The FSP Digital Humanities at the University of Vienna is very pleased to announce the second and third of the Digital Humanities Invited Lecture Series for the winter semester 2025/26. All lectures will take place in Hörsaal 6 of the main university building and streamed via the following link:

https://ustream.univie.ac.at/live/4b4961fd-6b8d-4be7-a222-62912c0dada0

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

9 December, 16:45 - Dr. Maxim G. Romanov, University of Hamburg

Modeling Social History of the Islamic World (c. 600-1600 CE) … with ChatGPT

16 December, 16:45 - Dr. Jan Odstrčilík, Austrian Academy of Sciences

When Machines Read Manuscripts: Tools and Challenges in Handwritten Text Recognition