Events

CDH lectures, conferences, workshops, and courses at Princeton and beyond!

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Measuring Futurity; the Future of Modeling; and the Risks of Synthetic Data in SF Studies @ SFRA 2026

Jun 17–21
Grant Wythoff
Conference Talk
Night city skyline with illuminated twin towers in the foreground and a dramatic composite sky of colorful spiral galaxies and stars above.

Evolution of the Poetic Canon in the Princeton Prosody Archive (1532-1929); Turnover and Continuity

Jun 18–19
Wouter Haverals
Talk
Dense network visualization of labeled nodes showing authors such as Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, and Chaucer, connected by fine lines and grouped into colored clusters across the image.

Prokofiev's Letters as Data: A DH Workshop for Music Studies @ Prokofiev in Paris 2026 Symposium

Jun 18 3:30PM–4:30PM
Natalia Ermolaev
Antonina Puchkovskaya
Talk
Close-up of sheet music with handwritten blue ink annotations and musical notes on a staff, including scribbled markings and symbols along the lines.

Building Critical AI Futures: The Role of DH Research Infrastructures @ KCL The Digital Conference 2026

Jun 23 11:30AM–1:30PM
Natalia Ermolaev
Panel
Abstract image of curved, ribbed surface with parallel lines in blue and purple gradient lighting, creating a wave-like shape against a smooth background.

Philly Regional Hub @ ACH 2026

Jun 24–26
Grant Wythoff
Conference
Yellow icon of two open hands holding a glowing light bulb with a small leaf inside, set against a plain light background.

ATRIUM Summer School - From Maps to Data and Data to Maps: Exploring Spatial Histories

Jun 29–Jul 2
Natalia Ermolaev
Workshop
Abstract graphic of a circular blue mosaic pattern resembling interconnected streets or tiles on a dark blue background.

Handwritten Text Recognition and Modern Manuscripts

Jun 29–Jul 3
Wouter Haverals
Lecture
Close-up of aged paper filled with dense handwritten cursive text in dark ink, with overlapping lines running tightly across the page.

2026 Summer Institute: Digital Humanities for Hellenic Studies – Historic Athens in 3D

Jul 6–10
Natalia Ermolaev
Workshop
Front view of a light blue two-story house with white shuttered windows, a small balcony, and a protruding bay window, flanked by neighboring buildings.

Evaluating AI as a Cultural Technology @ ICML 2026 Workshop

Jul 10 8:00AM–5:00PM
Meredith Martin
Workshop
Dark slide reading “Culture × AI” with subtitle “Evaluating AI as a Cultural Technology,” labeled “ICML 2026 Workshop” with date “July 10, 2026 · Seoul, South Korea.”

The Multiplicity of Medieval Editions: Digital Approaches to the “Middle Books” of Astronomy @ DH in the History of Premodern Sciences symposium

Jul 15 8:00AM–5:00PM
Christine Roughan
Talk
Poster for a 2026 history of science conference over a city and hillside view of Edinburgh, with dates “12–16 July 2026.”

DH2026: ENGAGEMENT

Jul 27–31
Jeri Wieringa
Conference
Abstract logo of a stylized tree-like shape with four looping, multicolored ribbon forms and a small star at the center on a light background.

Past events

Modeling ‘Worth by Association’ in U.S. Book Reviews, 1905–1925

Feb 2 4:30PM–6:00PM
Matthew Lavin
Modeling Culture Talk
Graphic slide with a pastel gradient background displaying the text Matthew J. Lavin and the title Modeling Worth by Association in U.S. Book Reviews, 1905–1925.

2026 Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon

Feb 13 12:00PM–3:00PM
Douglass Day Event
Promotional graphic announcing Douglass Day on February 13, 2026, featuring the Colored Conventions Project, with illustrations of historical figures, references to the Fourteenth Amendment, and the website DouglassDay.org.

2026 Douglass Day Special Collections Showcase

Feb 13 2:00PM–4:00PM
Douglass Day Event
Promotional graphic announcing Douglass Day on February 13, 2026, featuring the Colored Conventions Project, with illustrations of historical figures, references to the Fourteenth Amendment, and the website DouglassDay.org.

Liberating Information: Exploring Computational Methods to Study Histories of Information, from Decolonization to Digital Humanities

Mar 3 4:30PM–6:00PM
Zoe LeBlanc
Modeling Culture Talk
Graphic slide with a purple-to-pink gradient background displaying the text Zoë LeBlanc and the title Liberating Information: Exploring Computational Methods to Study Histories of Information, from Decolonization to Digital Humanities.

No Humans-in-the-Loop: The People-less Stories Generated by GPT

Mar 31 4:30PM–6:00PM
Claudia Carroll
Gabi Kirilloff
Modeling Culture Talk
Graphic slide with pastel gradient background displaying the text Gabi Kirilloff and Claudia Carroll, and the title No Humans-in-the-Loop: The People-less Stories Generated by GPT.

AI for humanities research?

Apr 8 12:00PM–1:15PM
Workshop
Slide with a soft pastel gradient background displaying the text AI for humanities research?

ALTA 2026: Reimagining African Language Pedagogy In the Digital Age

Apr 9–11
Happy Buzaaba
Conference
Slide with green gradient background reading ALTA 2026, with subtitle describing it as the leading annual conference in African languages, literature, and cultural studies.

Electroshocking the Past: Art History and the Political Project of Non-Generative AI

Apr 14 4:30PM–6:00PM
Sonja Drimmer
Modeling Culture Talk
Title slide reading “Sonja Drimmer: Electroshocking the Past: Art History and the Political Possibilities of Nostalgia” on a soft pastel gradient background.

Joint Graduate Certificate Colloquium: Data and Computation

Apr 24 1:00PM–5:15PM
April Gilbert
Sharifa Lookman
Laura Nelson
Graduate Students
Presenter standing at a lectern in a glass-walled classroom, gesturing while speaking beside a large monitor displaying slides, with audience members in the foreground.

AI and the Environment

May 6 2:00PM–3:00PM
Grant Wythoff
Workshop
Globe showing continents overlaid with digital circuit pattern against a dark background