AI and History

AI and history is an international seminar cycle that aims to offer insights and reflections on the use of AI for the discipline of history, from broader reflections to smaller case studies on tools and practices.

 

2025

September-December | Full program available here

ISIG is an accredited or qualified entity to carry out training activities for the staff of Trentino schools.

  • 18 September 2025 | 15h-16h30 | Fabio De Ninno (Università degli Studi di Siena) / Michele Lacriola (Università degli Studi di Siena)
    IA e storia: Problemi epistemologici e l’esperienza italiana
  • 6 October 2025 | 11h-12h30 | Federico Nanni (Turing Institute, London)
    Distant reading the Industrial Age: Natural language processing research in ‘Living with Machines’
  • 30 October 2025 | 11h-12h30 | Chiara Piccoli (University of Amsterdam) / Jip Greven (3DUniversum) / Sezer Karaoğlu (Unıversity of Amsterdam, 3DUniversum) / Theo Gevers (Unıversity of Amsterdam, 3DUniversum)
    Visualizing absence: 3D reconstructions of vanished buildings from historical images. Reflections on the preliminary findings from the AI-PastScapes project
  • 15 December 2025 | 15h-16h30 | Martina Heßler (Technische Universität Darmstadt)
    Experts in malfunctioning? Historical reflections on digital errors and contemporary AI flaws

 

February-June | Full program available here

 

All seminars will take place in person at the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento, with the possibility to attend also online. In order to attend online, please sign up via the website: https://isig.fbk.eu/en/events/

Organization:
Federico Mazzini (Università degli Studi di Padova)
Andrea Pojer (Università di Trento / FBK-ISIG)
Massimo Rospocher (FBK-ISIG)
Sandra Toffolo (FBK-ISIG)

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