrsg.): Understanding Digital Humanities. New York 2012, in: H-Soz-Kult, 09.01.2015, http://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-21673.
Academic Infrastructures
as lead developer:
„Discuss Data. Open Platform for the Interactive Discussion of Research Data Quality (on the example of area studies on the post-Soviet region)“,Virtual Research Environment, Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen
„PEPS database: Protest, Events, Photos, Slogans“, Research Database, Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen
„Jüdische Geschichte(n) im Prenzlauer Berg – Audioguide zur deutsch-jüdischen Geschichte“, Mobile app for a Digital History Projekt, Museum Pankow and JUP e.V., Berlin
„Baltisches Biographisches Lexikon digital“, Digitization Project, Baltische Historische Kommission
as contributor:
„PRoMS – The Production and Reading of Music Sources. Mise en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480-1530“, Virtual Research Environment, King’s College London
„OCVE – Online Chopin Variorum Edition“, Virtual Research Environment, King’s College London
„Clio Online – Fachportal für die Geschichtswissenschaften“, Communication and information services for historical research, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
„H-Soz-Kult. Kommunikation und Fachinformation für die Geschichtswissenschaften“, Communication and information services for historical research, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Academic Presentations
Ostblock digital. Die Computerindustrie der sozialistischen Staaten im Kalten Krieg, Plutex Business Frühstück, Bremen, 15.11.2019.
Bei Geld hört die Freundschaft auf. Preisbildung im RGW-Handel mit Computertechnologie, Oberseminar der Abteilung für Geschichte Ost- und Südosteuropas der LMU München, 06.11.2019.
Trade among Brothers. Price Formation in the CMEA Computer Industry, Workshop “Quality of Governance and the Legacy of Socialism”, Universität Bremen, 25.-26.10.2019
Research Data Management with the Discuss Data platform, Workshop “Digital Methods and Research Data Management in the Humanities and Social Sciences”, organized by the Discuss Data project, the DHI Moskau and the Centre for Digital Humanities at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau, 07.-08.10.2019, (zusammen mit Eduard Klein, Daniel Kurzawe und Ubbo Veentjer).
Money and friendship don‘t mix. Price formation in the CMEA trade with Computer Technology, Konferenz “Vse idet po planu? – Unwrapping the (un)planned Soviet economy”, Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau, 27.-28.05.2019.
Discuss Data: Interactive Research Data Management for the Area Studies on the post-Soviet region, CEES seminar, University of Glasgow, 20.03.2019.
A Global Industry. Transnational Entanglements of Soviet Computer Manufacturing, “Transnational Perspectives on Soviet Cutting-Edge Technology”, Universität Bern, 31.01.-01.02.2019.
„Discuss Data. Designing a Platform for the Interactive Discussion of Research Data Quality for the Area Studies on the post-Soviet region“, Workshop (Politics of) Digital Humanities in Eastern European Studies, September 11, 2018, Joint workshop of the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe and the Aleksanteri Institute – University of Helsinki, Helsinki
„Hightech im Ostblock. Die Wirtschaftskooperation zwischen DDR und UdSSR in der Computer- und Mikroelektronikindustrie von den 1960er bis 1980er Jahren“, Stipendiatentag des DHI Moskau, May 29, 2018, German Historical Institute, Moscow
„Institutionelle und personale Netzwerke in der Computer- und Mikroelektronikindustrie des Ostblocks (1960er bis 1980er Jahre)“, 12. HNR-Workshop: Kommunikation in Netzwerken – Netzwerke der Kommunikation. Thematische, methodische und theoretische Perspektiven Historischer Netzwerkanalyse zwischen Geschichts- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, April 21, 2018, University of Bremen, Bremen
„Research Data Quality Assessment for the Area-Studies on the post-Soviet region: New Approaches needed?“ (Roundtable), Second Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies, Tartu University, June 5–6, 2017, Tartu
„The Discuss Data Online Platform: Sharing and Discussing Research Data on the Post-Soviet Region as a Collaborative Effort“, SRC Lunchtime Seminar, Feb 28, 2017, Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
„Centralization vs. Social Competition: Soviet Computer Experts and the Shaping of a new Industry in the 1960s and 1970s“, Workshop „For the 50th Anniversary of the 50th Anniversary of the October Revolution...: Social and Political Foundations of the Major Ideological Campaigns of the 1965-1970s“, Feb 27, 2017, Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
„Archiving and Discussing Research Data in the Digital Age“, Remembering Protest Actions, Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen, Sept 4–7, 2016, Bremen
„Data Platform on Protest Actions: Concept and Implementation“, Remembering Protest Actions, Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen, Sept 4–7, 2016, Bremen
„Clouds, Crowds, and Research Data. Internet-based Presentations of Data Collections and Beyond“, Research Link between the Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen and the Faculty of Sociology, National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow: Concluding Conference, May 25–27, 2016, Bremen
„Software Development for Research. From Data Collections to Virtual Research Environments“, Social Developments and New Forms of Mass Opinion Research in Contemporary Russia, Sept 18–20, 2014, Faculty of Sociology, National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow