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Marc Lemke is a Research Associate at the Institute for German Studies within the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Rostock. He works on the DFG project "Computational Approaches to Narrative Space in 19th and 20th Century Novels" and is responsible for the NTEE (NEISS TEI Entity Enricher) software developed between 2019 and 2022.
He completed his studies in Linguistics and Literature as well as Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Rostock, earning a Bakkalaureus Artium and Master of Arts in 2014. Since then, he has been involved in the Uwe Johnson edition project, particularly the digital edition, which includes researching archival materials, establishing a typographic database, developing named entity recognition software, and designing and maintaining the edition's digital architecture.
Marc Lemke's research spans the intersection of digital humanities and cultural studies. His work focuses on computer-assisted text analysis methods, markup procedures, and app development for digital editions. He is particularly interested in how digital tools can enhance scholarly editing and textual analysis. His theoretical interests converge in his dissertation project "Creating Meaning with Text and Object: A Theory of Museum Communication," supervised by Prof. Dr. Holger Helbig, where he explores how visitors understand museum exhibitions by drawing on philosophical, sociological, psychological, linguistic, and literary theories.
His publications demonstrate a strong focus on digital humanities methodologies, particularly in named entity recognition, text encoding, and digital edition development. Recent work has explored the application of neural networks and machine learning techniques to historical texts and literary analysis. His research shows a consistent trajectory of applying computational methods to humanities questions, with increasing sophistication in the technical approaches used.
Marc Lemke is an active member of the RosDH (Rostock Digital Humanities) Working Group and the "AG Wissenschaft ausstellen" (Exhibiting Science Working Group), which focuses on questions of exhibition theory and practice. As part of this work, he has organized exhibitions and contributed to publications on museum communication and cultural heritage.
