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CfP: Workshop on Generative AI and Knowledge Graphs (GenAIK) co-located with COLING 2025 (with some travel grant for 2 students)
by Gesese, Genet-Asefa 25 Oct '24

25 Oct '24

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop on Generative AI and Knowledge Graphs (GenAIK), 19 January 2025, Abu Dhabi, UAE Web: https://genetasefa.github.io/GenAIK2025/ X: @GenAIK25 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9868047 Mastodon: https://sigmoid.social/@GenAIK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In conjunction with COLING 2025, January 19-24 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Overview --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is a branch of artificial intelligence capable of creating seemingly new, meaningful content, including text, images, and audio. It utilizes deep learning models, such as Large Language Models (LLMs), to recognize and replicate data patterns, enabling the generation of human-like content. Notable families of LLMs include GPT (GPT-3.5, GPT-3.5 Turbo, and GPT-4), LLaMA (LLaMA and LLaMA-2), and Mistral (Mistral and Mixtral). GPT, which stands for Generative Pretrained Transformer, is especially popular for text generation and is widely used in applications like ChatGPT. GenAI has taken the world by storm and revolutionized various industries, including healthcare, finance, and entertainment. However, GenAI models have several limitations, including biases from training data, generating factually incorrect information, and difficulty in understanding complex content. Additionally, their performance can vary based on domain specificity. In recent times, Knowledge Graphs (KGs) have attracted considerable attention for their ability to represent structured and interconnected information, and adopted by many companies in various domains. KGs represent knowledge by depicting relationships between entities, known as facts, usually based on formal ontological models. Consequently, they enable accuracy, decisiveness, interpretability, domain-specific knowledge, and evolving knowledge in various AI applications. The intersection between GenAI and KG has ignited significant interest and innovation in Natural Language Processing (NLP). For instance, by integrating LLMs with KGs during pre-training and inference, external knowledge can be incorporated for enhancing the model’s capabilities and improving interpretability. When integrated, they offer a robust approach to problem solving in diverse areas such as information enrichment, representation learning, conversational AI, cross-domain AI transfer, bias, content generation, and semantic understanding. This workshop aims at reinforcing the relationships between Deep Learning, Knowledge Graphs, and NLP communities and foster interdisciplinary research in the area of GenAI. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of Interest --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Enhancing KG construction and completion with GenAI * Multimodal KG generation * Text-to-KG using LLMs * Multilingual KGs * GenAI for KG embeddings * GenAI for Temporal KGs * Dialogue systems enhanced by KG and GenAI * Cross-domain knowledge transfer with GenAI * Bias mitigation using KGs in GenAI * Explainability with KGs and GenAI * Natural language querying of KGs via GenAI * NLP tasks using KGs and GenAI * Prompt Engineering using KGs * GenAI for Ontology learning and schema induction in KGs * Hybrid QA systems combining KGs and GenAI * Recommendation systems and KGs with GenAI * Creating benchmark datasets relevant for tasks combining KGs and GenAI * Real-world applications on scholarly data, biomedical domain, etc. * Knowledge Graph Alignment * Applying to real-world scenarios ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Important Dates ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Submission deadline: 5 November 2024 - Notification of Acceptance: 5 December 2024 - Camera-ready paper due: 13 December 2024 - COLING2025 Workshop day: 19 January 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full research papers (6-8 pages) Short research papers (4-6 pages) Position papers (2 pages) These page limits only apply to the main body of the paper. At the end of the paper (after the conclusions but before the references) papers need to include a mandatory section discussing the limitations of the work and, optionally, a section discussing ethical considerations. Papers can include unlimited pages of references and an unlimited appendix. Papers must follow the two-column format of *ACL conferences, using the official templates (https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/association-for-computational-ling… ). The templates are available for download as style files and formatting guidelines. Submissions that do not adhere to the specified styles, including paper size, font size restrictions, and margin width, will be desk-rejected. Submissions are open to all and must be anonymous, adhering to COLING 2025's double-blind submission and reproducibility guidelines. All accepted papers (after double-blind review of at least 3 experts) will appear in the workshop proceedings that will be published in ACL Anthology. At least one of the authors of the accepted papers must register for the workshop to be included into the workshop proceedings. The workshop will be a 100% in-person 1-day event at COLING 2025. Submissions must be made using the START portal: https://softconf.com/coling2025/GenAIK25/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NFDI4DataScience (NFDI4DS - https://www.nfdi4datascience.de/ ) is a national research data infrastructure for Data Science and AI project. The overarching objective of the project is the development, establishment, and sustainment of a national research data infrastructure (NFDI) for the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence community in Germany. The vision of NFDI4DS is to support all steps of the complex and interdisciplinary research data lifecycle, including collecting/creating, processing, analyzing, publishing, archiving, and reusing resources in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. NFDI4ds is offering a total of €2000 in travel grants (€1000 each) to two selected students who will attend and present their work at GenAIK 2025! To be considered, submit your paper to the workshop, and if your paper is accepted, you’ll be eligible for a chance to receive one of the two grants. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Genet Asefa Gesese, FIZ Karlsruhe, KIT, Germany - Harald Sack, FIZ Karlsruhe, KIT, Germany - Heiko Paulheim, University of Mannheim, Germany - Albert Meroño-Peñuela, King’s College London, UK - Lihu Chen, Imperial College London, UK If you have published in ACL conferences previously, and are interested to be part of the program committee of GenAIK2025, please fill in this form: https://forms.gle/t56dP6McD1VJmTfT9 Dr.-Ing. Genet Asefa Gesese Head of Machine Learning Department Information Service Engineering Phone. +49 7247 808 186 Fax. +49 7247 808 78186 FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen www.fiz-karlsruhe.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur GmbH. Sitz der Gesellschaft: Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Amtsgericht Mannheim HRB 101892. Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Horstmann. Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinR’in Marion Steinberger. FIZ Karlsruhe ist zertifiziert mit dem Siegel "audit berufundfamilie".

