*CANCELLED* AI, Teaching and Research in the Humanities

Due to train strikes, this event has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for a future date. 

This panel will consider the intersection of teaching, research, and AI technologies in the humanities. It aims to move beyond narratives of panic and hype and instead engage critically with the conversations surrounding AI and education today as part of an ongoing professional practice. It’s a conversation that all too often feels like it’s happening in two different worlds - with humanities academics and AI developers speaking entirely different languages, and learning technologists often left in the middle to mediate. The gap between these communities is already being felt as humanities scholars struggle to adapt to these new technologies without the time or expertise to critically evaluate them and AI developers roll out new tools that often aren’t built with the humanities in mind. 

The panel brings together AI researchers and designers, humanities academics, and learning technologists to discuss: 

• the ways AI technology might (or might not) be different from other digital technologies that have been deployed in university classrooms; 
• how recent developments in AI technology have changed what is expected of those teaching the humanities in universities and how these technologies impact the student experience; 
• to what extend do novel technologies like generative AI change how we do research in the humanities and in what ways might we anticipate interacting with AI technology in research context; 
• how AI designers, learning technologists, and academics can better collaborate in the development and deployment of AI technology in humanities contexts.

Speakers include:

• Fiona Harvey (UCL) & Abbi Shaw (UCL) 
• Shri Footring (Teachermatic) 
• Adam Budd (Edinburgh) 
• Federico Nanni (Alan Turing Institute)

The panel will take place in-person at Senate House, University of London and be available to view online. In-person space is limited.

All welcome

This event is free to attend, but booking is required. It will be held online and in-person with details about how to join the virtual event being circulated via email to registered attendees 24 hours in advance.