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CDH Launches Modeling Culture: New Humanities Practices in the Age of AI
CDH Launches Modeling Culture: New Humanities Practices in the Age of AI
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Modeling Culture explores AI not only as a technology to critique, but as a new mode of inquiry for research and interpretation. Three interconnected components will unfold in 2025-26: a faculty and grad seminar, a public lecture series, and an open-access curriculum. Public talk details in thread👇
Our November story feature on new research from @mmvty.bsky.social and @wouterhaverals.bsky.social is now on the CDH blog and a @dhnow.bsky.social editor's pick :)
Editors' Choice: New research shows everyone prefers human writers, including AI! – CDH@Princeton cdh.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...
New research shows everyone prefers human writers, including AI!
New research shows everyone prefers human writers, including AI!
cdh.princeton.edu
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Our November story feature on new research from @mmvty.bsky.social and @wouterhaverals.bsky.social is now on the CDH blog and a @dhnow.bsky.social editor's pick :)
*Tonight* at 4:30, our fall semester of Modeling Culture talks closes w/ Anna Preus. This talk draws on industry-wide publishing data to explore the output of London’s book business, emphasizing the influence of high-profile authors from colonized nations on British print in the early 20th century.
Nov 18: "Publishing Empire: Modeling Early 20th-Century British Book Culture" with Anna Preus, Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Washington. Info/RSVP:
Publishing Empire: Modeling Early 20th-Century British Book Culture
Publishing Empire: Modeling Early 20th-Century British Book Culture
cdh.princeton.edu
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
*Tonight* at 4:30, our fall semester of Modeling Culture talks closes w/ Anna Preus. This talk draws on industry-wide publishing data to explore the output of London’s book business, emphasizing the influence of high-profile authors from colonized nations on British print in the early 20th century.
Join us *today* at 4:30 at CDH, as we continue the Modeling Culture talk series with @mellymeldubs.bsky.social! Drawn from her book in progress, Melanie Walsh will explore how social media—and now AI—have transformed the circulation and representation of 20th-century literary works. More info/RSVP:
Nov 17: "Viral Authors: Postwar American Literature in the Age of Social Media and AI " with Melanie Walsh (@mellymeldubs.bsky.social), Assistant Professor in the Information School and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Washington. Info/RSVP:
Viral Authors: Postwar American Literature in the Age of Social Media and AI
Viral Authors: Postwar American Literature in the Age of Social Media and AI
cdh.princeton.edu
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Join us *today* at 4:30 at CDH, as we continue the Modeling Culture talk series with @mellymeldubs.bsky.social! Drawn from her book in progress, Melanie Walsh will explore how social media—and now AI—have transformed the circulation and representation of 20th-century literary works. More info/RSVP:
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I'm very excited to give this talk at Princeton tomorrow!
I'm sharing new work from my book on "viral authors" and social media. In particular, I will be exploring David Foster Wallace's complicated fandom and anti-fandom, following it to some of the seediest corners of the internet...
I'm sharing new work from my book on "viral authors" and social media. In particular, I will be exploring David Foster Wallace's complicated fandom and anti-fandom, following it to some of the seediest corners of the internet...
Nov 17: "Viral Authors: Postwar American Literature in the Age of Social Media and AI " with Melanie Walsh (@mellymeldubs.bsky.social), Assistant Professor in the Information School and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Washington. Info/RSVP:
Viral Authors: Postwar American Literature in the Age of Social Media and AI
Viral Authors: Postwar American Literature in the Age of Social Media and AI
cdh.princeton.edu
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I'm very excited to give this talk at Princeton tomorrow!
I'm sharing new work from my book on "viral authors" and social media. In particular, I will be exploring David Foster Wallace's complicated fandom and anti-fandom, following it to some of the seediest corners of the internet...
I'm sharing new work from my book on "viral authors" and social media. In particular, I will be exploring David Foster Wallace's complicated fandom and anti-fandom, following it to some of the seediest corners of the internet...
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Editors' Choice: The Future of Storytelling in the Age of AI: Q&A with Nnedi Okorafor cdh.princeton.edu/bl...
October 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Editors' Choice: The Future of Storytelling in the Age of AI: Q&A with Nnedi Okorafor cdh.princeton.edu/bl...
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And we feature software papers! Check out @suttonkoeser.bsky.social
Julia Damerow, Robert Casties, Cole Crawford exciting work on working with dates in computational humanities!
Julia Damerow, Robert Casties, Cole Crawford exciting work on working with dates in computational humanities!
