Debora Heim and Nadir Weber, together with Christa Schneider, taught a research seminar titled «Bern 1749: Eine geheime Verschwörung als mediales Ereignis» (Bern 1749: a secret conspiracy as a media event) in the fall semester 2024 at the University of Bern. As part of the seminar, students used AI-supported transcription tools to examine handwritten documents on the conspiracy. They focused on actors, whose role had previously been little known and therefore added new perspectives and interpretations to the events of 1749.
The results of the students’ research have now been published online in the form of ten short articles. Click here to explore the website.