The future of the humanities in the age of Artificial Intelligence

18th Annual German-Japanese Colloquium

Hosted by: Stuttgart University, Seijō University, JSPS Bonn Office
Date: March 17-18, 2025
Venue: High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart

 

PROGRAM (260 KB)
 

March 16th

19:00

Networking meeting / get together among PIs

 

March 17th

09:30

Registration

10:00

Welcome and opening remarks

  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Brem (Vice Rector for Science Transfer and International Affairs, University of Stuttgart)

  • Mr. Ken-ichi Bessho (Consul General of Japan in Munich)

  • Prof. Dr. Kyoji Kawasaki (Vice-President, Seijo University)
     

 

Session I (Chair: Prof. Dr. Michael Resch)

10:30

A Digital View of the World
Prof. Dr. Michael Resch (University of Stuttgart)

 

Toward an Epistemological Reconstruction of the Humanities
Prof. Dr. Yasuhiro Sakamoto (Shinshu University)

12:10

Lunch break


Session II (Chair: Prof. Dr. Michael Resch)

13:30

Hermeneutics and AI – Versailles-Project
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Dickhaut (University of Stuttgart)

 

Questions of Authorship in the Age of AI Literature
Prof. Dr. Yoshiki Tajiri (University of Tokyo)

15:10

Coffee break & Group photo


Session III (Chair: Prof. Dr. Michael Resch)

15:30

From Model to Pragmatic Opacity
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kaminski (TU Darmstadt)

 

What is intelligence? artificial/human/divine
Prof. Dr. Noburu Notomi (University of Tokyo)

16:00

The We in Democratic Experimentalism

Prof. Dr. Jan-Peter Voß (Sociology, RWTH Aachen)

17:10

Introduction of JSPS Intrernational Programs
Mr. Jun Yano (JSPS Bonn Office)

17:25

Closing remarks day 1

19:00

Networking Dinner
 

March 18th

Session IV (Chair: Prof. Dr. Noburu Notomi & Prof. Dr.Kiyoko Myojo)

09:30

DLA – »Deutsches Literaturarchiv« or »Digital Literature Archive«?
Prof. Dr. Heinz Werner Kramski (Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach)

 

World Literature Web, Schiller as an Animal, Culture as a Dragon:Some Thoughts on the Application of AI to Comparative Cultural Studies
Prof. Dr. Yuji Nawata (Chuo University)

11:10

Coffee break
 

Session V (Chair: Prof. Dr. Noburu Notomi & Prof. Dr.Kiyoko Myojo)

11:20

Kafka’s Communities – Real and Virtual
Prof. Dr. Carolin Duttlinger (University of Oxford)

 

The role of chronology in understanding Kafka’s writing process: The case of Kafka’s The Castle and The First Sorrow

Prof. Dr. Kiyoko Myojo (Seijo University / University of Oxford) & Prof. Dr. Yasuhiro Sakamoto (Shinshu University)

13:00

Closing remarks
Prof. Dr. Masahiko Hayashi (JSPS Bonn Office)
 

13:05

Lunch break

13:35

Visit of HLRS Supercomputer and Visualization

15:30

Workshop on Classical Materials

19:00

Networking Banquet
 

March 19th

11:00

Workshop on Media Technology