August 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
And we feature software papers! Check out @suttonkoeser.bsky.social
Julia Damerow, Robert Casties, Cole Crawford exciting work on working with dates in computational humanities!
Julia Damerow, Robert Casties, Cole Crawford exciting work on working with dates in computational humanities!
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I'm very pleased to share my new article on the python library undate, which is an ambitious in-progress effort to make it easier to work with incomplete dates and multiple calendars, building on work from Shakespeare and Company Project, Princeton Geniza Project, etc.
doi.org/10.1017/chr....
doi.org/10.1017/chr....
Undate: humanistic dates for computation | Computational Humanities Research | Cambridge Core
Undate: humanistic dates for computation - Volume 1
doi.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I'm very pleased to share my new article on the python library undate, which is an ambitious in-progress effort to make it easier to work with incomplete dates and multiple calendars, building on work from Shakespeare and Company Project, Princeton Geniza Project, etc.
doi.org/10.1017/chr....
doi.org/10.1017/chr....
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Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for working with us to publish proceedings from the 2025 Digital Humanities Tech Symposium in the new ACH anthology.
This volume collects short papers from a DH2025 pre-conference event hosted by @dhtech-community.bsky.social
This volume collects short papers from a DH2025 pre-conference event hosted by @dhtech-community.bsky.social
You can check out the first official volume from the DH Tech Symposium, edited by Julia Damerow and @suttonkoeser.bsky.social.
anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
Edited by Julia Damerow and Rebecca Sutton Koeser
anthology.ach.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for working with us to publish proceedings from the 2025 Digital Humanities Tech Symposium in the new ACH anthology.
This volume collects short papers from a DH2025 pre-conference event hosted by @dhtech-community.bsky.social
This volume collects short papers from a DH2025 pre-conference event hosted by @dhtech-community.bsky.social
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For our October newsletter, we checked in with Ed Baring, Professor of History and Human Values, to learn more about the origins of an innovative and collaborative project with CDH that will transform how scholars understand the circulation and interpretation of Marxist ideas. Read about it here:
Checking in with Ed Baring: Motivation and Lessons behind Citing Marx
Checking in with Ed Baring: Motivation and Lessons behind Citing Marx
cdh.princeton.edu
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
For our October newsletter, we checked in with Ed Baring, Professor of History and Human Values, to learn more about the origins of an innovative and collaborative project with CDH that will transform how scholars understand the circulation and interpretation of Marxist ideas. Read about it here:
With support from a Graduate Training Grant from the Center for Digital Humanities, four Princeton grads across multiple humanities departments made the most of their summer by traveling to programs and conferences where they explored DH-related topics. Read more on where the grants took them here:
Graduate training grant recipients explore DH around the world
Graduate training grant recipients explore DH around the world
cdh.princeton.edu
November 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
With support from a Graduate Training Grant from the Center for Digital Humanities, four Princeton grads across multiple humanities departments made the most of their summer by traveling to programs and conferences where they explored DH-related topics. Read more on where the grants took them here:
For our October newsletter, we checked in with Ed Baring, Professor of History and Human Values, to learn more about the origins of an innovative and collaborative project with CDH that will transform how scholars understand the circulation and interpretation of Marxist ideas. Read about it here:
Checking in with Ed Baring: Motivation and Lessons behind Citing Marx
Checking in with Ed Baring: Motivation and Lessons behind Citing Marx
cdh.princeton.edu
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
For our October newsletter, we checked in with Ed Baring, Professor of History and Human Values, to learn more about the origins of an innovative and collaborative project with CDH that will transform how scholars understand the circulation and interpretation of Marxist ideas. Read about it here:
"African Languages in the Age of AI" returns! David Ifeoluwa Adelani (McGill, Mila - Quebec AI Institute, CIFAR) will describe different approaches to scaling evaluation to several languages. Join us on Oct 30! Introduction by @happybuzaaba1.bsky.social.
David Ifeoluwa Adelani: Scaling Multilingual Evaluation of LLMs to Many Languages
David Ifeoluwa Adelani: Scaling Multilingual Evaluation of LLMs to Many Languages
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October 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"African Languages in the Age of AI" returns! David Ifeoluwa Adelani (McGill, Mila - Quebec AI Institute, CIFAR) will describe different approaches to scaling evaluation to several languages. Join us on Oct 30! Introduction by @happybuzaaba1.bsky.social.
