Viktor Illmer

IT Researcher @ EXC Temporal Communities, Freie Universität Berlin
I am interested in the way data models shape our understanding of the world, particularly in representing social phenomena such as gender within structured data systems. Lately, I have been exploring how declarative development and build environments, enabled by Nix, may support the replicability of research workflows and results in the digital humanities.
GitHubv-ji
Emailmail@viktor.im

Notes

It’s like a blog, remember those?

linkding bookmarking on NixOS and Hugo
Summary

This site’s hyperlinks section is now powered by linkding.

Date2025-02-23
TIL: HTML Standard §13.1.2.4: Optional tags
Summary

Many end tags can simply be omitted in HTML5, making it read a bit like Markdown.

Date2024-04-08
TIL: The case against self-closing tags in HTML
Summary

Self-closing tags (e.g. <br />) are not a thing in HTML.

Date2024-04-04

Publications

Research publications and papers

“Works on My Machine”: A Case Study of Replicability Challenges in Computational Humanities Research
Part ofAnthology of Computers and the Humanities
Repositoryv-ji/chr2025-works-on-my-machine
Date2025-11-21
Schreibwirtschaft. Dramatikerinnen um 1800 in der Digitalen Einakter-Datenbank
WithDîlan Canan Çakir, Felix Lempp
Part ofBreiterKanon: Wiederentdecken, Lesen, Edieren und mehr
Date2025-11-17
Generating TEI Documents Through a Game of Dice
WithNele Heindorf, Roya Zendebudie, Mark Schwindt, Frank Fischer
Part ofNew Territories. Text Encoding Initiative Conference and Members’ Meeting 2025
LocationKraków
Date2025-09-18

Talks

Presentations and workshops given at conferences

Before the Archive: Foundations for Reproducible Research in the Humanities
EventDigital Exile Literature
LocationBerlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW)
Date2025-10-08
Außerhalb der Norm? Geschlecht in den Daten der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
EventLiteraturgeschichte intersektional weiterschreiben (GSA 2025)
LocationArlington, VA
Date2025-09-26
Ganz, halb oder gar nicht? Herausforderungen und Strategien bei der Veröffentlichung sensibler Forschungsdaten aus einem Literaturarchiv
WithFrank Fischer
EventFORGE 2025
LocationRostock
Date2025-09-25

Teaching

Courses taught at university spanning a full term

Wikipedia und Wikidata in der Literaturwissenschaft
WithFrank Fischer
Date2025-04-17
Wikipedia und Wikidata in den Geisteswissenschaften
WithFrank Fischer
Date2024-04-18

Events

Conferences and workshops I co-organised

Digital Humanities Code Review Day
TypeWorkshop
WithLisa Poggel, Paul Bayer, Kleio Chrysopoulou Tseva
LocationIZ D2MCM, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Date2025-12-05
Einakter als Daten. Statistik und digitale Erschließung einer vergessenen Gattung (1740–1850)
TypeGuest lecture
WithDîlan Canan Çakir
EventVergessene Texte von 1800 bis heute (Prof. Dr. Martina Wernli)
LocationHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Date2025-11-06
Futures of Doing Literature
TypeConference
WithDîlan Canan Çakir, Frank Fischer, Rebecca Hardie, Bart Soethaert
EventEXC Temporal Communities
LocationBerlin
Date2025-07-09