Keynote event - Kerstin Herlt
Public event: “DE-BIAS — Confronting Discriminatory Language in Cultural Heritage Collections” followed by Special Screening of Short film program curated by DFF (Bio Victor).
Disclaimer: This keynote lecture is an external event, but note that this is part of the internal workshop for staff and researchers (link to main event).
Bio: Kerstin Herlt is an EU project manager at the Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum (DFF) in Frankfurt am Main.
These projects focus on improving access to and reuse of film and cultural heritage data, as well as developing innovative tools for managing this data. She coordinates the European Film Gateway, which aggregates film heritage data for Europeana, and led the DE-BIAS project, which promoted an AI-supported, inclusive approach to cultural heritage collection descriptions. She holds a Master’s degree in Roman Philology, Sociology, and European Media Studies.
Screening info:
Alternative Archives, Materials, and Media Histories - Film Program
October 12th, 16.00, Bio Victor
The screening will be accompanied on the piano by Lotta Hasselquist.
Bubis Locken
(D 1919, Hanna Henning), 27`
DFF Film Archive, DCP
Vom unsichtbaren Königreich: Dienst an Kranken und Alten
(D 1925 Gertrud David), 10‘
Federal Archives, 35mm
Allerlei Volksbelustigungen in Java
(D 1926/1927, Lola Kreutzberg), 7'
Federal Archives, 35mm
Der Reisevertreter - ein Schwerenöter
(D 1927), 8`
Vereinigte Feigenkaffee-Fabriken Andre Hofer (Freilassing / München)
DFF Film Archive, DCP
52 min total
Contact:
archive.phdworkshop2026@ims.su.se
Last updated: 2026-10-07
Source: Department of Media Studies