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🚨 Call for Seed Grant Proposals 🚨
The AI Lab is now reviewing seed grants to support research in large AI models, natural and artificial minds, AI for invention and other AI-related projects.
Deadline for proposals is 10/31. For more information: ai.princeton.edu/ai-lab/seed-...
The AI Lab is now reviewing seed grants to support research in large AI models, natural and artificial minds, AI for invention and other AI-related projects.
Deadline for proposals is 10/31. For more information: ai.princeton.edu/ai-lab/seed-...
October 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨 Call for Seed Grant Proposals 🚨
The AI Lab is now reviewing seed grants to support research in large AI models, natural and artificial minds, AI for invention and other AI-related projects.
Deadline for proposals is 10/31. For more information: ai.princeton.edu/ai-lab/seed-...
The AI Lab is now reviewing seed grants to support research in large AI models, natural and artificial minds, AI for invention and other AI-related projects.
Deadline for proposals is 10/31. For more information: ai.princeton.edu/ai-lab/seed-...
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We welcomed 2 new associate research scholars this fall 🥳
Liam Fowl and @happybuzaaba1.bsky.social will be supporting the ongoing research at Princeton Language and Intelligence.
Read more: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/ai...
Liam Fowl and @happybuzaaba1.bsky.social will be supporting the ongoing research at Princeton Language and Intelligence.
Read more: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/ai...
AI Lab Welcomes Associate Research Scholars
This fall, two new associate research scholars join Princeton Language and Intelligence, one of the research initiatives under the AI Lab. The scholars will be supporting the ongoing research at PLI t...
ai.princeton.edu
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We welcomed 2 new associate research scholars this fall 🥳
Liam Fowl and @happybuzaaba1.bsky.social will be supporting the ongoing research at Princeton Language and Intelligence.
Read more: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/ai...
Liam Fowl and @happybuzaaba1.bsky.social will be supporting the ongoing research at Princeton Language and Intelligence.
Read more: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/ai...
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Can AI be creative if it doesn't believe it can? We asked 556 humans and 13 LLMs to judge creative writing. Then we lied about who wrote what. Result: AI has learned to distrust itself, showing 2.5× stronger bias than humans against AI-labeled creativity. Proud of this work with @mmvty.bsky.social 👇
📣 New preprint! We know humans are biased against AI-creativity. But what about LLMs, now often judging creativity in various contexts? Do they replicate, transform, or amplify this bias? We tested it. Turns out: AI is 2.5X more biased against its own work than humans. arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08831 🧵
arxiv.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Can AI be creative if it doesn't believe it can? We asked 556 humans and 13 LLMs to judge creative writing. Then we lied about who wrote what. Result: AI has learned to distrust itself, showing 2.5× stronger bias than humans against AI-labeled creativity. Proud of this work with @mmvty.bsky.social 👇
🗞️ New from CDH's @mmvty.bsky.social & @wouterhaverals.bsky.social: AI is 2.5X more biased against its own work than humans ‼️ Read their preprint out now: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08831, and read the thread below for more insights.
@princeton.edu
@princeton.edu
📣 New preprint! We know humans are biased against AI-creativity. But what about LLMs, now often judging creativity in various contexts? Do they replicate, transform, or amplify this bias? We tested it. Turns out: AI is 2.5X more biased against its own work than humans. arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08831 🧵
arxiv.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🗞️ New from CDH's @mmvty.bsky.social & @wouterhaverals.bsky.social: AI is 2.5X more biased against its own work than humans ‼️ Read their preprint out now: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08831, and read the thread below for more insights.
@princeton.edu
@princeton.edu
The latest in our #HumanitiesForAI Q&A series: @nnedi.bsky.social joined us in April at @princeton.edu to discuss her new novel, Death of the Author, and the future of storytelling in the age of AI. Read some of her hopes, concerns, and insights on the impact of AI in writing and the humanities. ✨
The Future of Storytelling in the Age of AI: Q&A with Nnedi Okorafor
The Future of Storytelling in the Age of AI: Q&A with Nnedi Okorafor
cdh.princeton.edu
October 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The latest in our #HumanitiesForAI Q&A series: @nnedi.bsky.social joined us in April at @princeton.edu to discuss her new novel, Death of the Author, and the future of storytelling in the age of AI. Read some of her hopes, concerns, and insights on the impact of AI in writing and the humanities. ✨
How can AI and other computational approaches help us to understand the distant past? @jrladd.com will share work from two cultural analytics projects that address these challenges by combining analog research methods and machine learning to study the print culture of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Sep 29: "Human and Machine Intelligence in Networks of Early Modern Print" with John Ladd (@jrladd.com), Assistant Professor in Computing and Information Studies at Washington & Jefferson College. Info/RSVP:
Human and Machine Intelligence in Networks of Early Modern Print
Human and Machine Intelligence in Networks of Early Modern Print
cdh.princeton.edu
September 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
How can AI and other computational approaches help us to understand the distant past? @jrladd.com will share work from two cultural analytics projects that address these challenges by combining analog research methods and machine learning to study the print culture of the 16th and 17th centuries.
