Moravian Lives began as a collective digital humanities endeavour between the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Bucknell University, USA. The project brought together scholars of Moravian history and digital humanities in a shared effort to make the Moravian memoir tradition accessible as a digital research resource.
The American side has played a central role in shaping the scholarly vision, historical framing, and long-term development of Moravian Lives. Katherine Faull’s work on Moravian life writing and Moravian women’s memoirs has been fundamental to the project, together with contributions from Michael McGuire and colleagues connected to Bucknell University, Moravian University, and the wider Moravian Studies community.
On the Swedish side, the early project work was developed in close collaboration with Christer Ahlberger at the University of Gothenburg. The original database, map interface, and digital environment were developed at the Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Gothenburg — now GRIDH, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities. The Swedish digital humanities team included Cecilia Lindhé, Sverker Lundin, and Trausti Dagsson. Through this work, the Moravian Lives material was made available as a searchable and visual digital resource.
Following this initial phase, the broader Moravian Lives resource was handed over to Katherine Faull and the American project environment for continued development. The main resource is now hosted and further developed at Moravian University, through the Institute for Moravian History and World Heritage.
GRIDH has subsequently focused its continued work on the Swedish part of the project. This Swedish site has been developed at GRIDH as a complementary site connected to the larger Moravian Lives research resource.
Swedish Site Team, 2026–Present
Main Contact
Cecilia Lindhé, Director, GRIDH
Development
Siska Humlesjö, Research Engineer, GRIDH
Julia Beck, Research Engineer, GRIDH
Photography
Michael McGuire
Student Contributors
Brenda Sarma, master student in Digital Humanities, Uppsala University
Jonna Bäckvall, master student in Digital Humanities, Uppsala University