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New Living Book about History: Material Histories of Paper
by Enrico 25 Oct '24

25 Oct '24

Dear list members, Declared obsolete but still omnipresent, paper has for centuries been the information carrier par excellence. At a time when the digital transition is reminding us of the importance of the materiality of knowledge, this new volume in the Living Book about History series looks at the «Material Histories of Paper <https://livingbooksabouthistory.ch/en/book/material-histories-of-paper>». Edited by Juliette De Maeyer, Aleksandra Kaminska and Ghislain Thibault (Université de Montréal), «Material Histories of Paper <https://livingbooksabouthistory.ch/en/book/material-histories-of-paper>» is a digital anthology that offers an original historiographical essay and a commented selection of 40 freely accessible online resources. The book is available in English <https://livingbooksabouthistory.ch/en/book/material-histories-of-paper> and French <https://livingbooksabouthistory.ch/fr/book/material-histories-of-paper> on the Living Books about History <https://livingbooksabouthistory.ch/> website. Best regards, Enrico Natale infoclio.ch Gutenbergstrasse 37 3011 Bern Tel: +41 31 311 75 72 Colloque infoclio.ch 2024: Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Une mémoire en mutation Berne, 22 nov. 2024 Programme <https://www.infoclio.ch/fr/programme-colloque2024> / Inscription <https://www.infoclio.ch/fr/inscription> infoclio.ch-Tagung 2024: Zweiter Weltkrieg. Erinnerung im Wandel Bern, 22. Nov. 2024 Programm <https://www.infoclio.ch/de/programm-tagung2024> / Anmeldung <https://www.infoclio.ch/de/anmeldung>

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AIUCD2025 - first Call for papers
by Simone Rebora 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

