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»Zeitgeschichte digital«-Preis
The prize 2023 was awarded on November 28, 2023.
It went to Dr. Raphael Rössel for his contribution »Das muß ertragen werden«. Die Serie »Unser Walter« (ZDF 1974) und die Familiarisierung von Behinderungen an to Lena Herenz for her contribution »Die Zukunft der DDR? Zukunftsträume einer Schulklasse im Jahr 1985«.
The Friends of the ZZF Potsdam e.V. has awarded the »Zeitgeschichte digital«-Preis annually since 2017. It is endowed with 500 euros and is the first award in Germany that is dedicated to digital publications in the historical sciences. The prize recognizes the contribution that most successfully combined digital tools and online-presentation technologies with a convincing hypothesis and surprising results.The prize is named after an internet platform of the ZZF, which, among other things, links the four online offerings developed and editorially supervised at the institute, Docupedia, Visual History, zeitgeschichte | online, and Zeithistorische Forschungen. So far, the prize has been awarded to: Raphael Rössel und Lena Herenz (2023) Rüdiger Bergien, Sophie Genske, Juliane Röleke (2022), Michael Homberg (2021) Gangolf Hübinger und Kim Christian Priemel (2020), Jutta Braun (2019), Jens Jäger (2018) und Harriet Scharnberg und Gerhard Paul (2017).
Since 2022, prizes have been awarded in two categories: Science and Science Communication.
Archive "Zeitgeschichte-digital-Preis" since 2017 (in German)
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We invite you to fill out the declaration of membership and return it to us.
As a friend you will receive:
- the ZZF’s annual report
- the annual "Zeiträume almanach", a collected volume with;essays on contemporary history by scholars and fellows of the ZZF;
- Invitations to cultural events and the institute’s summer party
Further information:
Flyer (in German) here
Application for Membership (in German), here
Charter of the Friends of the ZZF (pdf, in German)
Donations account:
Deutsche Bank Potsdam
IBAN: DE38 1207 0000 0300 2995 00
BIC: DEUTDEBB160
Contact
Vorsitzender des Fördervereins:
Martin Gorholt
E-Mail: freunde [at] zzf-potsdam [dot] de (freunde[at]zzf-potsdam[dot]de)
Schriftführerin
Dr. Jutta Braun
E-Mail: freunde [at] zzf-potsdam [dot] de (freunde[at]zzf-potsdam[dot]de)