The EuPaC project aims to bring together students and researchers from EUPeace institutions in a hackathon event designed to analyze a selection of digitized historical datasets. Scheduled to take place in Plzeň in Spring 2025, the event will feature datasets such as a corpus of Eastern European “samizdat” literature from the communist period and Early Modern scientific literature. Participants will be recruited through an open call, seeking individuals with diverse disciplinary backgrounds—from history to computer science—with allocated seats for each involved institution. Over the four-day event, participants will work in stable groups on predefined case studies, culminating in the presentation of their findings via academic posters.The analyses will emphasize adherence to best open science practices, including the FAIR data principles. The primary goal of this project is to foster an international research community that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, while promoting EUPeace values such as the free circulation of knowledge and inclusion.
This project is made possible through seed funding from the EUPeace Fund, an initial incentive launched to cultivate and develop interest across EUPeace communities in our network; by providing a first format for collaboration, the Fund equips participating researchers, educators, students and administrators with a practical tool for experimentation and active participation, employing a bottom-up approach that generates concrete information on the interests and needs of our communities and informs future collaborative initiatives.