Dear all, We are pleased to share the Call for Papers of the upcoming AIUCD conference, which will be held in Verona, Italy, between June 11 and 13, 2025. You can find it here below (in English and Italian) or on the conference website at the following link: https://aiucd2025.dlls.univr.it/en-gb/call-for-papers/ Best regards, Simone Rebora Call for Papers (ENG) AIUCD 2025 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Humanities in the Age of Artificial Intelligence The conference provides an opportunity for large-scale discussions in the various research areas of the Digital Humanities, with a particular focus on issues of inclusiveness. In a world where artificial intelligence is redefining the boundaries of knowledge, it is indeed crucial to explore how this transformation can be guided by principles of inclusiveness and equity. While one track of the conference will be devoted exclusively to this issue, all the different parts of the Digital Humanities are affected by it in various ways. Starting with the computational part, which needs to better understand its tools to counter biases and distortions, but which can also use them to democratize access to knowledge and culture. Access which, in turn, can be fostered by good practices in the digitization of works and documents, by supporting, for example, the encoding of accessible digital editions for all types of users. In the field of knowledge representation, then, the concept of accessibility is already inscribed at the heart of the FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability), which need increasingly virtuous applications within digital heritage preservation practices. Preservation which, finally, is at the heart of contemporary challenges to ensure that cultural heritage is not only safeguarded, but also made accessible and understandable to a global and diverse audience. Therefore, papers relevant to the following conference tracks are invited: 1) Digital Humanities and Inclusion Proposals related to issues of inclusion in the Digital Humanities from multiple perspectives are welcomed: from accessibility at the level of research, teaching, infrastructure, and outreach, to practices for overcoming gender, economic, social, and cultural disparities. Specific topics of interest include: minority representation in digital projects; accessibility of digital resources for disadvantaged communities; the role of digital humanities in bridging the digital divide; innovative methodological approaches to make digital projects more inclusive and participatory. 2) Archives and Digital Editions We welcome both theoretical and applied proposals on (a) the representation and organisation of techniques and problems in the fields of digitisation, the organisation of born-digital heritage and methods for its archiving; (b) themes, issues, and applications pertaining to digital critical editions, to modes of visualisation and interrogation of online texts, and alternative means of encoding. 3) Computational Methods Papers are welcomed that explore methods and tools for computational analysis of cultural heritage, including advanced approaches based on cutting-edge technologies in Artificial Intelligence. Reflections on the state of the art, up to the latest theoretical frameworks, are also encouraged, with the aim of highlighting future developments and perspectives in the field. Included are approaches for the analysis of literary texts and *corpora*, touching upon computational models for literary criticism on the one hand, and research in computational linguistics and natural language processing on the other. Papers on analysis and visualization methods such as Network Analysis and Mapping are also welcomed. 4) Data and Knowledge Representation Special attention will be given to knowledge representation and the use of Semantic Web and Linked Open Data technologies. We welcome proposals concerning the design of conceptual models, knowledge graphs, ontologies and technologies of the Semantic Web with respect to cultural heritage and the Digital Humanities, the creation of datasets and applications that conform to the FAIR principles, the production of Linked Open Data in these domains, as well as the automated extraction of metadata, named entities and models from cultural heritage resources. 5) Preservation of Memory and Digital Heritage We welcome proposals concerning memory and digital cultural heritage preservation, particularly relating to the research outputs in the Digital Humanities. We also encourage proposals addressing the challenges of digital infrastructure and the problems of sustainability posed by projects involving digitisation and the conservation of born-digital collections, as well as proposals on the implementation of best practices for the preservation of, and effective access to, cultural heritage. Guidelines for the Submission of Proposals The conference envisages participation by oral communication (paper) or poster. At the proposal stage, authors are asked to speciﬁfy in which mode they intend to present the paper, whether by oral or poster communication. Following peer review, the Scientific Committee may decide whether the accepted contribution is more suitable for an oral communication or a poster presentation. It should be noted that there is no difference in quality between contributions assigned to one or the other mode of presentation: oral presentations are generally more appropriate for theoretical and methodological work, including that relating to actual applications; posters, optionally presented with a demo, are better suited to the description of projects, tools or digital resources. All proposals must be submitted in the form of a contribution of a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) pages, excluding bibliography. The submission format for contributions must adhere to the template (updated from previous years) and directions found on the page Information for Authors <https://aiucd2025.dlls.univr.it/en-gb/informations-for-authors/>. Contributions that do not adhere to the template and directions will be rejected without considering their content. Neither plagiarism nor self-plagiarism is tolerated. Please note that a plagiarism checking tool may be applied to