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Not Just Language Analysis – Our New Summer School “Large Language Models for Digital Humanities Research”

Since 2018, the University of Cologne has been hosting a regular summer school dedicated to machine learning – which means I’ve had the pleasure of being part of the organizing team and its academic coordination for eight years now! This year’s edition will once again take place in the second week of September.

After several years with a strong focus on language analysis and deep learning, the spotlight this time is on Large Language Models in Digital Humanities Research. We’re excited to present a rich and varied program, featuring an introductory workshop followed by no fewer than four parallel, specialized tracks. We’re also thrilled to have assembled a group of outstanding experts to lead these sessions – you’ll find all the details in the call for applications below.

The call also includes information on how to apply. More updates coming soon! I’m very much looking forward to this year’s edition and hope to see some familiar (and new!) faces in Cologne.

Call for participation

This year’s Summer School on “Large Language Models for Digital Humanities Research“, organized by the University of Cologne’s Competence Area III, in conjunction with the Center for Data and Simulation Science, the Department for Digital Humanities, the Cologne Center for eHumanities, and the Data Center for the Humanities, takes place

8th – 11th September 2025, at Cologne University (on site).

This summer school addresses MA students and doctoral candidates from Linguistics and Digital Humanities, as well as other fields that focus on the application of LLMs for DH Research.

After an introductory workshop on LLMs and Prompt Engineering (Day 1+2), given by Christopher Pollin (Digital Humanities Craft OG), you take part in a more specialized workshop track (Day 3+4). 

Participants can choose between four alternative workshop tracks:

1) “Large Language Models for Qualitative Data Analysis”, given by Sarah Oberbichler (Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz)

2) “Deep Learning in the Computational Literary Studies”, given by Janis Pagel (University of Cologne)

3) “LLM-Supported Modeling, Operationalization, and Exploration for Digital Editions”, given by Christopher Pollin (Digital Humanities Craft OG, IDE)

4) “Using LLMs for Psycholinguistic Research”, given by Hanna Woloszyn, Job Schepens and Benjamin Gagl (University of Cologne)

Please Note: Participation in the summer school is free of charge! However, small costs may arise for the use of specific hardware during the workshops (e.g. Google Colab).

Application Deadline is 1st June. The Summer School will take place on site in Cologne.

All information and how to apply can be found at http://ml-school.uni-koeln.de/

Best wishes,

The LLMs for DHR Summer School Organizing Committee 

How to apply:

Please send an email to ml-school@uni-koeln.de with the following information:

  1. Your full name
  2. Your current affiliation
  3. Desired Workshop Track (1)-(4) (please provide your first choice + 1 alternative)
  4. Highest Degree you are holding
  5. Your current academic position and field
  6. Python knowledge: 1-2 sentences describing a course or project where you used python
  7. Motivation: 2-3 sentences why you would like to participate in the summer school 

Application Deadline: 1. June 2025


OpenEdition schlägt Ihnen vor, diesen Beitrag wie folgt zu zitieren:
Jürgen Hermes (15. April 2025). Not Just Language Analysis – Our New Summer School “Large Language Models for Digital Humanities Research”. TEXperimenTales. Abgerufen am 20. Mai 2025 von https://doi.org/10.58079/13r8j


Von Jürgen Hermes

Arbeitet als Wissenschaftler und Geschäftsführer am Institut für Digital Humanities an der Universität zu Köln.

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