Tobias Hodel
Ausserordentlicher Professor Für Digital Humanities at Universität Bern
Wohlen bei Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Top SchoolTobias Hodel is an Ausserordentlicher Professor für Digital Humanities at Universität Bern with eight years of academic experience bridging medieval history and computational methods. His research and teaching focus on digital history, materiality and script cultures, Habsburg rule, and the archival traditions of what is now Switzerland, combining deep historiographical expertise with hands-on DH practice. He led major projects making medieval and early modern sources digitally accessible—work that spans digital editions, HTR/keyword-spotting, and public-facing archival tools. Tobias has a PhD in history from Universität Zürich and a track record of turning archival complexity into reproducible digital scholarship. Less obvious: he repeatedly moves between regional social-history questions and international methodological debates, ensuring local datasets inform broader theoretical conversations. Based in Wohlen bei Bern, he balances scholarly rigor with practical delivery of DH infrastructure for researchers and the public.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doktor (Ph.D.), Geschichte, Doktor (Ph.D.), Geschichte at Universität Zürich
German, English, French, Spanish, Latin, deutsch, mittelhoch (ca.1050-1500)
Github Skills (13)
examine7
open-access7
french7
digital-humanities7
open-data6
creative-commons4
django4
python4
tei4
truth3
open-source2
editing1
react1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mmznr/Staatsarchiv-GLAMhack
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:34 commits, 29 pushes in 20 days
DHBern/tools-and-scripts
Apr 2021 - Dec 2023
Contributions:6 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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