NES and DS@IAS joint lecture
DAMAST - an interactive research environment
Near Eastern Studies and Digital Scholarship @IAS joint lecture: DAMAST - an interactive research environment, Prof. Dr. Dorothea Weltecke and Dr. Florian Jäckel (Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). Damast is an interactive research environment for visualizing the multi-religious situation in the Islamicate world from 600 to 1400 CE. For the first time, all the existing geographical and chronological data about communities of Dhimmis under Muslim rule have been gathered together into one Database. Over 8,300 pieces of evidence at more than 440 locations are part of the database. They are visualized on a map, a timeline and displayed in various tables. Various filters, such as time, location, religious community and source allow detailed inspection of the data. Results of the research remain accessible as a report and can be referenced. Our presentation will introduce the research environment and the underlying concepts, explains some of its features - and its shortcomings. Register in advance at https://bit.ly/3SDY4ie.
Hosted by Sabine Schmidtke (School of Historical Studies, IAS) and María Mercedes Tuya (Digital Scholarship, IAS). For additional information please email ds@ias.edu.