submitted contributions. The use of Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, is not permitted unless the generated text is submitted as part of the experimental analysis, or the generative AI tool was used only for editing and refinement of the authors’ work. However, all uses must be explicitly stated in the submitted contribution. Contributions must be submitted, in PDF format only, using the platform that will be made available on the conference website <https://aiucd2025.dlls.univr.it/en-gb/submission/> on December 12, 2024. Proposals must be anonymised. Author names and any internal references should be removed to the extent possible so as to not compromise reviewers’ assessment of the proposal. A maximum of two proposals in the five tracks of the call can be submitted as the first contributing author. At the conference, authors will be allowed to present a maximum of two accepted contributions as either first or co-authors. In any case, at least one of the authors must register for the conference for the contribution to be accepted. The official languages of the conference are Italian and English. Authors can present in either language, regardless of the one used in their written proposal. Evaluation Criteria Proposals will be evaluated through a “double-blind” review process. Each contribution will be submitted to at least two reviewers. Proposal evaluation will be conducted based on the following criteria: - relevance of the contribution to the purpose of the conference; - innovativeness and relevance of the contribution; - methodological rigor; - critical analysis of the literature on the topics covered and relevant and up-to-date bibliography; - appropriateness of theoretical and conceptual approach to the relevant domain; - quality of exposition and adequacy of organization of the contribution; - critical attitude toward the adopted methodologies and the tools in use; - replicability of the results (with the exception of theoretical reflections). Publication of Proceedings Accepted proposals will be published as Conference Proceedings with DOI and ISBN, freely available from the conference website and the «Umanistica Digitale» portal under Book of Abstracts and Proceedings <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/pages/boa>. “Giuseppe Gigliozzi” Prize AIUCD awards two prizes of 300 euros each, one for posters and one for presentations, to early career scholars (students, doctoral students, scholarship or grant holders) presenting at the conference. The terms of participation will be posted on the dedicated page <https://www.aiucd.it/premio-gigliozzi/> of the Association’s website. Deadlines The deadline for submission of proposals is ﬁxed for 11:59 p.m. on January 12, 2025 (CET/GMT+1). Acceptance notifications will be sent out to the authors by March 7, 2025. A camera-ready copy of the proposal must be submitted no later than March 28, 2025. ================= ================= Call for papers (ITA) AIUCD 2025 - Diversità, equità e inclusione: sfide e opportunità per l’informatica umanistica nell’era dell’intelligenza artificiale Il convegno rappresenta un’occasione di confronto su larga scala nei diversi ambiti di ricerca delle Digital Humanities, con un’attenzione particolare alle tematiche dell’inclusione. In un mondo in cui l’intelligenza artificiale sta ridefinendo i confini del sapere, è infatti fondamentale esplorare come questa trasformazione possa essere guidata da principi di inclusività ed equità. Mentre un track del convegno sarà dedicato esclusivamente a questa tematica, tutte le diverse anime delle Digital Humanities ne sono in vario modo investite. A partire da quella più puramente computazionale, che necessita di meglio comprendere i propri strumenti per contrastare bias e distorsioni, ma che può anche utilizzarli per democratizzare l’accesso al sapere e alla cultura. Accesso il quale, a sua volta, può essere favorito da buone pratiche nella digitalizzazione di opere e documenti, supportando per esempio la codifica di edizioni digitali accessibili per ogni tipo di utenza. Nell’ambito della rappresentazione della conoscenza, poi, il concetto di accessibilità è già inscritto al cuore dei principi FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability), i quali necessitano di una sempre più virtuosa applicazione in seno alle pratiche di preservazione del patrimonio digitale. Preservazione la quale, infine, è al centro delle sfide contemporanee per garantire che l’eredità culturale non solo sia salvaguardata, ma anche resa accessibile e comprensibile a un pubblico globale e diversificato. Sono quindi incoraggiati interventi pertinenti ai seguenti assi portanti della conferenza: 1) Digital Humanities e inclusione Si accolgono proposte relative alle tematiche dell’inclusione nell’ambito delle Digital Humanities sotto molteplici aspetti: dall’accessibilità a livello di ricerca, didattica, infrastrutture e divulgazione, alle pratiche per il superamento delle disparità di genere, economiche, sociali e culturali. Gli specifici temi di interesse includono: la rappresentazione delle minoranze nei progetti digitali; l’accessibilità delle risorse digitali per comunità svantaggiate; il ruolo delle Digital Humanities nel colmare il divario digitale; approcci metodologici innovativi per rendere i progetti digitali più inclusivi e partecipativi. 2) Archivi ed edizioni digitali Si accolgono interventi di tipo metodologico e applicativo su: a) rappresentazione e organizzazione delle tecniche e criticità nel campo della digitalizzazione, dell’organizzazione del patrimonio nato digitalmente e delle modalità della sua archiviazione; b) temi, questioni, applicazioni inerenti alle edizioni scientiﬁche digitali, alle modalità di visualizzazione e interrogazione dei testi disponibili in rete nelle varie modalità di codifica. 3) Metodi computazionali Si accolgono interventi che esplorino metodi e strumenti per l’analisi computazionale del patrimonio culturale, inclusi approcci avanzati basati sulle tecnologie più all’avanguardia nell’ambito dell’Intelligenza Artificiale. Si incoraggiano inoltre riflessioni sullo stato dell’arte, fino ai più recenti quadri teorici di riferimento, con l’obiettivo di evidenziare sviluppi e prospettive future nel campo. Sono inclusi gli approcci per l’analisi di testi letterari e *corpora*, che tocchino da un lato i modelli computazionali per la critica letteraria, dall’altro le ricerche di linguistica computazionale e le tecniche di elaborazione del linguaggio naturale. Si accolgono anche interventi su metodi di analisi e visualizzazione come Network Analysis e Mapping. 