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Call for Applications: Summer School in “Digital Humanities and Digital Communication: Managing uses (and misuses) of AI”
The organizers are happy to announce the 8th edition of our 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 Summer School aims to provide PhD students and young researchers with methodological tools for the study of digital communication and data analysis. 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. Abstract submission deadline: March 20th Notification of acceptance: April 30th Dates: June 8th-12th, 2026 Location: Modena, Italy Registration fee: € 150,00 Further information can be found here: https://www.summerschooldigitalhumanities.unimore.it/
CALL FOR PAPERS – EXTENSION: Resilience and Adaptation in Intercultural and Educational Mediation: Rethinking Practices in the Era of AI
Treviso Campus of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice 28-29 October 2025 The international conference on “Resilience and Adaptation in Intercultural and Educational Mediation: Rethinking Practices in the Era of AI” will be held at the Treviso Campus of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice on 28-29 October 2025. Due to a number of requests, the deadline to submit paper proposals has been extended to 10th September 2025; abstracts of maximum 300 words including references must be sent to mediation@unive.it for evaluation. More details are available on the official conference website: https://www.unive.it/web/en/15642/home The conference intends to explore both professional and non-professional practices in intercultural and educational mediation, with a particular emphasis on community interpreting and educational mediation in academic settings. Discussions will encompass innovative research approaches, adaptation strategies in connection to technological advancements, including AI-powered translation tools, and the evolving role of interpreters as both linguistic and social mediators.