Concluding conference of DIKUSA

The Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities cordially invites you to the final conference of the DIKUSA – Networking Digitized Cultural Data in Saxony. It will take place on 15 and 16 December at theSaxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig. The conference offers an opportunity to present and discuss the results and findings of our project. It is aimed at researchers and other interested persons.

The project »Networking Digitized Cultural Data in Saxony – The Development of a Technical Infrastructure for Research on Mobility, Migration, and the Transformation of Places, People, and Artefacts (in Temporal and Spatial Perspective) – DIKUSA« is coordinated by KompetenzwerkD, the Department for Digital Competence at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig. Research on this project is being conducted by six humanities research institutes, each of which runs its own sub-project dedicated to the cultural and social history of Saxony. The results and tools developed in this cooperative project funded by the Free State of Saxony will eventually be made available to the public. The Dubnow Institute is conducting a study entitled »Possibilities of and Limitations to Jewish Participation in Saxon Institutes of Higher Education« on graduates from Chemnitz, Dresden, Freiberg, and Mittweida (1850–1950).