Humanities Hackathon: AI Generated Texts and Images
- Date
- 26 May 2026, 10:15–16:00
- Location
- Akademihotellet, Uppsala
- Type
- Workshop
- Organiser
- Uppsala University in collaboration with WASP-HS research group Synthetic Data: Facts, Representations, and Transparency, the WASP-HS Cluster of Culture and Memory and the Synthetic Pasts Project (Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation)
- Contact person
- Ylva Söderfeldt
How might historians and literary scholars engage with synthetic data—AI-generated text, images, and metadata—while preserving critical, interpretive, and ethical reflection? This one-day hackathon invites participants from history, literature, digital humanities and cultural studies to collaboratively explore the creative and methodological potential of generative AI for historical and literary research.
We invite
- researchers of all career stages (Ph. D. student to professor)
- students
in history, history of science and ideas, economic history, literature, digital humanities, cultural and heritage studies to a hands-on workshop on AI and synthetic data.
Participants will:
- Learn about synthetic data and AI
- Participate in an experiment with synthetic historical/literary data
- Have the opportunity to be part of a publication presenting the results of the experiment
- Enjoy an included lunch and fika 🙂
No prior knowledge about AI or digital research methods is required!
The number of participants is limited and registration is necessary.
Sign up here before May 15: https://doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/kurt/8902071