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Is a ‘new’ Cold War emerging – and in what ways? How does today echo or diverge from the ‘old’? How can we understand the evolution of ideologies, geopolitical tensions, and competing global visions now and then?

This talk will survey the different orthographic traditions used to render the Arabic language before the emergence of a single written standard in early Islamic times. By combining evidence from these sources, we can form a detailed, evidence-based picture of the history of Arabic in pre-Islamic times. Following this, we can understand the relationship, both diachronically and geographically, of the dialect represented in Qur'anic orthography.

This Ubisoft research project, exploring the use of machine learning in translating ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, has produced a set of open source digital humanities tools and a data framework which support research, teaching, and learning. The developers, Psycle, will explain their approach, demonstrate the tools, and showcase some applications being pioneered by academic institutions.

From 1996 to 2016, according to the OECD, the ratio of an index of German house prices to per capita household income has declined by 6%, while the UK’s has risen by 98%. The talk will explain these striking Anglo-German differences in terms of key institutional differences, particularly in the supply of land, the nature of credit markets, taxation and tenure structures.

The digital transformation of research in the humanities and social sciences is transforming not only methods of research, but also research results and presentation. These profound changes require an innovative, digitally supported structuring of the research environment. It is therefore crucially important for the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities to establish a Data Cen-tre. The aim is to ensure the Academy's strategic readiness for the future and sustainably enhance its scientific excellence, its ability to collaborate across disciplines and its public impact.

Decolonizing Global Health: What are the challenges and opportunities of this call? Sarah Hodges (King’s College London), expert in the fields of population health and postcolonial history, speaks to her on-going project on the politics of the global pharmaceutical trade.