4) Rappresentazione di dati e conoscenza Particolare attenzione sarà riservata alle riﬂessioni sull’organizzazione della conoscenza e sull’impiego di tecnologie del Semantic Web e dei Linked Open Data. Si accolgono proposte di progettazione di modelli concettuali, grafi di conoscenza, ontologie e tecnologie del Semantic Web per i Beni Culturali e le Digital Humanities, di creazione di dataset e applicazioni conformi ai principi FAIR, di produzione di Linked Open Data nei settori dei Beni Culturali e delle Digital Humanities, di estrazione automatica di metadati, entità e modelli da risorse del patrimonio culturale. 5) Preservazione della memoria e del patrimonio digitale Sono attesi interventi riguardanti la conservazione della memoria e del patrimonio culturale digitale, incluse speciﬁche riﬂessioni sulla preservazione degli esiti delle ricerche in Digital Humanities e dei progetti scientiﬁci digitali. Sono incoraggiati anche interventi sulle criticità infrastrutturali e sui problemi di sostenibilità dei progetti legati alla digitalizzazione e alla conservazione di collezioni nate digitalmente, nonché proposte per la messa in atto di buone pratiche che garantiscano, oltre alla preservazione, anche l’accesso effettivo al patrimonio. Formato e modalità di invio delle proposte Il convegno prevede la partecipazione tramite intervento orale (paper) o poster. Nella fase di proposta si richiede alle autrici e agli autori di speciﬁcare in quale modalità intendono presentare l’articolo, se con una comunicazione orale o con un poster. A seguito della peer review, il Comitato Scientifico potrà decidere se il contributo accettato sia più adatto a una comunicazione orale o a una presentazione a mezzo poster. Si precisa che non c’è differenza di qualità tra i contributi assegnati all’una o all’altra modalità di presentazione: gli interventi orali sono di norma più adatti a riﬂessioni teoriche e metodologiche, anche connesse a esperienze sul campo; i poster, eventualmente affiancati da demo, sono particolarmente adatti alla descrizione di speciﬁci progetti, strumenti, risorse digitali. Tutte le proposte devono essere inviate nella forma di contributo di un minimo di tre (3) pagine ﬁno a un massimo di cinque (5) pagine, bibliograﬁa esclusa. Il formato di presentazione dei contributi deve attenersi al template (aggiornato rispetto agli anni precedenti) e alle indicazioni che si trovano nella pagina relativa alle Informazioni per gli Autori <https://aiucd2025.dlls.univr.it/informations-for-authors/>. Contributi che non si attengano al template e alle indicazioni saranno rifiutati senza entrare nel merito del contenuto. Non sono tollerati né il plagio né l’auto-plagio. Si ricorda che uno strumento di controllo del plagio potrà essere applicato ai contributi inviati. L’utilizzo di Large Language Model (LLM), come ChatGPT, non è consentito a meno che il testo generato non sia presentato come parte dell’analisi sperimentale, o che l’IA generativa sia stata utilizzata solo per la modifica e perfezionamento del lavoro degli autori. Tutti gli utilizzi dovranno comunque essere esplicitamente dichiarati nel contributo inviato. I contributi devono essere inviati, esclusivamente in formato PDF, usando la piattaforma che sarà messa a disposizione sul sito del convegno <https://aiucd2025.dlls.univr.it/submission/> il 12 dicembre 2024. Il contributo deve essere anonimizzato togliendo i nomi degli autori e i riferimenti interni, nei limiti del possibile, senza che ciò impedisca una valutazione accurata della proposta da parte dei revisori. È possibile presentare in qualità di primo autore di contributo, un massimo di due proposte nei cinque track della call. In sede della conferenza è possibile presentare al massimo due contributi, di cui si è autori o coautori, tra quelli eventualmente accettati. In ogni caso, perché il contributo sia accettato è necessario che almeno uno degli autori si iscriva al convegno. Le lingue ufficiali della conferenza sono l’italiano e l’inglese. La scelta dell’una o dell’altra per il contributo non è vincolante per la comunicazione in sede di convegno. Criteri di valutazione delle proposte Le proposte saranno valutate attraverso un processo di revisione “a doppio cieco”. Ciascun contributo sarà sottoposto ad almeno due revisori. La valutazione delle proposte sarà condotta sulla base dei seguenti criteri: - attinenza del contributo alle finalità della conferenza; - innovatività e rilevanza del contributo; - rigore metodologico; - analisi critica della letteratura sui temi trattati e bibliograﬁa pertinente e aggiornata; - adeguatezza dell’impostazione teorica e concettuale rispetto al dominio di riferimento; - qualità dell’esposizione e adeguatezza dell’organizzazione del contributo; - atteggiamento critico verso le strategie adottate e gli strumenti in uso; - replicabilità dei risultati descritti (con l’eccezione per le riflessioni teoriche). Pubblicazione degli atti Le proposte approvate in via deﬁnitiva saranno pubblicate, come Conference Proceedings con DOI e ISBN, liberamente consultabili dal sito del convegno e dal portale di «Umanistica Digitale» alla voce Book of Abstracts and Proceedings <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/pages/boa>. Premio “Giuseppe Gigliozzi” AIUCD offre due premi di 300 euro ciascuno per giovani studiose e studiosi non strutturati (studenti/esse, dottorandi/e, borsisti/e, assegnisti/e) che presentino proposte accettate alla conferenza: un premio è dedicato ai poster e uno ai paper. Le modalità di partecipazione saranno pubblicate sulla pagina dedicata <https://www.aiucd.it/premio-gigliozzi/> del sito dell’Associazione. Scadenze La scadenza per la presentazione delle proposte è ﬁssata per le ore 23:59 del 12 gennaio 2025 (CET/GMT+1). Informazioni sull’accettazione verranno comunicate agli autori entro il 7 marzo 2025. La versione *camera ready* deve essere inviata entro il 28 marzo 2025.

