Digital Humanities and Digital Communication: Managing uses (and misuses) of AI
We are happy to announce the 8th edition of the Summer School in Digital Humanities and Digital Communication, which will be hosted by the Department of Studies on Language and Culture of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, in collaboration with the Fondazione Marco Biagi and with the patronage of the Italian Association for the Study of English (AIA). As part of the Doctoral Programme in Human Sciences, the 2026 Summer School aims to provide PhD students and young researchers with with critical and methodological tools to study digital communication and digital humanities in the age of artificial intelligence.
The focus of this year’s edition is on the uses and misuses of AI in academic research, with particular attention to how AI-driven tools are reshaping data analysis, textual interpretation, teaching practices, and knowledge production in the humanities. While AI enables unprecedented speed, scale, and efficiency in research, it also raises substantial methodological, ethical, and epistemological concerns that cannot be ignored.
The programme combines lectures by invited speakers and workshops where young researchers can present their work and get feedback from the invited speakers.
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