Viktor Illmer

Viktor Illmer
IT Researcher @ EXC Temporal Communities, Freie Universität Berlin
I am interested in the way data models shape our understanding of the world, particularly in representing social phenomena such as gender within structured data systems. Lately, I have been exploring how declarative development and build environments, enabled by Nix, may support the replicability of research workflows and results in the digital humanities.
GitHub	v-ji
Email	[email protected]

Notes
It’s like a blog, remember those?

linkding bookmarking on NixOS and Hugo
Summary	This site’s hyperlinks section is now powered by linkding.
Tags	BookmarksHugoMetaNixNixos
Date	2025-02-23

TIL: HTML Standard §13.1.2.4: Optional tags
Summary	Many end tags can simply be omitted in HTML5, making it read a bit like Markdown.
Tags	Html
Date	2024-04-08

TIL: The case against self-closing tags in HTML
Summary	Self-closing tags (e.g. `<br />`) are not a thing in HTML.
Tags	HtmlXml
Date	2024-04-04

Hyperlinks
Links to resources I find interesting

Don’t guess my language
Summary	The Accept-Language header exists for a reason
Date	2025-05-20

#genderUX (2015)
Summary	How to handle gender data on forms, if you have to
Tags	Gender
Date	2025-02-06

Why is Git autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers?
Summary	A history of changing option types and silly consequences
Tags	GitHn
Date	2025-01-20

Publications
Research publications and papers

Schreibwirtschaft – Dramatikerinnen um 1800 in der Digitalen Einakter-Datenbank
With	Dîlan Canan Çakir, Felix Lempp
Part of	BreiterKanon. Wiederentdecken, Lesen, Edieren
Location	Berlin
Date	2025-12-31

More Plays Than Atoms in the Universe
With	Dîlan Canan Çakir, Frank Fischer, Mark Schwindt, Jonas Rohe
Part of	IEEE Transactions on Games
Date	2025-09-11

Linked Open Data and Literary Studies
With	Laura Untner, Frank Fischer, Jonah Lubin
Date	2025-03-16

Talks
Presentations and workshops given at conferences

Ganz, halb oder gar nicht? Herausforderungen und Strategien bei der Veröffentlichung sensibler Forschungsdaten aus einem Literaturarchiv
With	Frank Fischer
Event	FORGE 2025
Location	Rostock
Date	2025-09-25

Generating TEI Documents Through a Game of Dice
With	Nele Heindorf, Roya Zendebudie, Mark Schwindt, Frank Fischer
Event	TEI 2025: New Territories
Location	Kraków
Date	2025-09-18

Was die KI (nicht) liest – der literarische Kanon zwischen Algorithmus und Vielfalt
Type	Panel discussion
With	Julian Schröter, Jana-Katharina Mende, Dîlan Canan Çakir
Event	Aktionstage #BreiterKanon
Location	Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Date	2025-09-08

Teaching
Courses taught at university spanning a full term

Wikipedia und Wikidata in der Literaturwissenschaft
With	Frank Fischer
Tags	WikidataWikipedia
Date	2025-04-17

Wikipedia und Wikidata in den Geisteswissenschaften
With	Frank Fischer
Tags	WikidataWikipedia
Date	2024-04-18

Events
Conferences and workshops I co-organised

Futures of Doing Literature
Type	Conference
With	Dîlan Canan Çakir, Frank Fischer, Rebecca Hardie, Bart Soethaert
Event	EXC Temporal Communities
Location	Berlin
Date	2025-07-09

Digital Humanities Code Review Day
Type	Workshop
With	Lisa Poggel, Melanie Althage, Dillwyn Thier, Roya Zendebudie
Event	Ada Lovelace Center for Digital Humanities
Location	Berlin
Date	2024-11-22

Linked Open Data and Literary Studies
Type	Conference
With	Frank Fischer
Event	EXC Temporal Communities
Location	Berlin
Date	2024-11-19