Meet the RELEVEN Model Explorer, a tool that makes WissKI-based data models easier to explore, understand, and use beyond the technical backend. In this blog post, Kevin explains how it works and why it matters 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Can AI help historians untangle who said what, and why it matters, in a world full of unreliable information? Read @jubalbarca.bsky.social's blog post to see whether LLMs can trace claims, authority, and argument in ways that could matter beyond medieval history. releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Turning research data into knowledge graphs doesn't mean messy code. Lukas introduces a Turtle-inspired approach to RDF graph generation that separates graph descriptions from construction and makes complex pipelines cleaner and more modular. Check it here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Behind every interface lies a complex technical story. Kevin takes us behind the scenes of the RELEVEN website, discussing the challenges of SPARQL tooling, scalability, and why frontend development in Digital Humanities is never "just frontend". Read it here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Our PI @tla.bsky.social and George Bruseker (TAKIN.solutions) presented PWRo, a reusable ontology developed for the RELEVEN database to model power, authority and social relations in historical prosopography, at the 2nd Prosopon Workshop in Munich last week.

Reflections from our coordinator Lale on recent milestones and the project's transition into its final technical phase 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

As their time on the project comes to an end, Katalin and Márton look back on their experiences and reflect on their key achievements. Read it here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

In their final blog post, Aleksander and @lewread.bsky.social recap the highlights of our Closing Conference, sharing insights about key presentations and lively discussions. Read more here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Congratulations to our pre-doc Aleksandar for succesfully defending his dissertation - now officially Dr. Andjelovic! 🎉💫

And we are on! 🚀Our conference "Re-evaluating the Eleventh Century: Movements, Connections, and Perspectives" has officially started today! 🎉 The conference runs through 5 September - stay tuned for updates, insights and highlights from the sessions! #uniwien #releven #DH #11thCentury

From Constantinople to Kievan Rus', devotion to Archangel Michael left its mark in seals, cathedrals, and daily piety. Aleks shares his findings in a new blog post, written during a Dumbarton Oaks fellowship in Washington, D.C. Read more in here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Don't forget to sign up for our conference!!

2nd International Armenological Congress, 9-12 July, 2025 🤩🇦🇲

📣Join us for the RELEVEN Conference: "Re-evaluating the Eleventh Century: Movements, Connections, and Perspectives" 🗓️ 3–5 Sept 2025 |📍 University of Vienna (Hybrid) Exploring new digital tools and historical insights from the 11th century. 🗒️More info + program: releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

In her latest blog post, @tla.bsky.social reflects on a summer of RELEVEN highlights, including PhD defences, conference talks at IMC Leeds, and the preparations for our closing conference on 3-5 September 👀 Read her reflections here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Back from another great year at @imc-leeds.bsky.social! Our RELEVEN team organized 4 panels under the theme Re-evaluating the 11th Century, covering knowledge, movement, and church politics. Big thanks to everyone who joined onsite or online! (Details & pics on the next post ⬇️) #IMC2025

In this month's blog post, @lupl.bsky.social furthers his exploration of entity-aware pagination in SPARQL and shows how RDFProxy transforms paginated query results into structured and Pydantic-based API responses. Check it out here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Doctor in the house! 🎉 Our brilliant pre-doc @lewread.bsky.social is now Dr. Read!! 🙌 In his final blog post, he offers a brief insight into his PhD research on the RELEVEN project. Don't miss it ⏬ releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

We've been busy! Our coordinator just shared a project update on our latest digital tools, progress in data modeling, and something exciting coming up in September 👀 Curious what've been up to? Read our latest blog post here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Our frontend dev’s first blog post is here, sharing behind the scenes on why building a DH website is way more than just making things look pretty.🌟 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Want to know more about the sources behind our expanding corpus? Our postdoc, Katalina, shares insights into the documents she's gathered for our Italian sources collection. Read more in our latest blog post! 📜👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

How do we navigate conflicting historical narratives? 🤔 In our January blog post, Márton examines various accounts of the reconstruction of Hainburg and their implications for prosopographic research. Check out the full post here!👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

The RELEVEN project has discontinued its presence on Twitter / X. We will continue to provide news and updates on Bluesky and Mastodon [ hcommons.social/@RELEVEN ] as well as on our website releven.univie.ac.at !

