Contemporary History of the Information Society

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Poster of the conference, 2012.

The projects analyse the changes of society because of the process of computerisation and the use of information technology.

Projektverbünde

Digital Inequalities. Divides, Hierarchies, and Boundaries in Germany, 1970s to 1990s.

Projektleitung: Michael Homberg
Gefördert von der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Förderlinie „Kooperative Exzellenz“ (2023) 
Mehr Informationen finden Sie auf der Webseite des Verbundprojekts: https://digital-inequalities.com

Projekte

Lennart V. Schmidt

Digital Borders and the Birth of a Digital Migration System in Germany and Western Europe from the late 1960s to the early 21st Century

PhD project

The project explores the introduction of computers and databases in government agencies in West Germany and Western Europe from the late 1960s to the early 21st century.

Nina Neuscheler

Programmed Inequality. New Technologies, Old Barriers–Computers and Women

PhD project

The project examines as a part of the Leibniz-Verbundvorhaben „Digital Inequalities“ the influence of digital change on gender-related inequalities in East and West Germany since the 1970s.

Michael Homberg

Computers in Love. A Cultural History of Dating and Mating in the Digital Age

Research project (Postdoc)
Supported by Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Feodor-Lynen-Rückkehrstipendium
Way before the era of online-dating- apps, marriage bureaux and dating institutes in the US and Europe began to use computers to conquer the rapidly growing markets of the ‘lonely hearts’. The project explores the long and chequered history of electronic matchmaking since the 1950s.

Janine Funke (bis 05/2024)

Computers during the Cold War. The Computerisation of the Bundeswehr and the NVA up to Reunification

Associated PhD project

This project addresses leadership systems underpinned with computers in the Bundeswehr and the National People’s Army (NVA) in the context of the formation and establishment of both armies within the alliance system of NATO and of the Warsaw Pact.