John Woitkowitz
Deputy Head Of Research Services at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolJohn Woitkowitz is Head of Stabi Lab at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and Digital Editor at the New England Journal of History, combining a decade of academic research in transatlantic and polar histories with hands-on web development for cultural heritage. He builds data-driven services, publishes collections-as-data and APIs, and designs platforms—like the Citizen Historian Sourcebook—that bridge digital humanities, citizen science and the arts. His background includes an ERC-funded postdoc at Cambridge and research across archives in North America and Europe, informing a practical approach to linked open data, geospatial visualizations and semantic web technologies. Equally at home teaching and shipping TypeScript/React/Node.js solutions, he translates complex historical research into accessible, reusable digital resources and international partnerships. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to blend rigorous archival methods with product-oriented engineering, enabling reproducible scholarship at scale.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.A., North America Studies, Modern History, Sociology, Latin America Studies, M.A., North America Studies, Modern History, Sociology, Latin America Studies at Freie Universität BerlinPhD, International History, PhD, International History at University of CalgaryM.A., Diplomatic History, M.A., Diplomatic History at The Ohio State UniversityFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Code Academy Berlin
English, Spanish, German, FrenchProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
PuffCab/project3-react-api
May 2022 - Jun 2022
Contributions:30 commits in 25 days
clio001/nejh-next
Sep 2022 - Oct 2024
Contributions:41 pushes in 2 years
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