New publication in @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social ! Wherein I talk about data structures for capturing how interpretations of Byzantine lead seals evolve. journal.digitalmedievalist.org/article/id/1...

Last week @tla.bsky.social and @lewread.bsky.social participated in the 16th general conference of the Association Internationale des Etudes Arméniennes, discussing digital approaches to medieval Armenian source material.

Sorry for the wait but our December blog post is finally here! This time, we’re diving into a more technical topic 👀 @lupl.bsky.social walks us through how entity-aware pagination works using SPARQL. Check it out and let us know your thoughts!🚀 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Merry Christmas 🎄and a Happy New Year 🌟 from team Releven!

We've (almost) reached the end of another year! As 2024 draws to a close, we want to share what we've been up to. It's been a year filled with new faces, fresh challenges and great achievements... Here's a quick run down of what we accomplished ✨

Haha cool we get visual aids for bragging on social media now! #imc2025

It was a pleasure to be in Yerevan 🇦🇲 last week to share a working prototype for a new digital corpus of medieval Armenian colophons developed in collaboration with the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts. More to come! 📜

Will LLMs make ontologies like CIDOC-CRM obsolete? 🤔In our November blog post, @tla.bsky.social explains why these ‘old-school’ AI methods still play a crucial role in Digital Humanities, especially when working with sparse 11th-century data. Check it out here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

From welcoming new team members to celebrating our first joint article, our coordinator shares a look at what's been happening lately. Read her latest reflections here👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Lewis revisited the Mesrop Mashtots Institute in Yerevan and worked on reconstructing the personal stories behind the colophons of 11th century Armenian Gospel manuscripts. Head over to our blog post to read about it! 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Aleksandar spent July at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC, enjoying the Byzantine Greek Summer School. He shares his reflections on this unforgettable experience in this blog post with some very nice pictures. Check it out here👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

In our July blogpost, Katalin shares insights about her upcoming article. Head over to our blog to read it! 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Márton has been hard at work since his last blog post in January. Check out what he has been up to here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Moments from the "Between East and West" conference in Toruń, where our post-doc Márton Rózsa presented his study, "Moving individuals as agents of imitatio imperii in Hungary, c 1000-1050." 👏👏

Apologies for the delay, but our new blog post is now live! @tla.bsky.social shares the latest updates on our website design and data modeling progress. Read all about it here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Grab a drink and catch up with our latest blog post! Six months in and our coordinator shares updates and milestones from the Releven project 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Here's a new travel log from @lewread.bsky.social about his visit to the Armenian Mekhitarist Monastery in Venice 👇

Congrats to our predocs @lewread.bsky.social and Aleksandar, for organizing a wonderful workshop for graduate students at the University of Vienna and CEU, who are working in the field of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies 👏

Our team member @lewread.bsky.social was at the Mekhitarist Monastery of San Lazzaro degli Armeni to collect more Armenian colophons for our Releven database! ✨

While I was in town for #dhd2024 , I got to achieve my real objective - visiting this grave of an Armenian bishop who migrated to Passau in the 11th century and died there in 1093. How did he come to be there? We still wonder!

Check out Márton's latest blog post on our website, where he offers insights into 11th-century Central Europe.👇

In which we talk about data modeling concerning gender and how we are handling it in the @r11.eu project! academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-...

In the final blog post of 2023, Aleksandar dives into unique characteristics of the 11th century Byzantine Empire, highlighting what sets it apart from other eras. releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Our team members Lewis Read and Aleksandar Anđelović are leading the organization of a diverse program of events for graduate students working in 'Late Antique and Byzantine Studies'! Don't miss out on the opportunity to share your current research, discuss it with your peers and hear some feedback✨

Kudos to our postdoc Márton Rózsa for an enlightening presentation on 'Conflicting data & new ways of digitising Byzatine Prosography" at the 'Byzanz und das Abendland' conference in his hometown Budapest! 👏

Our project leader @tla is presenting our project today at 'New Approaches to Mediterrenean Studies' organized by the PTI-MedHis in Madrid!