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Conference “Rewriting Literary History With Algorithms”, November 14 & 15, 2024, Chicago/Zoom
by Katrin Dennerlein 19 Oct '24

19 Oct '24

*Katrin Dennerlein/Patrick Fortmann: “R**ewriting Literary History With Algorithms**”* *Max Kade Conference 2024 at the *Department of Germanic Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, November 14 & 15, 2024 Location: Behavioral Sciences Building, 1007 W Harrison Street, Suite 153, MC 206, Chicago, IL 60607 and on Zoom In the past 20 years, data-driven research approaches have profoundly shaped many academic disciplines. This shift has also influenced literary studies, especially with the digitization of large text collections over the last 10 to 15 years. By applying algorithms to these collections of digital literary texts, scholars can gain new insights into their structures and developments. However, literary texts have been studied quantitatively far less frequently than non-literary texts. They present particular challenges for quantitative analysis due to their complexity, such as their fictional nature, their creative and aesthetically motivated use of language, and the unique characteristics of literary symbols. Unlike other texts, literary works often communicate indirectly through stories and images, and they tend to individualize and hybridize their style, themes, and forms. Several key challenges arise from the distinctive nature of literary texts and the current state of research in this emerging field. These include the need to adapt text analysis tools to the domain of literature; the complex relationship between norms and deviations in literary texts; determining similarities and differences between literary and non-literary works; the difficulty of reaching consensus on how to annotate features relevant to literary studies; the lack of interpretive transparency in modern formal models; and the urgent need to build reference corpora. Achieving progress in this area requires close interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from literary studies, digital humanities, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, and computer science. In recent years, several initiatives have advanced this field, including research funding programs, book series, journals and a number of important monographs. Given these developments, it is now time to assess the field and take stock. At the heart of this discussion lies the question of how insights from digital humanities have prompted a reevaluation—or even a complete rewriting—of literary history. The primary focus of this conference is the presentation of research findings. While methodological discussions remain important, speakers will emphasize the results of their work, demonstrating how these findings contribute to reshaping or transforming existing literary knowledge. This means either revising established hypotheses or introducing new perspectives on topics such as the formation of literary groups and movements, textual features, and the correlations between literature and historical or societal events. The presentations will offer findings that challenge and refine existing hypotheses about literary evolution. They will explore the diverging characteristics of specific genres, styles, and themes across periods and movements. Speakers will also address how literature's cultural capital and its role in literary life have evolved, as well as how new groups and trends have emerged within literary history. Additionally, these presentations will offer novel insights into both textual features and metadata analyses. Finally, they will examine the profound impact of societal events on the production and reception of literature, offering fresh perspectives on the complex interactions between literature and its broader cultural context. *Thursday, November 14, 2024* 2:00- 2:30 p.m. Coffee & Welcome José Camacho, Director, School of Literatures, Cultural Studies & Linguistics, UIC Susanne Rott, Head, Department of Germanic Studies, UIC Ellen Mc Clure, Director, Institute for the Humanities 2:30-3:15 p.m. Keynote Katrin Dennerlein, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg/UIC, “Emotions in German Drama from the 17th to 19th Century: New Perspectives on Literary Evolution“ 3:15-5:00 p.m. Julian Schröter, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, “The German Novella: New Perspectives on the Nature and Historical Development of a Genre” Matt Erlin, Washington University, St. Louis, “Geotopes: Situating Postcolonial Bestsellers in the Global Literary Marketplace” Katherine Elkins, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, “Is Formal Innovation Really a Key Marker of the Modern Novel?” 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Graduate Students in the Department of Germanic Studies, UIC – Short Presentations on “The Language of Emotions in German Drama Around 1800: Key Words and Expressions“ 7:30 p.m. Conference Dinner *Friday, November 15, 2024* 8:30-9:00 a.m. Coffee & Breakfast 9:00-10:30 a.m. Jo Guldi, Emory University, “Digital Text Mining Insights: Bridging Digital History and Literary Studies” Susan Brown, University of Guelph, “Making Feminist Literary History with Boundary Objects” 10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Thorsten Ries, University of Texas, Austin, “Re Writing Time, Processing Time, and Literary History: On Digital‘s Chronotope Shift“ Patrick Fortmann, UIC, “Literary Summary from Epitome to AI: Reflections on Past and Present of a Minor Form” 12:00-1:15 p.m. Lunch Buffet 1:15-3:45 p.m. Leonard Konle/Merten Kröncke, Universität Würzburg/ Georg-August Universität Göttingen, “The Shape of Literary Change: Insights into German Literature, c. 1850–1920” Christof Schöch, Universität Trier, “Genre Analysis in Computational Literary Studies: The first ten Years” 4:00 p.m. Reception Abstracts can be found here: https://german.uic.edu/profiles/dennerlein-katrin/ *Contact Information* PD Dr. Katrin Dennerlein, Max Kade Visiting Professor, Department of Germanic Studies, UIC / Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, kdenner(a)uic.edu Patrick Fortmann, Professor of Germanic Studies, UIC, fortmann(a)uic.edu *Zoom* For Zoom-Participation please write an E-Mail to Patrick Fortmann, fortmann(a)uic.edu

