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

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

Wikipedia als Hallraum der Kanonizität
With	Jonas Rohe, Lisa Poggel, Frank Fischer
Part of	DHd2025: Under Construction
Location	Bielefeld
Repository	temporal-communities/1001-books
Tags	CanonWikipedia
Date	2025-02-26

Talks
Presentations and workshops given at conferences

Außerhalb der Norm? Geschlecht in den Daten der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
Event	Literaturgeschichte intersektional weiterschreiben (GSA 2025)
Location	Arlington, VA
Tags	DataGnd
Date	2025-09-01

Doing Literature: A Multimedial Index of Research Outputs
With	Stefanie Messner, Mark Schwindt
Event	Research Creation, Community Engagement, and Open Social Scholarship
Location	Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Date	2025-05-02

Wikipedia als Hallraum der Kanonizität
With	Jonas Rohe, Lisa Poggel, Frank Fischer
Event	DHd2025: Under Construction
Location	Bielefeld
Tags	CanonWikipedia
Date	2025-03-05

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