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"This year's return to campus feels particularly consequential—it’s a moment when destabilizing shifts in higher education are intersecting with the dizzying pace of AI development," shares @mmvty.bsky.social. Read the full welcome back letter and more on our ongoing 'Humanities for AI' initiative.
Welcome back, CDH community!
Welcome back, CDH community!
cdh.princeton.edu
September 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"This year's return to campus feels particularly consequential—it’s a moment when destabilizing shifts in higher education are intersecting with the dizzying pace of AI development," shares @mmvty.bsky.social. Read the full welcome back letter and more on our ongoing 'Humanities for AI' initiative.
Modeling Culture explores AI not only as a technology to critique, but as a new mode of inquiry for research and interpretation. Three interconnected components will unfold in 2025-26: a faculty and grad seminar, a public lecture series, and an open-access curriculum. Public talk details in thread👇
CDH Launches Modeling Culture: New Humanities Practices in the Age of AI
CDH Launches Modeling Culture: New Humanities Practices in the Age of AI
cdh.princeton.edu
September 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Modeling Culture explores AI not only as a technology to critique, but as a new mode of inquiry for research and interpretation. Three interconnected components will unfold in 2025-26: a faculty and grad seminar, a public lecture series, and an open-access curriculum. Public talk details in thread👇
"This year's return to campus feels particularly consequential—it’s a moment when destabilizing shifts in higher education are intersecting with the dizzying pace of AI development," shares @mmvty.bsky.social. Read the full welcome back letter and more on our ongoing 'Humanities for AI' initiative.
Welcome back, CDH community!
Welcome back, CDH community!
cdh.princeton.edu
September 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"This year's return to campus feels particularly consequential—it’s a moment when destabilizing shifts in higher education are intersecting with the dizzying pace of AI development," shares @mmvty.bsky.social. Read the full welcome back letter and more on our ongoing 'Humanities for AI' initiative.
September newsletter tomorrow! 🗞️ You can sign up for that here (where you can also find us elsewhere online).
Connect with us online
Connect with us online
cdh.princeton.edu
September 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
September newsletter tomorrow! 🗞️ You can sign up for that here (where you can also find us elsewhere online).
In July, CDH Project Manager @marynaydan.bsky.social held a Project Management 101 workshop for the academic deans of Princeton’s residential colleges, covering PM theory, methods, project charters, and best practices for effective meetings. Read more here: cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
Everything Project Management with Mary Naydan: A Workshop with the Academic Deans
Everything Project Management with Mary Naydan: A Workshop with the Academic Deans
cdh.princeton.edu
September 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In July, CDH Project Manager @marynaydan.bsky.social held a Project Management 101 workshop for the academic deans of Princeton’s residential colleges, covering PM theory, methods, project charters, and best practices for effective meetings. Read more here: cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
In June, an international network of humanists and technologists joined forces to advance historical text recognition and research at the Source Codes of the Past (SCOOP) conference at Princeton.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
Humanists and Technologists Join Forces to Advance Historical Text Recognition and Research
Humanists and Technologists Join Forces to Advance Historical Text Recognition and Research
cdh.princeton.edu
September 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In June, an international network of humanists and technologists joined forces to advance historical text recognition and research at the Source Codes of the Past (SCOOP) conference at Princeton.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
Welcome, Paul Vierthaler (@vierth.bsky.social), assistant professor of Chinese literature and interdisciplinary data science, to the CDH as our associate faculty director! His expertise in East Asian DH will advance our recent emphasis on multilingual DH. We are lucky to have Paul among us!
Paul Vierthaler appointed CDH associate faculty director
Paul Vierthaler appointed CDH associate faculty director
cdh.princeton.edu
September 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Welcome, Paul Vierthaler (@vierth.bsky.social), assistant professor of Chinese literature and interdisciplinary data science, to the CDH as our associate faculty director! His expertise in East Asian DH will advance our recent emphasis on multilingual DH. We are lucky to have Paul among us!