Exercises

Title Subtitle Description Categories
Academic Citation Exercise on Citation Practice in Historical Research This exercise teaches the fundamentals of academic citation in historical research, with a particular focus on the critical use of generative AI. You will learn how citations function as a methodological tool to make historical arguments traceable and verifiable, and how to structure AI-assisted writing so that the chain of evidence remains intact. Methods
Academic Writing Role-Based Exercise Set along the Writing Process An exercise that trains the use of generative AI as a writing assistant in multiple roles – with focus on traceability, argument logic, and linguistic precision. Methods
Formulating a Historical Research Question Switzerland and the Council of Europe A guided exercise for the systematic development of an analytical historical research question with reflective use of generative AI. Methods
Literature Research and Analysis History of Social Security in Switzerland A guided exercise for systematic literature research and problem-oriented literature analysis with critically controlled use of generative AI. Methods
Prompt Engineering Historical Work with LLMs: Controlled Heuristics, Reproducibility, Evidence Discipline An exercise that trains central prompting techniques (basics, roles, zero-/few-shot, structured thinking trace, iterative prompting, optimization) using historical science work processes. AI & Digital Methods
Public History and History Communication Knowledge Communication along the Writing and Production Process Exercise set for target audience-oriented communication of a scholarly article in multiple formats (blog, podcast, social media, poster, interview) – with audit trail, source veto, and methodological transparency. Public History
Source Criticism Federal Council and Council of Europe 1949 A guided exercise for systematic external and internal source criticism of a diplomatic memorandum (Dodis). Sources
Source Search for a Historical Research Question The Vorort and Council of Europe Accession 1963 A guided exercise for systematic source searching (primary/secondary/tertiary) with reflective use of generative AI. Sources
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