Ringvorlesung Sommer 26

(Virtuelle) Ringvorlesung / Remote Lecture Series, "Trends in Digital Humanities: GenAI and Visual Storytelling – Aesthetics and Analytics" (in English)

Key Information at a Glance
When: From April 23, 2026 to July 23, 2026, every Thursday at 10:15 p.m., 
Where: Join the event via ZOOM: https://uni-regensburg.zoom-x.de/j/6024942008 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster) OR attend in person BA825 (FIDS)
Who: Everyone interested is warmly invited to attend the public lectures. Presentations by our MA students are internal and not public; participation may only be possible upon justified request.
For questions, please contact Mareike Schumacher.

“Digital Humanities” as a multifaceted transdiscipline has become firmly established in international academia, helping scholars across humanities and social sciences address important questions surrounding big data, distant reading, information management, algorithmic culture and online interaction. But what exactly lies behind this multifaceted field of research? What do DH scholars actually do, and how do they respond to the fast-changing landscape of digital technologies and digitalized society? What methods do they use to come to terms with massive datasets and the paradigm-shifting role of GenAI and visual culture within the humanities?
The lecture series “Trends in Digital Humanities” offers you the opportunity to look behind the scenes of this exciting and constantly evolving field and to learn about projects focusing on GenAI, visual culture and AI analytics from leading experts in the field. Individual lectures this term will explore, among other things, algorithmic images, digital folklore, and distant reading of GenAI art and literature.

The lecture series will be held online and will be open to guests (no registration required).
The Lecture Series is co-organized by I:IMSK / Digital Humanities (Jun.-Prof. Dr. Mareike Schumacher), DIMAS / DAS|LAB (Prof. Dr. Astrid Ensslin; Sebastian Richter), and the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Passau (Prof. Dr. Katharina Böhm; Prof. Dr. Lucia Krämer).

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