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Call for Papers Conference of Computational Literary Studies (Krakow, July 3-4, 2025)
by Journal of Computational Literary Studies 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

[with apologies for cross-posting] Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that the Journal of Computational Literary Studies (JCLS) has launched its Call for Papers for the conference+journal track. The the 4rd annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies will take place from July 3-4, 2025, in Krakow, Poland (deadline for submissions: January 30, 2025). All the details of the call can be found on our website at https://jcls.io/site/cfp/ Please feel free to contact us at info(a)jcls.io if you have any questions regarding the submission process or the journal more generally and make sure to follow JCLS on Mastodon <https://fedihum.org/@jcls/113286261892297575> or Bluesky <https://bsky.app/profile/jcls-io.bsky.social/post/3l6pobg75e72f> for updates. We are looking forward to your submissions! Best wishes, Evelyn Gius, Christof Schöch, Peer Trilcke PS: If you want to be up to date about upcoming calls subscribe to our newsletter at https://jcls.io/site/contact/ - - - - - - - - - - - Journal of Computational Literary Studies https://jcls.io <https://jcls.io/> E-Mail: info(a)jcls.io <mailto:[email protected]> Editors: Evelyn Gius, Christof Schöch, Peer Trilcke Editorial Assistants: Svenja Guhr, Julian Häußler, Élodie Ripoll, Henny Sluyter-Gäthje Production Developer: Dominik Gerstorfer Board: Katherine Bode, Anne-Sophie Bories, Amy E. Earhart, Maciej Eder, Miguel Escobar Varela, Martin Eve, Frank Fischer, José Eduardo González, Natalie M. Houston, Fotis Jannidis, Mike Kestemont, Anouk Lang, David Mimno, Borja Navarro, Roxana Patras, Glenn Roe, Richard Jean So, Tomoji Tabata, Ted Underwood, Karina van Dalen-Oskam, Paul Vierthaler

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Workshop for PhD students 14 & 15 November Trier University
by Weis, Joelle, Dr. 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

Dear colleagues, below some information on a workshop for PhD candidates held in Trier on 14 & 15 November. Please do not hesitate to forward it to potential interested people. Best wishes Joëlle Weis --------------- Are you a PhD student eager to explore digital humanities tools and methods? The DARIAH-EU Working Group on Community Engagement invites you to an in-person workshop designed specifically for PhD students who are new to digital humanities. When: 14 & 15 November Where: Trier University If you are interested in taking part in the workshop, please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScb5soGvPbYK0pOehL6VRYdesFlNYU39zh… We will get back to you in the next few days with an acceptance or rejection and all further details. ---------- This interactive, hands-on workshop will focus on evaluating existing training materials and tools, with a particular emphasis on DARIAH's TextGrid and Topic Explorer: * TextGrid: A powerful virtual research environment optimized for working with TEI-coded resources. You'll learn how TextGrid can support the entire research process, from data management to publication, through the TextGrid Lab and TextGrid Repository. * Topic Explorer: A beginner-friendly tool for topic modeling that allows you to experiment with your own text corpora, without the need for programming skills. You'll gain experience using a graphical user interface (GUI) to transform plain text or XML files into visualized results, including interactive graphs. This workshop is tailored for PhD students at the early stages of their academic careers and offers a unique opportunity to develop hands-on skills while expressing your individual training needs in digital humanities. Don't miss this chance to deepen your understanding of these powerful tools and connect with fellow researchers! Location: Trier University, Germany Travelling to Trier: https://www.uni-trier.de/en/university/directions-contact/travelling-to-tri… Program: Thursday 14 November 13:00: Welcome and aims of the workshop 13:30: Group Work: Textgrid 15:30: Break 16:00: Evaluation of training material for Textgrid 18:00: End of workshop day 1, Dinner at the city centre Friday 15 November 09:00: Group Work: Topic Explorer 10:30: Break 11:00: Evaluation of training material for Topic Explorer 12:00: General discussion 13:00: End of workshop Dr. Joëlle Weis Kompetenzzentrum - Trier Center for Digital Humanities Forschungsbereichsleitung "Digitale Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften" Tel.: +49 651 201-3017 E-Mail weis(a)uni-trier.de<mailto:[email protected]> Persönlicher Meetingraum Zoom https://uni-trier.zoom.us/my/joelleweis?pwd=bEtoa3RETGsyaEJEWTRldEt6cmI3UT09 [cid:[email protected]] Universität Trier | Universitätsring 15 | 54296 Trier | Germany www.uni-trier.de<http://www.uni-trier.de/>

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Digital Humanities Invited Lecture Series WS 2024/25, University of Vienna
by Tara L Andrews 11 Oct '24

