\date{\today}
\def \pubyear{2020} % if s.o. knows a way to set this
                    % automagically from \date I’d be
                    % grateful about a message!

% Define the city of publication.
\def \city{Schmalkalden}

% Provide data about the actual work.
\title{fancy work}
% -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
\makeatletter
\def \bibpath{references.bib}
\def \keywords{\@title,~\pubyear}
% Configure the header and footer.
\def \headercontent{\headmark\, \pubyear}
\def \footercontent{fancy institution}
\makeatother
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