11 Oct '24

(Apologies for cross-posting) The FSP Digital Humanities is very pleased to announce the first of the Digital Humanities Invited Lecture Series for the winter semester 2024. All lectures will take place in Hörsaal 7 of the university Hauptgebäude and streamed via the following link: https://ustream.univie.ac.at/live/a98a9afa-bb88-4a64-a9b2-bb73d1020452 The lecture will be followed by a small reception in the space opposite Hörsaal 1. All interested colleagues are warmly invited to attend! With best wishes, Tara Andrews 15 October, 16:45 - Alumni/ae of the MA Digital Humanities present their work Christos Bintsis: Western Hagiography in Topic Modelling David Siegl: Measuring Plot in the Age of Distant Reading Emilie Sitter: Predicting Keywords in a Corpus of Field Post Letters Upcoming lectures: - 12 November, 16:45 - Dr. Wolfgang Göderle, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Unlocking the Schematismus: Towards a Prosopography of the Functional Elites of the Late Habsburg Monarchy (1700-1918). A Technical Approach - 10 December, 16:45 - Ass.-Prof. Dr. Alíz Horváth, Central European University - 14 January, 16:45 - ACDH-CH Lecture 11.1 (Information will be circulated separately!) -- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tara L Andrews Digital Humanities Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien Universitätsring 1, A-1010 Wien

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International Closing Conference "Cultural Heritage Data & Power" (DAVIF Research Group) / 14.-16.11.2024 / Philipps-Universität Marburg
by Pauline Junginger 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

Dear colleagues, We are delighted to announce the program of the international conference “Cultural Heritage Data & Power. Exploring Digital Collections and Situated Knowledges in Film History and Beyond”, which will take place from November 14-16, 2024 at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. It is the closing conference of the BMBF research group "Aesthetics of Access. Visualizing Research Data on Women in Film History" (DAVIF) (2021-2025). Please find further information on our website: https://uni-marburg.de/CaPWG1. Registration is open until October 31, 2024 via the following form: https://forms.gle/JoNW8yk8cFaRHL2d7. Attendance is free of charge. We would be very happy to welcome you to Marburg! Kind regards, also on behalf of the DAVIF research group, Pauline Junginger -- Pauline Junginger, M.A. (sie/ihr - she/her) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin & Doktorandin BMBF-Forschungsgruppe "Ästhetiken des Zugangs" (DAVIF) Philipps-Universität Marburg Institut für Medienwissenschaft Hans-Meerwein-Straße 6 D-35043 Marburg +49 6421 28 211 85

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Applications Open: MSc in Digital Scholarship, University of Oxford
by Zoe Screti 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

Dear All, Applications for the MSc in Digital Scholarship at the University of Oxford are now open for the 2025/26 academic year. Please circulate the below flyer with anyone who might be interested in applying. [cid:[email protected]] All best wishes, Zoe Dr Zoe Screti | Astra Foundation Research Fellow in Manuscript Studies Voltaire Foundation | University of Oxford | www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk<http://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/> 99 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6JX https://voltaire.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-zoe-screti/ Research Fellow, Harris Manchester College Secretary, European Association for Digital Humanities (EADH) https://www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/people/zoe-screti Œuvres complètes de Voltaire<https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/oeuvres-completes-de-voltaire/>, 205 vol. (Oxford, Voltaire Foundation, 1968-2022) L'édition savante et définitive de l'œuvre de Voltaire est maintenant disponible dans son intégralité Now available in full: the definitive scholarly edition of Voltaire's works ISBN 978 0 7294 1236 0 https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/celebrating-the-complete-works-of-voltaire/

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DH Potsdam Talk: Capturing Participatory Culture (A. Glawion, 24.10)
by Luca Giovannini 27 Sep '24

27 Sep '24

Dear colleagues, The Digital Humanities Network at the University of Potsdam invites you to another 'Code & Culture' online lecture on October 24. Our guest this time is Prof. Dr. Anastasia Glawion, Junior Professor for Digital Literature and Methods at the FAU University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. Title: *Capturing Participatory Culture: A Network Analysis of Fanfiction Communities and Reader Interactions* Abstract: /Over the past 20 years, fanfiction writing has been on the rise. This fan-driven practice presents an ideal case for digital literary studies, as the texts are digitized, widely available, and challenge the status quo of the canon. Many fanfiction scholars have underlined the importance of the participatory aspect in studying the phenomenon. In this presentation, I show how interactions on fanfiction websites can be investigated through metadata-based network analysis. This approach provides fresh insights into textual reception and reader engagement, while offering a more comprehensive perspective on how fanfiction communities interact with texts and reshape them. As a result of this process, various interpretive communities emerge, each with its own dynamic. Some span across multiple fandoms, while others demonstrate different perspectives on a single canon, such as communities in the “Harry Potter” universe where a distinctive cluster focused on Hermione becomes visible./ The talk will take place online on *October 24 at 18:00 CEST*. Please register here to get the Zoom link: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/digital-humanities/aktivitaeten/code-and-cult… Best wishes, The DH Potsdam team

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